JMF provides Sydney Scholarships to support aspiring and talented Indigenous football players to attend some of Australia’s top schools and undertake intensive football training in Sydney.

We work in partnership with schools, like SCEGGS Darlinghurst, Westfields Sport High School and St. Catherine’s School, as well as NPL football clubs to provide these talented children with an opportunity to pursue both a great education and advanced football development.

Our inaugural scholarship holder, Shadeene Evans, went on to sign with W-League’s Sydney FC, was selected as a Young Matilda and named vice-captain, and was awarded the 2020 Role Model of the Year by Football Federation Australia. Shadeene also won a full academic scholarship to study social work at the University of New South Wales in Sydney.