Alumni Association resources

CSC Alumni Association Toolkit

The following information is designed to support CSC alumni association coordinators, committee members and volunteers in setting up, managing, and maintaining an alumni association.

CSC Alumni Association Toolkit– Handbook for all coordinators, committee members and volunteers

Celebrating 65 years of the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission

CSC Alumni Association Digital Toolkit

Throughout 2024, the CSC is celebrating 65 years of delivering Commonwealth Scholarships to candidates of outstanding academic achievement and leadership ability.

We would like CSC alumni associations to promote the anniversary on your channels and through your events and activities. To support this, we have developed a 65th anniversary toolkit containing a timeline of key activities, a logo package and digital resources, and guidance on how to use these.

Guidance for Alumni Associations on using the digital toolkit

  • Please ensure you have read the guidance document above and the CSC visual identity/branding guidelines document below in full before using the materials.
  • Please only use the toolkit and branded items during the anniversary year (until end of 2024).
  • You should only use the toolkit for activities and events in relation to the CSC and its anniversary and for alumni association purposes only.
  • You must not edit or distort the toolkit materials or share these with other organisations.

The digital toolkit includes:

Please contact the CSC Alumni Team at alumni@cscuk.org.uk if you have any queries about the Anniversary toolkit or the CSC’s programme of activities.

CSC Alumni Association 65th Anniversary Fund

As part of our celebrations, CSC Alumni Associations can apply for funding to support the delivery of a 65th anniversary event or activity under the theme, ‘65 Years of Global Impact: Empowering Commonwealth Change Leaders’.

Events/activities must meet one following objectives:

  • Celebrate the achievements of the CSC and/or Commonwealth Scholars and Alumni in their home country
  • Promote the value of CSC in-country networks and relationships to achieving sustainable development
  • Broaden and strengthen the CSC’s advocacy base and raise awareness of Commonwealth Scholarships at a national level

Resources for activity organisers

Financial documents

You should submit your approved financial evidence alongside a payment claim form with the details of the bank funds should be paid to. We will only pay funds to organisers/alumni association bank accounts and not to vendors or others supporting the activity.

Payment methods

For payments made to a non-UK bank account, you should submit a completed International Bank Transfer form. For payments made to a UK account, you should submit a completed Pay claim form.

Please note, it can take several weeks for funds to be received once processed. You should consider this when submitting your documentation and ensure you submit this at least 6 weeks in advance of payment deadlines and the delivery of your activity.

You should send your completed payment claim forms as a password protected document and share the password in a separate email with your CSC contact. Alternatively, for payments to non-UK bank accounts you can complete the online International Bank Payment (IBP) request form. You should notify your CSC contact if you use this form.

Claim forms

Where financial documents cannot be gathered in advance of your activity, you must complete the relevant additional claim forms for approval and submit supporting evidence of the amount claimed, such as photographs of vendor prices, links to website. You should discuss this with your CSC contact in advance.