Rural Education Program

Funder: Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal

Program summary

The Rural Education Program seeks to ensure that quality education remains accessible to children in rural and remote communities regardless of climatic and economic conditions.

Through collaboration with local agencies and sponsored partnerships with individuals and corporations, the Program will be able to extend the educational recourses and individualised learning support that rural students require.

The Rural Education Program is the initiative of founding donors Baillieu & Sarah Myer, John & Janet Calvert-Jones and Tim & Gina Fairfax. Their generosity is a wonderful example of the practical grass roots philanthropy evolving in Australia. The founding donors would like to invite other contributors to join with them in ensuring that the education of students in Australia's rural and remote communities continues uninterrupted.

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Who can apply?

Applications for funding will be accepted from incorporated not for profit organisations and schools

Who can't apply?

What will be funded?

The majority of the beneficiaries of grants should be in financial hardship

The beneficiaries of grants should be preschool, primary or secondary students

Not-for-profit organisations can apply for projects and activities that directly alleviate the disruption caused to children and young people by rural crisis such as drought, bushfire, floods and economic downturn.

Projects eligible for funding include:

Projects that help redress any educational disadvantage caused by remoteness of students

Individual students where, without financial assistance, their education is likely to be severely disrupted

Basic research into the status of rural and remote education, as needed to facilitate the work of the fund

Material aid for books, equipment, accommodation and clothing

Note: Grants will generally be for one year only but longer periods may be considered

Current priorities

From time to time the Program may identify priority areas for support

How much funding is available?

More information

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Related Categories

• Education & training
• Rural & regional