funding for low income students

[zjcarter22]

anyone know if there is such thing as help getting funds or sponsorship in ice skating.

i obviously wanna do well but im onky on 8 hour shift every week and im a part time student so i hardly have enough money to pay for a sesion let alone lessons... if anyone kmow anything pls let  me know x

[vegetable]

No

high level competitive skaters struggle with funding, anyone else has no hope!

[Fiona25]

can you not apply for a student loan? in Scotland we can apply to SAAS.

[black]

As vegetable pointed out, sadly *probably* not.

However it is not impossible; local businesses put adverts on hockey boards. If you look at other sports I'm sure you could find examples of local sponsorship. Just from memory right now, I think all sponsorship has to be declared.

Some larger corporations have sponsored skaters, however they tend to back major players;
http://www.sk8scotland.org.uk/heather-murdoch-celebrates-award-from-the-mars-refuel-drink-fund/

People say how great John Curry was, well if he didn't receive American sponsorship it is quite possible he wouldn't have got where he did;
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Curry#Skating_career
Also on YouTube; '50 Golden Days Part 3' & 'Maestro Documentary Part 2'

I understand that stating certain facts about the NGB of skating is not allowed on this forum.