To mark the cinema’s 30th anniversary in September 2024 Peckhamplex established a bursary scheme to help young people from the local area supplement the funding of their university courses helping to cover their incidentals and living costs. The aim is to complement other sources of funding by reducing the amount of time students need to spend in paid employment during term time, to leave more time for study, for extra-curricular activity such as joining societies, sport and socialising, to purchase a laptop, additional books or materials or go on a field trip.

Peckhamplex is delighted to have made an award in this, the second year of the scheme, to GRACE WATKINS who is beginning her degree course this month. Grace will undertake a four-year Human Nutrition and Dietetics course with an integrated foundation year in Health Sciences at Cardiff Metropolitan University. She attended St Saviour’s & St Olave’s in Southwark and Bredon special school.

Last year’s awards went to Rachel (Adekemi) Onibokun now in her second year at the University of Nottingham studying for a BSc with Honours degree in Midwifery and Ejim Akuma studying for a BA Honours degree in Filmmaking at Leeds Beckett University. 

John Reiss, Chairman of Peckhamplex said:

This scheme is intended to support young people in pursuing their career ambitions and their quality of life through higher education. In so doing the scheme will in its small way help to break down barriers to higher education and enable more young people to realise their full potential in the world.

The assessment panel had a number of worthy applications to review and were particularly impressed by the application of Grace who showed great enthusiasm for her chosen subject and a great sense of motivation to overcome some of the challenges she faces in life.
We welcome all our scholarship recipients to the Peckhamplex family and wish them success with their degree courses and future careers.