Current Activities
| Organisation | Awarded to | Course /Activity | Comments |
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Individual Scholarships and Grants |
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| RIST | Kiarna Murfett | Certificate III then Diploma of Agriculture | Started 2024 |
| Oliver Baker | Apprenticeship in Agriculture & Dairy Technician | Started 2024 | |
| Longerenong | Dimitry Tomachev | Diploma in Agriculture | Started 2023 |
| Abbey Benson | Diploma in Agriculture | Started 2024 | |
| Heidy Fleming | Certificate IV in Agriculture | 2024 | |
| South-West TAFE | Oleksandr Lysov | Certificate IV Accounting and Business | Starting 2023 |
| Noah Billing | School-based trainee | 2022 DDF funded | |
| Jack Balcombe | Certificate III and IV | ||
| Charles Stuart University Wagga | Oliver Wortley | Bachelor of Agricultural Science | Started 2024 |
| Ella Sadler | Bachelor of Agricultural Science | Starts 2025 | |
| Gordon Institute Geelong | Annameike Cozens | Certificate IV in Veterinary Nursing | 2024 |
| Federation University | Rebecca Toleman | Associate Degree in Vocational Education and Training | Part-time study. Starts July 2023 |
| Australian Institute of Management | Dakota Wake | Diploma of Project Management | Started July 2024 |
| Deakin University | Jaime Hogan | PhD on farmers’ experiences with practice change, particularly with regen practices | In progress – started 2021 |
| Thiruchenduran (Thiru) Somasundaram Warrnambool | 2019 Post graduate scholarship Writing up report mid 2023 | Study of “Potential for seaweed supplementation of livestock to simultaneously drought-proof the Australian dairy industry and address carbon emissions” | |
Group Grants |
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| Warrnambool Rotary | Science and Engineering Challenge | For students to gain interest in STEM and STEM fields of study. The eight challenges try to build on real world scenarios where teams need to apply transferable skills such as communication and team work to be successful. | August 2023 August 2024 |
| South West TAFE | CERT II Agriculture | Five-day study tour of dairy and agribusinesses across Western Victoria | Late June 2023 and June 2024 |
| Neil Porter Legacy | Matt Porter and admin support for NPL | Support to DDF secondary school’s program to show dairy / agriculture as a good future career | Commenced 2022 ongoing until 2025 |
| Leadership Great South Coast | Leadership program | Funds to provide specific inputs to dairy related activities | Support 2023 and 2024 |
| Food and Fibre Great South Coast | F&FGSC | Continuing support to activities of the Careers Advisory Panel, comprising a diverse, whole of supply chain, mix of regional food and fibre representatives. | 2023 Also support to in-kind partnerships with grant-funded programs The Big Connect and AgFutures. |
| Heytesbury District Landcare Network | Establishing multi-species pastures | Medium size farm trial using different seed planting equipment. | Started December 2022 |
| Hawkesdale P-12 School | Students studying agriculture | Visits to farms in Hawkesdale area to gain practical experience in dairy farm management | June 2023 June 2024 |
Completed Activities
| Organisation | Awarded to | Course /Activity | Comments |
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Individual Scholarships / grants |
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| Longerenong College | Lillie Smith | Certificate IV in Agriculture | Now working on large dairy farms in WD |
| Keltyn Rinaldi | Advanced Diploma Of Agriculture & Agribusiness Management | ||
| Caitlan Martin | Advanced Diploma of Ag.& Agribusiness Management | Working for local agribusiness | |
| Emily Walsh | Diploma in Applied Agronomy | Working for local agribusiness | |
| RIST | Rachael McGrath | Diploma of Agriculture | Managing family farm |
| Kieran Cockburn | Diploma of Agriculture | ||
| Dylan Light | Diploma of Agriculture | Share farming large farm | |
| South West TAFE | Marika Austin Nullawarre | Certificate III in Dairying | Mature age student working on dairy farm 2022 |
| Warwick McEachern Koroit | Accounting Principles leading to Dip. Accounting | Mature age student working with Bega Cheese at Koroit plant | |
| Deakin University | Caleb Templeton Warrnambool | Agribusiness Degree | 2019-2021 Working with Warrnambool accountant |
| Cath Jenkins | Certificate IV in Business and Personal Coaching | Completed 2022 | |
| Bronte Gorringe | Marcus Oldham Leadership program | Completed 2022 | |
