Rotary Club of Shepparton Central donates $30k for specialised nursing scholarships

This year, the Rotary Club raised $30,000 at the annual golf day fundraiser held at Shepparton Golf Club on Friday, February 27.

The event brought together 120 golfers across 30 teams that each had their own sponsor.

Major sponsors included Quicklift, Hot and Cold Shop, and DDS Group.

The scholarships are aimed at getting nurses into specialised post-graduate programs and keeping them in the Goulburn Valley to support the expansion of specialist services.

GV Health chief executive Matt Sharp thanked the club for the support it had provided.

“Your investment in us allows us to invest in our people,” he said.

The scholarships have seen significant success in promoting staff retention, with 34 of 35 recipients still working at GV Health.

“I was really pleased to hear that,” Mr Sharp said.

Tatura Hospital associate nurse unit manager Kuldeep Randhawa received the scholarship in 2025 and will finish her masters of palliative care at the end of 2026.

Mrs Randhawa came to Australia from India in 2008 and has always wanted to work in healthcare.

She has decided to specialise in palliative care because she enjoys supporting families and emphasising quality of life for her patients.

Ms Randhawa hopes to become a nurse practitioner one day.

“I’m going to smash the masters now,” she said.

Rotarian Rob Kelly said he enjoyed hearing Mrs Randhawa speak about her experiences.

“The thing we look forward to is hearing from the recipients,” he said.