Red Centre students set to benefit from $225,000 grant to Country Education Foundation
A grant of more than $200,000 is set to keep students from the Red Centre succeeding well into the new year. Find out how.
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Students needing help with living expenses, fuel, and education supplies are going to be supported well into the new year thanks to one foundation receiving a $225,000 cash injection into its coffers.
Announced late in 2024, Futurity Investment Group, through its education foundation, has pumped the money into the Country Education Foundation.
With branches all over rural Australia, the Country Education Foundation helps students focus on their studies – not their financial situation – by providing them with grants.
For first year Flinders University student Carly Sgarbossa, the grant made her move from her home town of Alice Springs to the big smoke down south that little bit easier.
“The transition of moving from my family’s home in Alice Springs to Adelaide was certainly a challenge but was made a lot easier with the support of the CEF grant,” she said.
“I have used the funds to put towards my living expenses, fuel and certificates and clearances I need for my course.”
Country Education Foundation Central Australia public officer Chris Tudor said the grants helped cover other important expenses, such computers, special technology, uniforms and textbooks.
“It is so important for young people to have the opportunity of further education,” he said.
“I’ve caught up with some of the students during their studies and heard their stories and thanks for the support they have received.
“There is plenty of gratitude there which shows their appreciation for the assistance they have received.”
Country Education Foundation chief executive Wendy Mason said the foundation supported 650 students in the past year.
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