Three-year cash boost for community groups

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27th June 2016

A wide range of community groups are set for a cash boost in the first round of Noosa Council’s new Community Alliance Grants.

At its June Ordinary Meeting, Council approved $133,500 of Community Alliance Grants – part of the revamped Community Grants Program.

Noosa Community Radio, disability support service Sunshine Butterflies, Noosa and District Landcare, and Noosa Integrated Catchment Association are among the 15 Community Organisations to receive a funding commitment that will run over three years.

“These new three-year Community Alliance Grants give greater certainty to select organisations whose ongoing work deserves support,” Mayor Tony Wellington said. “They relieve the groups from having to fill in application forms every year, and of course that also means less work for Council staff. These longer funding arrangements are a great initiative.”

Funds from this round will also support the good work of Cooroy Family Support Centre, which provides domestic and family violence support services.

The creative industries also get a look-in with funding going to Noosa Arts Theatre and Pomona Arts Inc.

Other recipients to receive the recurrent grants include Cooroora Historical Society Inc, the Shine Program which supports women and children fleeing domestic violence, as well as Flying-fox Rescue and Release Noosa, plus Noosa Community Biosphere Association and Country Noosa.

Coast Guard Noosa and CareFlight Rescue are also beneficiaries, allowing them to continue their vital work.

Community Alliance Grant recipients:

  • Noosa Community Radio - $7500
  • Flying-fox Rescue Release Noosa - $7500
  • Pomona Arts Inc - $7500
  • Sunshine Butterflies - $7500
  • Cooroora Historical Society (Noosa Museum) - $5000
  • Noosa and District Landcare Group - $15,500
  • Noosa Arts Theatre - $7500
  • Cooroy-Noosa Genealogical and Historical Research Group - $5000
  • Cooroy Family Support Centre - $5000
  • Noosa Integrated Catchment Association - $15,500
  • Shine Program - $15,500
  • Country Noosa - $3000
  • Noosa Community Biosphere Association - $10,500
  • Coast Guard Noosa - $10,500
  • CareFlight Rescue - $10,500 

27 June 2016