Impact Living Generously – Our Scholarship Program
for the funding of bursaries for Indigenous students through the Ngala Yakiny Moorditz (We Stand Strong) Bursary. Each of these are funded for enrolments in 2022 and 2023.
It has always been central to the values of Perth College that we should live generously and contribute to our community with integrity, respect and compassion. The Foundation’s Scholarship Program is a critical element which supports these values and it is always a delight to be able to report the expansion of our program year on year with the Foundation funding 19 Scholarships in 2021. The number of scholarships awarded by the Foundation is obviously dependent on the willingness of our community to donate specifically to our Scholarship Fund and the graphs in the Finance section of this Report demonstrate the continuing interest by our community in supporting our Scholarship Program which is then able to be augmented by positive investment performance.
2021 was a special year for the funding of boarding scholarships. The Foundation was also approached by long time supporters who chose to donate anonymously a significant sum to assist rural based families as they are only too well aware of the additional cost impost on country families who are required to send their children away to access quality education. The first recipient enrolled under the auspices of this bursary commenced in 2022 and the funding shall provide for scholarships over a number of years.
During the year the Foundation joined forces with the Old Girls’ Association to establish the OGA Heritage Scholarship which is open to the daughters or granddaughters of Old Girls. Additionally, the Foundation has been fortunate in receiving support from long term donors, Joan and George Lefroy,
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Perth College Foundation Inc. 2021 Annual Report
As a matter of good governance the Foundation also undertook a review of its funding scholarship model during 2021 and we are pleased to be able to report the enhancement of the program by the establishment of a new Anne Cranston Perpetual Rural Student Scholarship and the conversion of the Wulili Scholarship into the Foundation’s “signature” Indigenous Student Scholarship with Perpetual status. We are therefore delighted to be able to profile each of the generous donors who have endowed these scholarships which will benefit students far into the future.
