For Those Who Stand Beside Them™
2025 AVCAT Scholarships
Applications Open 18 August
AVCAT scholarships are tertiary scholarships for the children and grandchildren of Australian ex-serving veterans.
Scholarships are $4000–$6000 per year, for up to three years.
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Join us as an Associate Member.The list of people who could benefit from getting involved with PVA is extensive. They include: carers of veterans; mothers, fathers and siblings caring for single ADF members; and grandparents who have custody or temporary care of the children of ADF or former ADF members. The latter group often need the understanding of people who have raised their children in the shadow of ADF service. We also identify schoolchildren in need of support whose parent or parents have served our country.
'Military Wife'
Song: “The Military Wife”- dedicated to all past and present wives and partners of those who are serving or have served in the Australian Defence Force.
Written by Cath Parsons who says that music and poetry find her.
Click on the following link to hear the Australian Military Wives Choir perform
'Military Wife'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPxqnWSNosc&feature=youtu.be
Shining a Light:
Stories of Trauma & Tragedy, Hope & Healing
The Royal Commission into Defence and Veteran Suicide’s special book honouring the lived experience of serving and ex-serving Australian Defence Force members and their families, is now available.