Scholarships

The Lift Off Scholarship Program was established in 2014 as a response to the increasing number of our young people not able to afford the transition from secondary education to post secondary education, and over the past five years the scholarships have increased the number of students from the Goulburn Valley region who are able to pursue their education dreams.
 

A study has shown that young people from non-metropolitan regions in Victoria defer university studies at twice the rate of their metropolitan counterparts, and currently only half of our young people finish secondary school and a quarter go on to tertiary education.
 

Motivated by these alarming results, we partnered with the Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project to break down some of the financial, and other barriers our students faced.
 

The first scholarships of $5,000 each were awarded to five recipients from the Goulburn Valley in March 2015 and to date 120 young people from our region have been supported with funds in excess of $500,000.
 

Education scholarships ranging from $2,000 to $10,000 are awarded to Goulburn Valley school leavers aged primarily
17-24 years for approved higher education courses including Diplomas, pathway programs and Bachelor degrees.
 

Students who are attending, or have attended, secondary schooling in the following communities: Kyabram, Nathalia, Numurkah, Cobram, Mooroopna, Shepparton, Euroa and Rushworth, and who intend to enrol in university or TAFE are eligible to apply.