Your Community

You put your heart and soul into teaching, and we put teachers at the heart of everything we do.

Since our member-owned bank was founded by teachers more than 50 years ago, supporting education has been our passion, and fundamental to the way we operate.

So, while big banks give less than 0.7% of their profits after tax to the community, we return 6.8% to the Bank's members and the education community.

This creates opportunities for teachers, students and those they impact everywhere, through scholarships, grants, donations and professional development programs, such as the:

• Teachers Mutual Bank Principals Scholarship
• Teachers Mutual Bank Victorian Mid-Career Scholarship 
• Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship

It’s even written in our Constitution to give back to the communities of our members.

Because, for a long time now, we’ve helped and watched the education community create change for good.

Partners and sponsorship

We collaborate with a wide range of education community partners and provide financial support through sponsorships, partnerships, grants, scholarships, donations and charities including the NSW Premier’s Teachers Scholarship (for new and emerging technologies) and Teachers Mutual Bank Principals Scholarship in partnership with the Public Education Foundation.

Professional development is a major focus of our investment. We support conferences and events which are an integral part of extending and improving school curriculums by assisting in improving skills and training for principals, deputy principals, teachers and school administration and support employees.

We work in partnership with the State Education bodies; the Department of Education NSW, Department of Education (WA) and the ACT Department of Education on a range of events, programs and sponsorships, and professional development.

Partners and sponsorship

Across the education sector we aim to build long-term mutually beneficial relationships. We sponsor and partner with organisations that are aligned with our values and can deliver commercial outcomes.

Teachers Mutual Bank receives many sponsorship requests every year. We have developed sponsorship guidelines to outline our requirements for sponsorship and to encourage the representation of proposals that have the greatest potential for success.

Sponsorships that do not meet our sponsorship guidelines will not be considered.

Please send all sponsorship requests to [email protected]

Scholarships

Teachers Mutual Bank Victorian Mid-Career Scholarship

The Teachers Mutual Bank Victorian Mid-Career Scholarship with Public Education Foundation supports public school teachers in Victoria who have been teaching for between five and 15 years. The scholarship provides $10,000 to spend on approved professional development/professional learning. The scholarship may be spent on a single professional development course, including approved overseas courses with travel, or on a set of professional learning activities. 

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Teachers Mutual Bank Principals Scholarship

Supporting principals' professional development

Teachers Mutual Bank Principals Scholarship enables one Principal from a government primary or secondary school in Australia the opportunity to undertake a professional education leadership program at Harvard Graduate School of Education in the USA. The scholarships provide a successful applicant with the opportunity to ‘reflect, refocus and recharge’ through a professional education program tailor-made for school principals.

NSW Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship

Premier’s Teachers Mutual Bank Aboriginal Education Scholarship aims to support staff who currently teach indigenous education to indigenous and non-indigenous students. Increasing knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal histories and culture is a key strategy of the NSW Department of Education. All teachers currently teaching aspects of indigenous education across the curriculum in NSW Schools and TAFE NSW Campuses/Colleges are eligible to apply.

Stewart House

We have been a major supporter of Stewart House for more than 40 years because we believe in the incredible work they do with children in need.

Stewart House in NSW gives hope and helps take a weight off kids who are dealing with health or family issues.

Stewart House is visited by 1,800 public school children every year. Each child has been personally recommended by their School Principal as being in dire need of a break from their daily life. 

What Stewart House does is:

• deliver for 1800 of those children annually for twelve days respite care in a safe haven at no cost to their parents
• provide them with dental, optical, hearing and medical treatment and screening
• involve them in educational programs and excursions designed to develop their social and emotional skills, build self-esteem and improve their overall well-being. 

That is our strategy. The three things we do, to change the lives of children. 

Singleton Public School Principal, David Crowe, can attest to the impact Stewart House has on lives.

Unfortunately when David was in Year 2 his parents were involved in a car accident that left his father severely disabled.

“I was put forward for a trip to Stewart House when I was 11 and I can still remember the difference that made! It was a fantastic two weeks, I attended classes, visited the zoo, museums and went on a ferry ride,” said David.

“Now that I am a teacher, I am proud to be a regular donor to Stewart House and my school supports the cause too! Stewart House made a real difference to my life and I encourage you to help them continue to make a difference to other kids’ lives.”

Stewart House helps kids in a wide range of challenging circumstance, and relies on donations to continue providing this important service.

Find out more about Stewart House and how they help.

School Planners

Learn more about ordering our school planners and download digital planners.

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