Youth Scholarship Program
Ballarat Jaguar and Land Rover Youth Scholarship Program
Keeping rare arts and trades alive is what we stand for. Doing this means building opportunities to exchange knowledge and skills for those interested in pursuing it as a career.
We support students considering career options in rare arts and trades practice to have the opportunity to connect with artisans who practice and experience these areas first-hand. School programs and TAFES today have little programming in the Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades, making this very difficult. The Rare Trades Centre fills this gap by offering a pathway for career development.
A student's ability to invest in full-price classes should not limit their access to learning so a fund has been established to support youth to attend a class at the Rare Trades Centre.
The Youth Scholarship Program at the Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades is sponsored by Ballarat Jaguar and Land Rover.
"The Rare Trades Centre scholarship has provided me with the opportunity to learn the most exciting and beneficial of crafts. The knowledge I have learned is already proving to be fruitful in my endeavours to help preserve the natural world! This scholarship has provided me with more freedom to follow my heart and make the world around me a brighter place. I am so grateful for this opportunity and the pathways it has opened for me, and I cannot wait for my next workshop."
Casey, Youth Scholarship Recipient
Essential information
Program Guidelines
- The Youth Scholarship Program is open to young people 16 – 25 years old.
- You don’t need to be currently enrolled in school, an apprenticeship, TAFE or a Tertiary course to be eligible.
- Scholarship recipients cannot currently be in full-time employment.
- Students can apply for a scholarship position in a class and a contribution to transport and accommodation if required.
- Consideration for the Youth Scholarship Program is on a first-come-first-served basis.
- Each participating Workshop can accommodate a maximum of 2 Scholarship students.
- A Scholarship student can participate in a maximum of 2 Workshops.
- All artisans offering Workshops through the Youth Scholarship Program hold a current Working with Children Check.
- Scholarship students under 18 years old must supply a completed Permission Form to participate in the program.
- Scholarship students who fail to attend their nominated Workshop without notice forfeit their opportunity to participate in the program.
About the Workshops
- Workshops are delivered in mixed groups with an average maximum capacity of 6 – 8 participants.
- Workshops generally take place on weekends.
- Workshops are located at the Rare Trades Centre, on Bradshaw Street across the road from the Sovereign Hill living museum.
The Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades
383 – 389 Bradshaw St,
Ballarat VIC 3350
Application Process
- Students can either self-nominate or be nominated by their school or learning institution.
- Students who wish to participate in the Youth Scholarship Program should complete the Expression of Interest (EOI) form below and provide the following information:
- Their ontact details
- The rare trade(s) they are interested in learning
- The reason they would like to participate in a Workshop at the Rare Trades Centre.
Contact
For further information about the Youth Scholarship Program or a list of participating Workshops, please contact:
Deborah Klein
Manager, Centre for Rare Arts and Forgotten Trades
Register your interest
Please complete the below form to register your interest in applying for the Youth Scholarship Program at the Centre for Rare Arts & Forgotten Trades sponsored by Ballarat Jaguar and Land Rover.
Thanks to the generosity and support of Ballarat Jaguar and Land Rover.
