High school and tertiary students living in social housing or out-of-home care have just one week left to apply for the NSW Government’s Youth Development Scholarships to help address costs associated with education.
Now in its ninth year, the scholarship program has helped thousands of students from years 10 to 12 in high school as well as tertiary students at TAFE, university, or completing an apprenticeship or traineeship with funding towards study-related expenses such as laptops, textbooks, and internet access.
Grants of $1,000 per applicant are available to reduce financial challenges and help disadvantaged young people further their study and enhance training and employment opportunities.
Rebecca Pinkstone, Homes NSW CEO said: “Education is expensive, and never more so than in a cost-of-living crisis. A scholarship of $1,000 can be the difference whether a young person chooses to pursue a traineeship and can make a huge impact on a year 12 students’ grades by providing access to textbooks and the internet.”
1,500 scholarships are available to eligible students in 2025. Applicants must be either a social housing client or living in out-of-home care. Applicants can be new students who have never received a scholarship or returning students who received a scholarship between 2017 to 2024 and are continuing with their education while still in social housing.
Applications close at 5pm, 21 February 2025 for new and returning high school applicants. Applications for returning tertiary candidates close 14 March 2025. More information on how to apply can be found at: https://dcjnsw.info/scholarships