Scholarships – Applications for 2022 will open November 1st, 2021
Are you heading to university or TAFE in 2021, or continuing your studies? And need extra financial support?
The Maldon & District Community Bank scholarship program is available annually, and this year with four scholarships awarded ($2,000 for each successful recipient), to support young TAFE or undergraduate university course students, agricultural students and students that identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders.
To be eligible you must live in the catchment areas serviced by Maldon & District Community Bank, which includes Maldon, Newstead, Dunolly, Harcourt, and Mount Alexander districts, or attend a secondary school in this region.
The 2022 Community Bank scholarship program will open November 1st, 2021 and the closing date for applications will be December 17th, 2021.
2022 Scholarship Guidelines – document link here.
University/Higher Education Application Apprentice/Trainee Application
Indigenous Student Application Agricultural Studies Application
For further information on the scholarship program contact Executive Officer Shannon Burdeu on 0478 435 110 or executiveofficer@mdcb.com.au
Congratulations to some of our 2021 scholarship winners – Caleb Kuhle (leadership scholarship), Uma Dingemans (scholarship) and Ethan Freemantle (major scholarship),
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 (2020-2021)
Application form – MDCB community partnership program (2020-21)
Acquittal form – MDCB community partnership program
Learner Driver Training Program – apply here
One of our most popular programs is our driving training course for learner drivers. The participants drive in a group of three during the five-day course, with a qualified instructor, in a range of different environments and traffic conditions, including un-sealed country roads, highway and city driving, and defensive driving.
The Maldon & District Community Bank subsidises the majority of the $900 per participant program costs. There is a charge to participants of $150. Each graduate receives a reward of a $50 bank account with the Maldon & District Community Bank at the completion of their course.
The course can add up to 15 hours of supervised driving experience per participant.
Apply here for the course: Application form – Learner Driver Training Program (2020-21) MDCB
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 ideas each school spark up!
