Mature Age & Youth Scholarship

Mature Age Scholarship

Council is offering a scholarship of $1,800.00 to a mature age student attending an approved educational institution the next calendar year. This scholarship is to assist with expenses for students associated with undertaking their studies or reskilling. The student must:

  1. Be enrolled or accepted for enrolment for full-time or part-time study at either University, TAFE, apprenticeship, heavy vehicle training, or another approved education facility in the next calendar year.
  2. Have resided in the Kentish Municipality for at least the last two years.
  3. Be over the age of 35 as of 1st January next; and
  4. Be unemployed, work part-time, or demonstrate how the scholarship would assist in retaining or finding ongoing employment.

All applications must be on the appropriate form, which can be obtained here.

The closing date for applications is the first Monday in December.


Youth Scholarship

Council is offering a scholarship of $1,800.00 to a university student or a student attending an approved education facility in the next calendar year. The scholarship is to help with expenses associated with relocating from Kentish. The student must:

  1. Be enrolled or accepted for enrolment for full-time study at either University, TAFE or an approved education facility in the next calendar year.
  2. Have been a Kentish resident for the last two years of their secondary studies.
  3. Intend or be living away from home as a result of their studies; and
  4. Be under the age of 25 as of the 1 January next.

All applications must be on the appropriate form, which can be obtained here.

The closing date for applications is the first Monday in December.