The Australian Disability and Indigenous Peoples' Education Fund (ADIPEF) will assist indigenous and non-indigenous people with disability to participate in both formal and informal education programs through small grants.
Frank Hall-Bentick has a lifelong 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.
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. ADIPEF’s fund is looking to distribute small six monthly grants of up to $2,500 to assist people with disabilities to continue their learning.
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, ADIPEF would like a letter in the persons own words telling then why they want to learn.
Deadline for applications
30 September, 2011
How to apply
Download the form below, complete it and send it back to ADIPEF:
http://members.optuszoo.com.au/~frankhbentick/ADIPEF/ADIPEF_Application_Form.pdf
For more information
Contact Frank Hall-Bentick
Tel: 03 9429 4210
Email: info@adipef.org.au
www.adipef.org.au
Source: IDEAS E-Bulletin issue 26, 9th September 2011
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