AVCAT helps young people reach their potential
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Caitlin Gauci – AVCAT Alumni
My TLC scholarship showed me that AVCAT had a deeper intention than just ‘transforming lives through education’. They were also going to do it with compassion and support. By Caitlin Gauci Caitlin Gauci with the Governor General & Mrs Hurley I received my AVCAT scholarship in 2013 – fresh out...
Portia Yates – AVCAT Scholar
It is a true privilege to be recognised by AVCAT and TPI NSW, and I will forever be a grateful recipient of this scholarship. By Portia Yates Larry, Portia (centre) & Marie Yates My name is Portia Yates; I am 20 years old and in my final year of a...
Annabel Jellett – AVCAT Scholar
There is no courage in suffering in silence. Real strength is facing your own vulnerability and realising the importance of human connection. By Annabel Jellett Annabel Jellett I don’t know how to write about my life without sounding lofty, or pretentious. Being a medical student, and a psychiatrist wannabe, makes...
Aiyahna Browning – AVCAT Scholar
The AVCAT scholarship program provides both reassurance and encouragement, in addition to relieving some of the financial pressure of living so far away from home. By Aiyahna Browning Len Russell - CEO AVCAT, Aiyahan Browning 'Believing' is a verb. It's a doing kind of thing - it means to 'accept...
AVCAT Scholar – Kimberley Luty
The Long Tan Bursary has changed everything for me. It gives me breathing room financially and lightens the burden that was always competing with university priorities. By Kimberley Luty My story is not like most AVCAT scholars' stories. I have two sons, aged 16 and 20, and I turn 40...
Dr Louise O’Rance – AVCAT Alumni
I’ll never stop being grateful to the trustees who decided to invest in the education of kids from low-income families. It worked. By Dr Louise O'Rance Dr Louise O'Rance My father, Peter, left the navy before I was born, but he had the tattoos to show for it. I loved...
Mia Taylor – AVCAT Scholar
I am fortunate and very grateful for this scholarship. I realise now how much of an influence Pop, Poppy, my great-uncles, and the war veterans at the club had. This influence will stay with me all my life. By Mia Taylor Mia Taylor I grew up in a tiny village...
Angela Redfern – AVCAT Alumni
I am so grateful to have received the Long Tan Bursary and thus been able to pursue a career where I can assist on the very same surgeries that were performed on my father those many years ago in Vietnam. AVCAT Alumni Angela Redfern spoke about her experience as an...
Nicci Thatcher – AVCAT Scholar
I live an exciting life, and that wouldn't be possible without the support of my parents. They encourage me to take every possible opportunity. I've been able to spread my wings thanks to their unconditional support. By Nicci Thatcher Nicci with her dad Larry & nephew Flynn My Name is...
Ruby Moore – AVCAT Scholar
My goal is to work with children in the education field... I want to help students to reach their potential and set themselves up for a successful future. By Ruby Moore Ruby with her grandfather Ron This year has been a big one for me as I have started university...
Kathleen Vincent-Lucas – AVCAT Scholar
By Kathleen Vincent-Lucas I sit down with my father, a sheet of questions in front of me: my mind gambles on whether I should go off script, greedy with the knowledge of all the stories he can tell. When he so chooses, my father is a great storyteller, engaging with...
Grace Hull – AVCAT Alumni
By Grace Hull I was awarded the Long Tan Bursary in 2021. I was eligible through my paternal grandfather’s service in the Australian Army during the Vietnam War. My grandfather’s time in the Army inspired my own father to join the Royal Australian Air Force, and it is here where...