Community Resilience Grant applications close 13 December 2019

Published on 06 December 2019

Community groups and organisations throughout the Gannawarra have until Friday, 13 December to apply for funding through the Gannawarra Community Resilience Grants Program.

Developed by the Gannawarra Community Resilience Committee, up to $40,000 is available in Round 2, to support a variety of activities that promote social connectedness and mental health and wellbeing.

“Six community groups and events have benefited from funding provided during Round 1 of the program, with groups and organisations able to apply for up to $5,000 to support community-led initiatives,” Mayor Lorraine Learmonth said.

“It is important that, as a community, we continue to unite and support each other, and this program is one way to contribute to initiatives that assist to keep our communities connected.”

The program guidelines detail priority areas that applications need to consider. Some of these include:

• Community celebrations, such as Christmas, New Year, Australia Day, Neighbour Day and Easter celebrations in towns, or other events that bring people together;
• Minor equipment purchases;
• Workshops that build the capacity to develop localised solutions to climate change;
• Community bus trips to locations within the Gannawarra that will boost the local economy;
• Community initiatives that aim to raise funds for the Gannawarra Giving Account; and
• Programs and activities that promote the Five Ways to Wellbeing – Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give.

“I encourage not-for-profit community groups to look at the program guidelines, which are available on Council’s website, and determine whether any projects, activities or events planned would benefit from a funding application,” Mayor Learmonth said.

“Projects and events that are successful in obtaining funding must be held or completed by 15 June 2020.”

Applications, which close on Friday, 13 December, can be submitted online at www.gsc.vic.gov.au/grants or by completing a hard copy form, available from Council’s Customer Service Centres at Cohuna and Kerang.

For more details, please visit www.gsc.vic.gov.au/grants, phone (03) 5450 9333 or email grants@gannawarra.vic.gov.au