Spark Grants
Our Spark Grants encourage and support student-led ideas and projects in local primary schools. The grant provides students with ownership of the funding, encouraging students to work together, research their ideas and decide on a project that makes a difference to their school or the wider community. It’s all about empowering the students to come up with a great idea and deliver a project!
The first round in 2018 funded projects at Maldon, Dunolly, Newstead and Harcourt Valley primary schools. Maldon students created a fairy garden and held a whole of school fun day. Newstead PS used their funding for a fete to raise money for robotics equipment. Dunolly PS installed new classrooms bins for recycling, and Harcourt Valley PS held workshops about managing anxiety.
The second round of funding was distributed in June 2020. Watch this space for the idea’s each school spark’s up!
TAFE & University Scholarship Program
Congratulations to our 2020 scholarship winners – Maldon’s Flynn Leeson (major scholarship) and Werona’s Alyssa Guerts and Bryleigh Geurts-Hartmann.
Are you heading to university or TAFE in 2021, or continuing your studies? And need some extra financial support?
The Maldon & District Community Bank Branch scholarship program is available annually, with two scholarships awarded ($2,000 to the winner and $1,000 to the runner-up), to support young TAFE or undergraduate tertiary course students from the Maldon, Dunolly, Harcourt, Newstead and Mount Alexander Districts.
To eligible, you must live in the catchment areas serviced by Maldon & District Community Bank Branch, including Maldon, Newstead, Dunolly, Harcourt, and Mount Alexander districts, or attended a secondary school in this region.
The 2021 university and TAFE scholarship program will open in November 2020, and close 31 January 2021.
For further information on the 2021 program contact Executive Officer Karly Smith on 0478 435 110 or executiveofficer@mdcb.com.au
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Community Partnership Program
The Maldon & District Community Bank Branch is always looking to do great stuff with our community.
If your community group has an idea that would help the ongoing development‚ wellbeing and sustainability of our community‚ but you need funds to do it‚ our sponsorship program could be for you.
For further information‚ download the application forms below‚ call into the branch at 81 High Street‚ Maldon, contact the Executive Officer on 0478 435 110 or executiveofficer@mdcb.com.au or phone the branch on 03 5475 1747.
Download the forms here to request funding or support, or to acquit funding you have received:
Guidelines – MDCB community partnership program (v. 2019-2020)
Application form – MDCB community partnership program (2019-2020)
Acquittal form – MDCB community partnership program (2018-2020)