• Six Scholarships in Academic Excellence
• Two Scholarships in Music
• Two Scholarships in Visual Arts
• Two Scholarships in Filmmaking - open to 15 – 18 year olds (this is a new category introduced in 2006).

Each year the City of Stirling awards ten scholarships to students commencing Year 11. Six of the awards (three male and three female) are given to encourage academic excellence and to recognise qualities of leadership and community service in young people. Two of the awards are given to encourage continued education in music and two to encourage continued education in visual arts.

Year 10 students, whose parents reside within the City of Stirling, are encouraged to apply. The two-year scholarships offer $500 per annum to assist students in continuing their studies throughout Year 11 and 12.

Scholarship Details:

• $500 per annum for two years at a recognised secondary school, government or private.
• Applicants must be in year 10 and their parents must reside in the City of Stirling.
• An applicant who holds another scholarship to the value of $200 or more will be ineligible.
• All submissions must be on official application forms. Application forms are available from local secondary schools or by contacting the City on 9345 8555.
• Future scholarship applications will be accepted until 19th November of each calendar year.

Applications should be forwarded through the school principal to:

Youth Services Coordinator
City of Stirling
25 Cedric Street
Stirling WA 6021

Sports Grants

In a fantastic new initiative with the Rotary Club of Balcatta, the City of Stirling's Clubs Forever program will be awarding two $1500 scholarships each year to an exceptional male and female athlete.

The Junior Sports Scholarship is designed to assist talented young athletes reach their full potential. Scholarships will support and develop selected athletes in such areas as training, specialist coaching and attending state and national team selections or competitions.

Athletes must be 18 years and under and live in the City of Stirling to qualify.

Applications are now open and close Friday May 30 2008.

For more information please see the attached documents or contact the City's Club Development Officer on 9345 8555 or email clubsforever@stirling.wa.gov.au.

The Our Community Grants Team

To celebrate the announcement of Australia's first ever Female Governor-General, we have two terrific grants for women this month.

Our Great Grant is the Sport Leadership Grants for Women fund. The program provides successful applicants with a one-off grant of up to $5000 for individuals and up to $10,000 for incorporated organisations.

Applications have also opened for the Women's Leadership and Development Programme Grants. Funding provided by the Office for Women focuses on the development of activities that contribute to public policy or service development, or that help national women's non-government organisations become more effective.

We also highlight the First Click/Second Click Computer Literacy Program, which provides learning materials and community-based grants aimed at people wanting to take their first steps towards computer literacy.

Finally, many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have made an enormous contribution to developing Australia's future. National NAIDOC Week 2008 is from 6 - 13 July 2008.  The theme for 2008 is Advance Australia Fair.  For further information please visit the website www.naidoc.org.au

Announcing the myfuture Student Video Competition

Now open for registration!

After last year’s success The Crew are pleased to announce the myfuture Student Video Competition is back in 2008. This year the competition will run earlier to maximise opportunities for senior high school students to take part.

Entries close on 18 August 2008.

This is an exciting opportunity for youngpeople Australia wide to explore their futures in a creative and innovative way.

The competition has a prize pool of over $5000 and is supported by valuable production resources.

Tune into THE CREW, 5.00pm Mondays on SBS Television for competition updates and look out for the resource pack arriving in schools in the next few days.

Entries and registration for the competition are now open. Register on-line at the competition website www.thecrew.net.au

Enquiries: Al Ellis 02 9522 8855

myfuture is a joint initiative of the Australian, State and Territory Government.