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Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund
Contact: Frank Hall-Bentick
Chairperson
Unit 4, 65
Tel: 03 9429 4210 Email: info@adipef.org.au
a sub-fund of the Australian Communities
Foundation
Australian Communities
Foundation
Latest News:
The
Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples’ Education Fund is open for
applicants and our next deadline is 31 March 2013.
We completed our seventh round of funding on 30 September 2012 and we
received 71 applications but as we are only a small fund we were only able to
assist 14 applicants.
The closing dates for the Education Fund are every six
months at the end of March and September each year.
Enquiries Welcome.
Acknowledgement of
Country
We acknowledge the traditional owners of the Land on which we live. We
pay our respects to Elders, past and present, and to all Indigenous people and
recognise their continuing spiritual connection to the Land.
Background
Following thirty years involvement in disability advocacy, Frank
Hall-Bentick has asked his sisters Lesley and Annette and a group of friends
Rae, Lyndall, Cath, Ros and Jody to help him setup
and run an education fund for people with disability. Titled the Australian
Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund (ADIPEF), the fund will
assist indigenous and non-indigenous people with disability to participate in
both formal and informal education programs through small grants.
Frank has
a life long disability and along with other members
of his family has experienced many years of hospitalisation,
special schools and disability services. For the last thirty years Frank has
been involved in disability advocacy and the empowerment of people with
disability locally, nationally and internationally. Realising
that the work to empower people with disability is ongoing he has long
considered the best way to support this is through further education and
learning.
In April
2008 he with his sisters and these friends set up the Australian Disability and
Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund (ADIPEF) under the auspice of the Melbourne
Community Foundation. This Fund will assist people with disability gain
empowerment through access to formal and informal education programs.
They
believe the importance of education should not be measured in graduate degrees
and diplomas or in salaries people achieve or careers people have undertaken
and achieved. The importance of education should be measured by peoples'
continual learning of cultures, relationships, history, tolerance and honing
the skills to apply this learning.
Unfortunately
for many people with disabilities their early years are more about cure and
rehabilitation than stable, well grounded education.
The skills to make and retain careers, relationships and friends are developed
while they attend school however continuing disruption of this education
impacts greatly on this learning. For many children presently attending school
medical treatment and rehabilitation continues to disrupt their education. Many
indigenous people with disabilities experience further disruption to their
education due to poverty, isolation, lack of services, family breakdown.
Education
is continuously growing, developing, changing, so many people undertake courses
to begin again the education they never completed or to keep abreast with these
new developments. With the development of technology, education has become more
accessible for people with disabilities leading to people completing higher
levels of education which in turn can lead to more complex and skilled work.
For many
people with disabilities from both indigenous and non-indigenous backgrounds,
education can go a long way to not only developing their skills but also their self esteem and the pride of their family, friends and
community.
For many,
a small financial grant will enable them to undertake a course. This education
fund is about helping people complete or undertake courses and programs through
providing small grants.
Our fund
is looking to distribute small six monthly grants of up to $2,500 to assist
people with disabilities to continue their learning.
Contact Frank at info@adipef.org.au
Advisory
Committee Members
3.
Annette Rooke
4.
Rae
Hurrell
5.
Ros
Sackley
8.
Lyndall Grimshaw
Eligibility
People with disabilities of any age may apply for any assistance to help
with both formal and informal education. While people may need assistance to
complete the application, we would like a letter in the persons own words
telling us why they want to learn.
Deadlines
for Applications
March
31st, 2013
September
30th, 2013
March
31st, 2014
September
30th, 2014
How
to Apply
Download
the form below, complete it and send it back to us. Any questions please
contact us.
How
can I donate
To help us with this work you can donate to the Education Fund. Click on
the form below, complete your details and send it back to us.
Credit card by Australian
Communities Foundation webpage.
Forms
for Printing only
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Australian
Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund
a
sub-fund of the Australian Communities Foundation
Australian Communities
Foundation
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Send comments and mail to
Frank Hall-Bentick fhallbentick@optusnet.com.au
Unit 4, Last updated by frank HB on 14-09-11