The Impact of Giving

Scholarships play a vital role in ensuring that a Wesley education remains accessible to talented and deserving students from a wide range of backgrounds. A scholarship at Wesley is more than financial assistance – it’s an investment in potential, in the future. Our scholarship program currently supports more than 200 students and celebrates excellence across many areas, including:

  • Academic Scholarships
  • Music Scholarships
  • General Excellence Scholarships
  • Rural Scholarships
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Scholarships
  • OWCA Scholarships

By supporting scholarships, you are helping ensure that capable and talented young people can access opportunities that will shape their future – regardless of their financial circumstances. Your support not only changes the life of an individual student but also strengthens the entire Wesley community through greater diversity of experience, perspective and talent.

Wesley College accepts donations into the following scholarship funds:

  • Wesley College Scholarship Fund (including the Sarah Hardey Centenary Scholarship Fund)
  • Wesley College Indigenous Scholarship Fund
  • OWCA’s Mildred Manning Scholarship Fund

The above funds are endorsed as deductible gift recipients (DGR) and donations to these funds are tax deductible.

Read below about Old Collegian Hugh Sando and what a Wesley scholarship meant to him.

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Scholarships change lives

Old Collegian Hugh Sando (10-14) is a Western Australian cinematographer and director whose work centres on the documentary and cultural storytelling, bringing a strong sense of place, intimacy and authenticity to the screen. His recent credits include the documentary Boodjara, which follows Noongar Elders reclaiming placenames, language and culture, internationally recognised television series Alone Australia, Stuff the British Stole, Endgame, Four Corners and Australian Story.

“I wouldn’t be who I am today without Wesley. The scholarship opened doors that genuinely changed the direction of my life. While there was so much to gain from the academic and extracurricular opportunities, what stayed with me the most was a deep sense of belief in myself.” – Hugh Sando

 

 

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Create a legacy

Whether to honour a loved one, family member or past staff member, named scholarships are a special way of creating a legacy that lives on through the students that benefit from the opportunities a Wesley scholarship provides.

Each of the named scholarships supported by donors have been funded in diverse ways, some are funded partially or are full scholarships. They can support either one student from Year 7 to Year 12 or some scholarships can support up to five students at any one time. Each scholarship is unique and depends on the wishes and circumstances of each donor.

For further information or a confidential discussion please contact:

Kelli Henning, Development Manager or Tracy Rowling, Director of Community Relations on +61 8 9368 8000, between 8.00am–4.00pm, Monday to Friday, or email us at communityrelations@wesley.wa.edu.au

“The Moorditj Mob meant a lot to me. It was a place where we could support each other, learn more about our culture, and just feel comfortable being ourselves. When I first came to Wesley, I was still trying to figure out my place in the world. Being part of the program helped me work through that. It gave me a stronger sense of identity and pride, and it made the College feel like somewhere I truly belonged."

Hugh Sando