Funding Applications for Families
Get support in applying for external funding for your LDS fees.
Welcome
Welcome to your hub for LDS fees and funding applications. This page has all the documents, information and support resources you need to apply to CKNW and Variety. LDS students receiving these grants are one way we can keep our fees as accessible as possible for all of our families.
You have indicated that you would like financial support in our onboarding process. Please follow the instructions below to complete the needed applications for financial support.
Applying to CKNW
If your family has a gross household income below $75,000, your family is eligible for CKNW Kids’ Fund.
The application must be completed within the first 14 days (two weeks) after your child’s first session with LDS.
The application requires you to collect documents, including a letter from a professional. Please give yourself enough time to complete all the steps.
ApplicationHow to Video
Walk through the steps of applying for CKNW with support from LDS.
Applying to Variety
If your family has a net household income below $85,000, you family is eligible for Variety Children’s Charity.
The application must be completed within the first 14 days (two weeks) after your child’s first session with LDS.
The application requires you to collect documents, including a letter from a professional. Please give yourself enough time to complete all the steps.
Application Supporting DocsHow to Video
Walk through the steps of applying for Variety with support from LDS.
Fees and Funding
Fee Structure
Our household income sliding scale is outlined below for the 2023/24 academic school year. The image below shows the cost for students who attend two sessions a week in RISE One-to-one, RISE Now, RISE at Home, and RISE at School. (For students attending one session a week, halve the costs below.)
Click on the link below to learn about how we set our fees and sliding scale.
Funding
LDS’ fees are covered by a combination of:
- Fee payments by each family
- Grants, when a family is eligible
- LDS’ internal bursary
We require families, where eligible, to apply for funding through individual grants to help cover the cost of their sessions. The funds from these grants ensure our internal bursary can go further and support more families.
If you’re not eligible to apply for the grants but you’re accessing our sliding scale, your fee rate is subsidized solely by LDS’ internal bursary. We raise these funds through non-governmental grants and fundraising. You’re not required to do anything else to access the fee level, but we strongly encourage you to engage with and amplify our fundraising efforts.
Learn More
See our FAQs to learn more about fees. Please also refer to our policies and procedures. If your question is still not answered, please contact us.