Community Bank • Gisborne & District
Community Bank • Gisborne & District
Hello!
We’re glad you’re here.
We realise that you may not have been accepted into your preferred course yet, so you are able to part-fill and save your application in the system and complete it when you have all the details. Alternatively, you can wait until you have been accepted and complete your application then. Good luck!
At any time, please do not hesitate to contact our Chief Executive Officer, Jo Irwin, on communityengagement@macedonrangescommunityenterprises.com.au if you want to discuss our scholarship program or process.
Who are we?
Community Bank Gisborne & District is a locally owned branch of Bendigo Bank that invests profits in projects to help make living, working and playing in Gisborne and surrounds even better. One way we do this is through our scholarship program which we see as an investment in our leaders of tomorrow. To date we have provided 49 scholarships to local youth to help them start tertiary study with success. Could you be number 50?
The scholarship program aims to assist motivated students from Gisborne and surrounds who recently completed secondary school, have been offered a place at an Australian TAFE Course to study in 2025 and are facing financial, medical, social and/or personal circumstances that make it difficult to undertake further education.
The Scholarship awards financial support for the following study-related expenses - accommodation costs, course costs, study-related materials/equipment, textbooks, tutoring, education-related travel (within Australia) and tools/supplies.
The Scholarship award value is $5,000 for the successful recipient, for 1 year subject to the criteria set out below. Multiyear scholarships may be awarded, subject to satisfactory academic performance at tertiary study.
Key qualification criteria:
*Eligible courses include:
Courses ineligible for this scholarship include:
Course must be of at least 10 weeks’ duration for full-time study or the part-time equivalent.
The scholarship award value is up to $5000 for 1 year for each successful recipient, subject to the criteria set out above and satisfactory academic performance.
Scholarships will be awarded on the recommendation of a selection committee and will be based on how an applicant addresses the qualification criteria.
Have a question on the 2025 Community Bank Gisborne & District Early Tertiary Scholarship – TAFE or your eligibility?
Please contact our Community Executive Officer, Jo Irwin, 0456 685 334 or communityengagement@macedonrangescommunityenterprises.com.au
Need help with the application form or portal? Please contact the Community Enterprise Foundation, who administer our scholarships, on 1300 304 541.
The Scholarship Selection Committee reserves the right, at its discretion, not to award this scholarship in any given year.
Community Bank Branch Scholarships are funded from management accounts of the Community Enterprise Charitable Fund ABN 12 102 649 968 (the Fund), The Bendigo Centre, Bendigo VIC 3550. Sandhurst Trustees Limited ABN 16 004 030 737 AFSL 237906, a subsidiary of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank Limited ABN 11 068 049 178, AFSL 237879, is the trustee of the Fund.
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Before you begin:
Welcome to the Bendigo Bank online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants. For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please email us at foundation@bendigobank.com.au and quote your submission number. If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
Saving your draft application:
If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off. You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.
Submitting your application:
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Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible. When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register. If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted. Hint: check the email hasn't landed in your spam/junk email folder.
Attachments and supporting documents:
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