Quick Response Grants Helping Burnside Youth Excel
Committed to providing opportunities for youth to achieve their best outcomes, the City of Burnside continues to support outstanding individuals through the Quick Response Grants program.
With the goal of supporting the future leaders of our community, these small grants of up to $500 provide financial assistance to residents to overcome otherwise limiting barriers that would prevent their attendance.
Recent grant recipients include Ava,17, who received funds to assist her with competing at the 2024 AusCycling Elite and U19 Track National Championships as a representative for South Australia. Utilising the grant funds to help cover equipment, flights and accommodation, Ava travelled to Brisbane to compete and achieved stunning results.
Ava placed:
- 1st – Team Pursuit (state record)
- 2nd – Madison (relay)
- 5th – Scratch Race
- 6th – Individual Pursuit
A second recipient of the Quick Response Grant program was resident and Flinders University student James, who thanks to the grant was able to attend the Humanitarian Affairs Global Peace Summit in Bangkok, acting as a Humanitarian Affairs Peace Ambassador. Utilising the grant James received funding to help with covering his registration fees and flights.
At the Summit James was privileged to hear from numerous guest speakers, all of whom shared the goal of encouraging the next generation to create a more peaceful and compassionate future. Speakers included Dr Manal Omar, a prominent human rights activist and Niemat Ahmadi, a survivor of the Darfur Genocide.
‘The conference provided an unrivalled opportunity to engage and network with people, and create a global network of likeminded people, including several of the speakers,’ James said. ‘The conference provided a great springboard off of which to begin my year as a Peace Ambassador and encouraged myself (and the countless other delegates) to become more involved in politics and foreign affairs at whatever level we are able.’
Congratulations to both Ava and James on their achievements.
The Quick Response Grants program is available to individuals, community groups and community organisations who meet the selection criteria. Applications are open until funds are exhausted. See the City of Burnside website for more details and application criteria.
Ava and her Madison team at the Track National Championships
James at the Global Peace Summit
