ACE Bursaries

The ACE Bursaries is an annual program that in 2024 saw a total of nine Bursaries awarded to ACE College students who are undertaking pathways to employment or further studies at the small, low fee secondary school in Shepparton.
 

The students and their families were identified as needing additional financial support and the Foundation was able to facilitate the initiative through its partnerships with the Margaret Attwood Trust and the Rotary Club of Shepparton South.
 

ACE College is a wonderful community based secondary college that provides a safe, accessible learning environment which focuses on positive educational experiences and outcomes and creating pathways to tertiary study and employment.
 

Sometimes the barriers to study are too great, and having access to the Bursaries is an initiative to support students and their families remain engaged in learning and pathways to employment.
 

Of those that received Bursaries in 2024 seven students are undertaking a Diploma Community Services, one is undertaking a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery and one a Certificate III in Motor Sport Technology, and all will be applying the Bursaries to support the purchase of equipment or course fees in 2025.