Support for Young Persons Special Achievers

The Support for Young Persons Special Achievers Program is to support gifted and talented young people who live in the Camden LGA. The program provides a once only grant of up to $500 to assist to meet the costs of participation in a cultural, academic or sporting event representing NSW or Australia. Applications are received at any time during the year.

Eligibility

• The recipient shall be under the age of 23 years at the time of application;
• The cultural/academic/sport activity shall be of amateur status and generally promoted by a non-profit organisation;
• A special achiever, for the purposes of this program, is one who has been selected on merit, to represent NSW or Australia in their chosen field of endeavour. This definition includes young people with disabilities;
• Evidence of selection involving a merit based process must be provided;
• No more than one donation will be granted to any applicant under this program;
• The recipient shall be a resident of Camden Local Government Area;
• Payments under this program will be calculated on the basis of 10% of total costs with a maximum payment of $500 being provided for any one request;
• Evidence of the costs incurred must be provided with the request.

Applications

Written applications should provide information required to meet the eligibility criteria. The following information needs to be provided:

• Name and address of the applicant;
• Amount requested;
• Purpose of the request;
• Evidence of selection must be provided as well as any other supporting documentation;
• Bank account details

To apply for this program, please complete the Support for Young persons Special Achievers Application Form that can be found here

For further information please contact Josephine Roccisano, Community Project Officer on 4645 5023 or email.