| Lucy Powell | Certificate Workplace Training and Assessment | Completed 2021 | |
| Carlie Barry | Paddock to Plate conference Beaudesert | May 2021 | |
Group Grants |
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| GippsDAIRY | Samuel Crouch-Loveday Gregor Mews | Joined Don Campbell Memorial study tour to Tasmania | February 2023 Also attended Australian Dairy conference |
| Cream of the Crop Conference 2023 | Support for implementation | Koroit March 2023 | |
| Leadership Great South Coast | Graduate retreat | Contribution to costs of retreat for earlier participants to update their skills and ability to manage stress. | May 2023 |
| Headlands Consulting | Dairy business management discussion group | Study tour to dairy farms in NZ South Island | June 2023 |
| NZ Livestock Improvement Corporation | Brent Boyce Farmwise dairy consultant from Nelson NZ | Co-funded visit to Western District to address famer groups on 10/7 and flexible milking intervals | Spoke to YDN dinner group and farmer field day and evening dinner for WD farmers. April 2023 |
| Young Dairy Network (WestVic Dairy) | 20 young dairy industry participants | Study tour to the Waikato and Rotorua New Zealand | February 2024 |
| Cream of the Crop Conference 2022 | Support for implementation and sponsors | Held at Port Campbell | |
| Max Bond Sam Kermond William Rea Jack Hutt | Dairy study tour to the North Island of NZ and NZ Fieldays at Mystery Creek | November-December 2022 | |
| DemoDAIRY Foundation | Implemented by DDF with contracted support | Dairy Innovation Challenge 18 participants across three categories Dairy Innovation Challenge | March-May 2022 |
| Cream of the Crop Conference 2022 | Support for implementation and sponsors | Held at Port Campbell | |
| Women on Farms gathering 2021 | Sponsored Keynote speaker Janet Moxey and participation by local dairy farmers. | Held at Port Fairy | |
| Food &Fibre Great South Coast | Support to building capacity of careers advisory panel | 2021 | |
| HDLG and four dairy farmers | Regen agriculture study tour and South Island Dairy Event | 2024 | |
| Simpson Lions Graeme Hall Farm Management Award | Daniel and Tracey Gaut Cobden | DemoDAIRY Foundation award to assist with planning future dairy business development | 2020 Due to Covid, the award activities have not been continued. |
| WestVic Dairy | Mandy Johnson workshop | ‘Winning the war on talent’ at Cobden | 16 June 2023 |
| Great South West Dairy Nite Mooves: | Bronze sponsorship | 24 May 2023 At Noorat |
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| Dairy Farm Energy field day | Sponsored Gabriel Hakim as the major visiting speaker | December 2021 | |
| Dairy Awards night | Provided two cash awards for young farmer section winners. | Matt Grant Cowley’s Creek. Matt and Alli Reid Carlisle River |
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| WVD Nite Mooves 2019 | Silver sponsorship package | June 2019 At Terang |
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| Innovation seminar | Joint sponsor with WestVic Dairy | March 2024 | |
| Creating Wealth workshop (With WestVic Dairy and Gardiner Foundation) | One day workshop for young dairy farmers Two day workshop for established farm businesses | August 2024 | |
Powell Legacy Fund Scholarships
| Organisation | Awarded to | Course /Activity | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|
| In progress | Heidi Stansfield | B. Forensic Sc. (Deakin) | 2022 |
| Rowan Ferguson | B. Exercise, and Sport Sc. (Deakin) | 2022 | |
| Emily Morden | B. Sc. , Major Biology Utah Valley University. | August 2022 | |
| Caprice Baillie | B. Ed. (P-12) | 2022. Funded by Powell family | |
| Willow Smith | Bach. of Audio Engineering Australian College of the Arts | 2023 | |
| Susanna Ryan | Bachelor of Medical Imaging Deakin Waurn Ponds | February 2023 | |
| Heidi Stansfield | B. Forensic Sc. (Deakin) | 2022 | |
| Rowan Ferguson | B. Exercise, and Sport Sc. (Deakin) | 2022 | |
| Rachel Morden | B. Science and B. Engineering Monash University | February 2024 | |
| Olive Andrew | B. Law, Deakin University Burwood | February 2024 | |
| Troy Groves | B. Engineering, Deakin University Geelong | February 2024 | |
| Completed | Brianna Thompson | B. Nursing (ACU) | 2018 – 2021 |
| Tate Copeland | B. Arts (Latrobe) | 2018 - 2021 | |
| DDF School Leaver Scholarships (for Powell Legacy Fund) | |||
| Alysa Hibburt | Outdoor Education and Environmental Science. Victoria University | Started 2023 | |
| Ella Titmus | Veterinary Science James Cook University Townsville | Started 2021 | |