Flinders Ports has increased its youth travel grant scheme this year, boosting the annual fund to $14,000, due to the program’s growing success. The scheme, which is administered through the office of MP for Flinders, Peter Treloar, aims to help local families with the cost of travel to sporting, cultural and educational events. Vincent Tremaine, Chief Executive Officer of Flinders Port Holdings, said, “Travel costs can become a burden and a bar to taking part, so it’s important for local kids to get support to participate.”
The Flinders Ports Youth Travel Grant Scheme has been assisting families in Port Lincoln and the Eyre Peninsula since 2005. The program has helped countless local children over the years, with 308 families receiving assistance with their children’s travel costs for scholastic, cultural and sporting activities in 2015 alone.
“A local MP, like Peter, knows the local community, so is ideally placed to administer the funds. The electorate office does a great job and is fully aligned with our corporate social responsibility objectives,” Mr Tremaine said.
Mr Treloar said that travel from regional areas was always challenging.
“Our office is extremely pleased to assist Flinders Ports in their travel support for young people from Eyre Peninsula. Travel is always costly, and this sponsorship goes some way towards alleviating those costs – and allowing our students to make the most of opportunities,” Mr Treloar said.
For more information about the youth travel grant scheme, please visit Flinders Ports’ website www.flindersports.com.au/community/sponsorship/ or phone the Flinders Electorate Office on 8683 0722. Only residents of the Electorate of Flinders are eligible to apply.
About Flinders Ports
Flinders Ports is South Australia’s leading port operator with seven ports located at Port Adelaide, Port Lincoln, Port Pirie, Thevenard, Port Giles, Wallaroo and Klein Point. Flinders Ports offers a range of port and port related services including pilotage, mooring, survey and marine control. It is part of the Flinders Port Holdings Group, which is led by Chief Executive Officer, Vincent Tremaine. For more information about Flinders Ports, visit: www.flindersports.com.au
About the Electorate of Flinders
Mr Treloar has held the seat of Flinders since the 2010 State Election. Flinders consists of more than 60,000 square kilometres, of which more than 2,500 kilometres is coastline. The local economy based is on primary production, dryland mixed farming, fishing and aquaculture. It produces more than a third of South Australia’s annual grain harvest and has a population of about 23,000.
