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CEF Coolah

Country Education Foundation of Coolah was established to provide much needed financial assistance and support youth who have completed their schooling in the Coolah district. By providing educational grants, we aim to help them achieve their post-high school education, training and vocation aspirations. CEF Coolah recognise that the cost of rural students pursuing higher education is often much greater than those of their metropolitan counterparts, and that sometimes these costs can be prohibitive.

CEF Coolah fundraises throughout the year and accepts donations from residents and businesses in order to provide financial grants to local students to support their educational journey. These grants are sourced directly from sponsorship and fundraising – not government funding – assisting these students with costs associated in achieving university and trade qualifications, and working to help them achieve these educational aspirations.

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APPLICATION DATES
OPEN: 1st July 2025
CLOSE: 31st October 2025

IN 2022 CEF

653
Students Supported
2000134
In Financial Support

Events

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It's the final day of National Volunteer Week and we have loved celebrating the dedication and commitment of our 430 volunteers from all across regional Australia. Thank you for your dedication to supporting your local youth and helping set them up for success in their post-school education and employment ambitions!

We have one final student to feature. Meet Charlotte from Temora who wants to pursue a career in environmental sustainability!

Happy National Volunteer Week to all our volunteers!

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National Volunteer Week might soon be coming to a close for another year, however, our student thanks and words of gratitude continue!

Meet Lucy, from Great Lakes, a soon-to-be Physiotherapist! She says it best when she mentions CEF support is about building brighter futures together; a great sentiment to how our volunteers support their local youth and encourage them to dream big. 

#NVW2025 #connectingcommunities #regionaleducation
We love getting out and about and meeting our grant recipients!

Last night, our CEO, Wendy Mason, joined the community of @drewscollege, for their annual Scholarship Dinner, to congratulate and celebrate our 2025 St Andrew's College-CEF Scholarship recipients, Lucy (CEF Cowra), Isaac (CEF Coonamble & Districts) and Sophie (CEF Nyngan).

Thank you to St Andrew's College for their support of CEF and belief in rural and regional youth, like Lucy, Isaac and Sophie.
Our student thanks continues this National Volunteer Week!

Luka, a doctor in the making from Hastings, sends massive thanks to the foundation and the countless hours the volunteers provide to help students from the regions. 

We love hearing about the support that our 430 volunteers provide all throughout students' study journeys, helping them achieve their education and employment goals. 

#NVW2025 #connectingcommunities #regionaleducation
We always say our students say it best. So to continue our National Volunteer Week celebrations we asked our 2025 grant recipients to send in some words of thanks to demonstrate the incredible impact our volunteers have on their local youth, all across regional Australia!

First up is Annabella from CEF Grenfell, who kicked off her Nursing studies this year, and shared her appreciation for not only the financial support she has received but the mentoring and guidance her local foundation is giving her.

#NVW2025 #connectingcommunities #regionalyouth #regionaleducation
This week marks National Volunteer Week and so we're taking the opportunity to celebrate the year-round efforts of our 430 dedicated volunteers across regional Australia. 

CEF volunteers all have one thing in common - to support local youth in their area and help set them up for success in their post-school education or employment ambitions.

We will be featuring some of our students gratitude for our volunteers throughout the week but in the meantime, hit the link in bio to find out more about the great work our volunteers do all year round!

#NVW2025 #connectingcommunities

2025 CEF Coolah Bootbash

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