The Dardanup Shire Council has approved more than $30,000 in funding for under Round one of its 2017/18 Minor and Community Grants Scheme.
The Minor and Community Grants Scheme offers two categories in each round with the Minor Grants (up to $1,000) and Major Grants (funding between $1,000 and $5,000 with a 50:50 matching component).
Successful applications for Major Community Grants (Funding between $1,000 and $5,000 with a 50:50 matching component) were:
- ⦁ Burekup Cricket club - $5,000 towards upgrade of facilities;
- ⦁ CWA River Valley Belles - $5,000 to help with building maintenance;
- ⦁ Eaton Cricket Club - $5,000 for new cricket nets;
- ⦁ Good Start Early Learning Centre - $5,000 for construction and set up of a learning vegetable garden to promote healthy lifestyles;
- ⦁ Eaton Senior Citizens - $2,200 for indoor bowling mats;
- ⦁ Dardanup Equestrian Centre - $1,900 to improve security
Successful applications for Minor Community Grants (up to $1,000) were:
- ⦁ Dardanup Aeromodellers Society Inc - $1000 for purchase of a generator;
- ⦁ Eaton Basketball Association - $1000 for purchase of first aid training and kits;
- ⦁ Dardanup Senior Citizens - $1,000 for purchase of yarn to make rugs for charity;
- ⦁ Eaton Junior Cricket Club - $998 for new equipment;
- ⦁ Grow Eat Cook Inc - $996 for communal gardening and cooking programs;
- ⦁ Philharmonic South West Inc - $990 towards Ferguson Music Trail event;
- ⦁ Dardanup Basketball Association - $935 to improve kitchen facilities ;
- ⦁ Lions Club of Eaton - $718.20 for parking control equipment.
The Minor and Community Grants Scheme is a bi-annual grant program delivered by the Shire of Dardanup.
Shire of Dardanup CEO Mark Chester said the purpose of the grants was to provide financial support to assist groups in delivering valuable services.
“In some cases the organisations to benefit from this funding assistance are very small but as a collective, they have a significant and positive effect on ensuring our Shire is a great place to live,” he said.
“The Dardanup Shire Council is very appreciative of the work undertaken by these grass roots projects and organisations and this has been demonstrated with funding support.”
Visit the website at www.dardanup.wa.gov.au or contact Melanie Serra on 9724 0354 for more information.
