The ParaQuad NSW- Golden Stave Scholarships for 2012

ParaQuad is now accepting applications for the 2012 Scholarships for people with a spinal cord injury residing in NSW/ACT. These scholarships are available through the generous long term support of the Golden Stave Foundation

The ParaQuad NSW-Golden Stave scholarships are awarded to support people with SCI at school, university and sporting endeavours such as wheelchair basketball, archery etc. The scholarships are designed to ease financial burden and provide funding for education and/or sport & recreation activities for Australians with a spinal cord injury. A big thank you to the music industry's Golden Stave Foundation, for making these scholarships available. 
 
To be eligible for the ParaQuad NSW - Golden Stave Scholarships, applicants must:
• be an Australian citizen and a resident of NSW;
• have a spinal cord injury;
• demonstrate motivation and perseverance to achieve goals

To know more about the scholarship, the guidelines, the program objectives and eligibility requirements, click here.

To download an application form click here.

To be added to our mailing list, email us at scholarships@paraquad.org.au

 
Completed scholarship application forms must be received at ParaQuad by 17 February 2012.

The Golden Stave Foundation History The music and entertainment industries’ longstanding support has made ParaQuad’s Golden Stave scholarships possible. The term ‘music & entertainment industries’ covers record and publishing companies, radio and TV stations, promoters, agents, management companies, artists, writers plus a wide range of associated service industries such as printers and publicists. For over 30 years, the Foundation has held a number of fundraising functions, the most ‘infamous’ being the Golden Stave lunch, first held in 1978. The Golden Stave Foundation contribute towards the relief of poverty, destitution, sickness, helplessness and misfortune amongst persons and particularly children suffering from physical, intellectual and emotional disabilities.

• Desperately needed equipment for ParaQuad’s Ferguson Lodge, which provides specialised nursing and medical care as well as accommodation for 42 paraplegics and quadriplegics
• Two fully equipped 22-seater buses
• A music room for Ferguson Lodge dedicated to the memory of the late Jack Argent
• The ParaQuad Berala Project which is a uniquely designed housing development incorporating six specially-equipped units for people who use wheelchairs
• The setting up of the Golden Stave Scholarship for ParaQuad NSW, and the list goes on.