$120,000 grants funding to boost Wakefield communities
Published 8th August 2017
| 8 August 2017 |
Twenty-three organisations will benefit from Wakefield Regional Council’s latest grants round, with almost $120,000 awarded for community infrastructure, arts, culture and sports initiatives.
In its fourth year, Wakefield’s grants program has to date provided more than $600,000 to not-for-profit community organisations to plan, establish or improve facilities and services within the Council region. Under the program, grants of up to $5,000 are provided for community water scheme and community benefit program initiatives and up to $25,000 for community infrastructure projects.
Wakefield Mayor Rodney Reid said Council had received a significant number of applications this year and the quality was outstanding.
“This year’s applications showed a real commitment to making our Council area more liveable and vibrant, with a number of projects being funded that will increase art and culture in the region,” Mayor Reid said.
“Murals in Brinkworth and on the Snowtown water tower and a film festival and Cirkidz performance for school aged children at the Blyth Cinema all received a grant. All of the applications showed significant community benefit and the successful projects demonstrated broader benefits to a number of groups across the Council area.
“From bench seating, to security systems, the applications once again reinforced how important volunteers and grass-roots organisations and projects are to our local communities. As with previous years, the projects show great commitment by the local communities and it’s great that Council can help support these communities and the important work they do.
“We look forward to seeing the great results achieved as a result of this year’s funding.”
Successful applicants for Community Infrastructure grants were:
• Snowtown Tennis Club & Netball Club for a new roof and veranda for its clubrooms
• Avon District Hall for its rejuvenation project
• Snowtown Community Management Committee for the painting of a mural on the water tower
• Port Wakefield Community Management Committee’s history/museum group for the replacement of stable doors on the former courthouse/police station/museum
• Balaklava Community Children’s Centre for an outdoor resource shed and hard court
• Blyth Community Hall for under stage trolley chair storage
• Owen Oval arena shelter for the Paint Horse Society of SA
• Blyth Kybunga Cricket Club for nets redevelopment
• Hamley Bridge Bowling Club for a kitchen upgrade
• Brinkworth Management Committee for Brinkworth murals
• Balaklava Golf Club for fairway irrigation
• Balaklava Swimming Pool for concrete repairs
Community Benefit grants were awarded to:
• Owen Swimming Pool for bench seating
• Port Wakefield Community Management Committee for stage curtain replacement at the Soldiers Memorial Hall
• Blyth Golf Club for a new rainwater tank
• Blyth Cinema ‘Little Big Shots’ International Film Festival for Kids and Cirkidz performances for the Australian Council on Children and the Media
• Port Wakefield Community Newsletter for a new photocopier
• Lochiel Progress Association for a security system
Community Water Scheme grants were awarded to:
• Brinkworth, Port Wakefield, Owen, Hamley Bridge and Balaklava bowling clubs
• Balaklava & Districts War Memorial, Owen and Hamley Bridge swimming pools
• Brinkworth Recreation Ground Committee oval