General News
6 November, 2022
Bank scholarships open
INGLEWOOD and District Community Bank has opened applications for its annual tertiary scholarships. Chairman Linda Younghusband said the bank was offering four scholarships to local students - two for bachelor degree study, one for mature age and one...
INGLEWOOD and District Community Bank has opened applications for its annual tertiary scholarships.
Chairman Linda Younghusband said the bank was offering four scholarships to local students - two for bachelor degree study, one for mature age and one for TAFE.
“The scholarships are a very important way for our community bank to support local young people and also invest in growing skills for the future in rural communities,” Linda said.
“Over the 15 years that the community bank has been part of district, the scholarships have assisted many young people start their tertiary education and prepare for careers in a range of professions and vocations.
A recent recipient was Hamish Catto who said: “A few years on, and the support received from the bank scholarship has continued to put me in good stead in a variety of ways.
“At the time, it helped me to pursue an opportunity that, in the time since, has had a significant influence on me as a person and my current circumstances. In honest and simple terms, I would not be the person I am and as content as I am, had I not been provided the opportunity to experience life at university in Melbourne.
“Currently, I am working at a civil engineering company in Bendigo while at the same time farming at home in Bridgewater.”
The 2022 recipient was Zekie Johns, now studying medicine at Monash University after completing VCE at East Loddon P12 College where she was dux last year.
Linda said applications for the scholarships closed in January.
“We encourage all young people to consider an application,” she said.