Education Foundation
Refer to the Website to check for updates to the scholarships available to young people.
Opportunity Scholarships
Opportunity Scholarships are awarded to talented, disadvantaged students on Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA), Youth Allowance, ABSTUDY or Pensioner Education Supplement (PES) to enable them to pursue their dreams. Students must have permanent residency in Australia. Their area of talent may be wide ranging from the arts, humanities, science, maths or sport. Opportunity Scholarships, up to $1,000, are awarded to students enrolled in a Government primary or secondary school for school approved, curriculum related programs for individual students who lack financial and practical resources.
Housing Week Scholarships
Housing Week scholarships are available for students who are living in public or community-managed housing, or at risk of homelessness and attending a Victorian Government school or a Victorian TAFE Institute. Students must have permanent residency in Australia.
The Department of Human Services is offering 50 Housing Week scholarships worth $1,000. The scholarships may be spent on any item that broadly assists educational achievement and school retention (e.g. books, computer equipment, other specialist equipment, disability aids, transport or child care).
Closing date for applications is September, and the Minister for Housing will award scholarships to the successful candidates later in the year.
City Learning Scholarships
The City Learning Scholarships are available to students attending the City Centre Core or Worlds of Work (WOW) programs. Scholarships are offered to individual students to subsidise the cost of participation in the programs. These scholarships are provided by philanthropic individuals and organisations to provide educational opportunities to those students who may not otherwise be able to attend. Students must have permanent residency in Australia. The scholarships are not guaranteed and are dependent on the number of applications drawn from the scholarship funds.
Education Foundation Tel: (03) 9650 4277.
See the Website for more details and application forms.
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