2021 Snapshot Connellan Airways Trust

Snapshot
2021

       Connellan Airways Trust
       Supporting people in Outback Australia

Freecall 1800 733 810 | www.connellanairwaystrust.org.au

FROM THE CHAIR

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Connellan Airways Trust is a unique organisation.
The grants and scholarships we offer encourage rural
and remote people to succeed while living in these
locations. The Trust is all about people who love where
they live in the Outback and are seeking to learn, to
lead and to thrive and access to education and health
opportunities enables this.

As the needs in Outback Australia change the Trust
adapts to ensure that the grants and scholarships we
offer continue to address the isolation and remoteness
that accompanies living in the Outback. We honour the
founders E.J Connellan and the Airways Shareholders,
marvelling in the similarities of determination,
resilience and innovation that remain steadfast in the
bush. All while adapting to the environmental and
industrial changes of the Outback.

Regardless of technology advances, communications
continue to be unreliable in the bush. Education may be
available via remote learning; however practical
placements still mean leaving home for weeks on end.
And whilst agriculture has seen an amazing year for
some, others across the Outback continue to face
environmental challenges that negatively impact their
families and businesses. Despite the impact of
COVID19 on the available funding to the Trust, it is
with awareness of the need in the Outback and the
help our of generous donors, that the Trust had its
biggest year of granting in ten years.

We know that in strengthening access to education and
health focused opportunities, we are also building on
the confidence, leadership and skills of isolated, rural
and remote people. People who in turn contribute to a
thriving Outback.
                                                           Mr Mark Coffey, Chair

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A Year in Review

GENERAL GRANTS

                                   Eliza - Remote Station in NT
                                   Eliza received a General Grant for
                                   travel and accommodation to attend
                                   training for station hands.
                                   "At just 16, the youngest person on
                                   the course, Eliza was described as the
                                   star student."

Injune & District Men's Shed - QLD
General Grant recipients for a recycle
bin initiative in support of the remote
men's shed.
"The shed plays a vital role in the
community, particularly in mentoring
young men and offer skills
workshops"

                                   Annalise - E.J Connellan Award - Junior 2021
                                   Annalise is from Kununurra WA, and is studying a
                                   Bachelor of Law.
                                   "I really want to be an advocate for regional and
                                   remote communities to ensure they receive the
                                   same opportunities as other areas."

                                 General Grants by State/Territory

Jamie Robson
Remote NT

Connellan Airways Trust Outback Scholarships
with Charles Darwin University

Connellan Airways Trust Outback
Scholarships:
Charles Darwin University

Jamie relocated from Central Australia to Gunbalanya last
year. Working for the Department of Health in a variety of
roles across outback NT was a good use of Jamie’s previous
background in pre-hospital emergency care and search and
rescue. In 2020 Jamie began his journey with Charles Darwin
University studying a newly released Paramedicine Degree.
His goal of becoming a qualified paramedic is now closer than
ever.

Jamie was one of two Connellan Airways Trust CDU Outback
Scholarships awarded in March 2021.

“Remote living is beautiful, but it is also very hard. Everything
is that little bit more difficult, be it resources, logistics and so
many things that are taken for granted in other settings. This
course allows me to remain in the NT, study remotely and
secure future employment in an area I am dedicated to
success in."

"The scholarship from Connellan Airways Trust assists greatly
with the financial costs that accumulate with attending
practical sessions on campus, and placements with St Johns
Ambulance. The wet seasons means that we get completely
closed off via road and I will have to charter a small aircraft
to attend these essential elements of my degree. This
scholarship shows that remote regions and those who choose
to live in them, are not forgotten. The Trust understands the
challenges that come with outback living are real. This support
means I can study while remaining within the community
which has become my home.” Said Jamie.

OUR GIFT GIVERS

 Thank you to our generous donors who share our love for enabling
 outback people. Access to education and health opportunities is vital for
 the sustainability of the rural and remote places we all love.

 Mr Stuart Sporn, Mr Mark Coffey, Mr Wayne Evans, Mrs Rebecca Scott
 Mr Gary Connellan, Mr Gavin Carpenter, Mr William Calanchini and
 the CMV Group Foundation

SCHOOL OF THE AIR & DISTANCE EDUCATION
SCHOOLS: ACCOMMODATION GRANTS

 OUR PARTNERS

UNIVERSITY PARTNERSHIPS: SCHOLARSHIPS
Thank you to our partners for their support over this past year.