SCH SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM

The Southern Cross Housing Scholarship Program provides support for our tenants by assisting with the cost of education, sports activities or special interests like cultural learning and arts that help them achieve their full potential. The program supports Primary and High School students, and tenants that are studying at TAFE and University.

PROGRAM DETAILS

HOW MUCH CAN YOU APPLY FOR?

The maximum amount residents can apply for depends on the applicants school level (see below).

  • Primary School up to $400.00
  • High School or TAFE up to $800.00
  • University up to$1,200.00

WHAT CAN THE SCHOLARSHIP BE USED FOR?

You can use the funding to pay for things such as:

  • Course fees, for example TAFE or university
  • Textbooks, workbooks, study guides
  • Computer equipment
  • Uniforms
  • Sports kit/ equipment
  • Special equipment
  • Excursions
  • Specialist skills development e.g. writing courses or football academies
  • Outside-of-school activities such as sports or playing an instrument
  • Courses in arts, crafts and other areas of interest for adults
  • Tutoring
  • Courses in employment related skills for example, driving lessons

WHO CAN APPLY?

To apply for a scholarship, you must:

  • • Have completed and submitted a feedback form (if you have previously received funds under the program)
  • Live in a Southern Cross Housing Property or be receiving support services from one of Southern Cross Housing’s formal partner organisations including:
    – Caresouth
    – The Disability Trust
    – Southern Youth & Family Services
    – Supported Accommodation & Homelessness Services Shoalhaven – Illawarra
    – St Vincent De Paul
    – Uniting Care
    – Waminda

HOW DO I APPLY?

Applications for the 2023 funding round have opened and will close on the 30th November 2022.

  1. Simply fill in an application form found here on our website or pick up a form from one of our offices in Nowra, Ulladulla, Batemans Bay, Bega, or Cooma. You can also call the office to have an application form mailed to you.
  2. You will need to send in documents to support your application. This might include a course acceptance letter, a copy of course fees, and quotes for any equipment costs or sporting activities.
  3. Supporting information is important and helps our assessment panel to better understand how the scholarship could help you to achieve your goals.

A copy of our SCH Scholarship Policy can be viewed using the following link.

It is a requirement for all scholarship recipients they submit a feedback form to Southern Cross Housing. Applicants that received funding under the 2022 funding round need to submit their Feedback Form by 31 December 2022.

Hard-working minor student filling in the exercise