AVCAT helps young people reach their potential
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Dr Peter Helson – Donor
“I believe that supporting students undertaking higher education courses is investing in Australia’s future” Dr Peter Helson By Dr Peter Helson I initially learned about the Australian Veterans’ Children Assistance Trust (AVCAT) from an advertisement in the Vietnam Veterans’ Association’s magazine. I visited AVCAT’s website and...
Scholarship Recipient Travels to the Frontier of Medical Engineering
Madison Rochford put her AVCAT TPI Queensland scholarship to good use. Travelling to the Netherlands Madison took part in an exclusive opportunity in medical engineering. By Madison Rochford Madison growing bone cells Over the semester break, I was lucky enough to be accepted into a two...
Angela Redfern – Long Tan Bursary Recipient
Jarrod Crowley, Angie Redfern, AVCAT CEO Joan Hughes Guest speaker Angie Redfern, a 2016 Long Tan Bursary recipient, gave a fantastic speech to the 2018 Long Tan Bursary recipients, their families and members of the ex-service community at the presentation event in Perth on Friday June...
From Scratch to Success
Kelly Peihopa AVCAT scholarship recipient Kelly Peihopa found herself starting from scratch, again, after the end of her marriage. Determined to “become educated, so I can provide a good future for myself and my four children,” Kelly commenced a Bachelor of Arts, majoring in English and...
Andrew Jones – Never Give Up
Former AVCAT scholarship recipient Andrew Jones emailed us recently to let us know what he’s been up to since graduating with a double degree, Bachelor of Economics and Bachelor of Science, from the University of Queensland in 2014. Andrew Jones and Former PM John Howard In his...
Chris Wheat – Father, Carer & Scholar
Chris is the kind of man who takes his responsibilities seriously. In 2007 he became the sole carer for his two young daughters, a few years later he quit his long-term job as a fraud investigator to meet their special caring needs. The next three years saw Chris travelling through...
Deni Campbell Global Citizen
In high school Deni set herself the goal of working internationally for an NGO and being a global citizen, lofty goals for a teenager not yet at university. Fast forward two and a half years later… Deni is in the final semester of an undergraduate degree in Public Health and...
Meet Natasha Harvey
Natasha Harvey is well on her way to achieving her mission to protect the planet. Natasha’s results for her first year studying Bachelor of Environmental Systems were so high she made the Dean’s List of Excellence in Academic Performance, was awarded the Academic Prize and the Belmore Scholarship for First...
Blitzing the Field
Second year student Samantha Jeffrey is blitzing the field. Samantha’s first year results were so high she earned a place on the Dean’s Merit List and was awarded Top First Year Student in Bachelor of Social Work at the University of Wollongong. In 2017 her second year results continue to...
Welcome to the new AVCAT Chair, Major General Bill Crews AO (Retd)
A very warm welcome to the new AVCAT Chair, Major General Bill Crews AO (Retd) (pictured above with AVCAT CEO, Joan Hughes). Bill has been appointed by the Federal Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, The Hon Dan Tehan MP. Bill served in the Australian Army for more than 37 years, retiring...
Long Tan Bursary recipient Jake Stalker is helping others to a brighter future through education
Riverstone resident Jake Stalker knows first-hand that education is the key to overcoming adversity. The Swinburne University student is currently completing the third year of a Bachelor of Social Science (Psychology), thanks to the financial support of the Department of Veterans' Affairs (DVA) in the form of a Long Tan...