Grant Recipients – 2014
Organisation: Alzheimers Australia NSW
Project Description: Help with holding dementia cafes (information sessions) in the Valley
Grant: $1,500
Organisation: Bandara Children’s Services
Project Description: Help provide an outside learning area
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Bega District Volunteer Rescue Group Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of hydraulic rescue equipment
Grant: $4,000
Organisation: Bega Valley Chamber Orchestra
Project Description: Support the annual South Coast Music Camp
Grant: $2,500
Organisation: Bega Valley Genealogy Society Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of equipment to digitise community records
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Bega Valley SPAN
Project Description: Help with annual mental health awareness walk
Grant: $1,000
Organisation: Bermagui Area Chamber of Commerce & Tourism Inc.
Project Description: Installation of a community access sign (pathways, cycleways and bike tracks
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Biamanga Percussion
Project Description: A series of daylong percussion workshops
Grant: $1,800
Organisation: Eden Community Access Centre
Project Description: Equipment for technology courses
Grant: $1,000
Organisation: Eden Men’s Shed Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of reciprocating saw and club amenities
Grant: $1,090
Organisation: Eden RSL
Project Description: Support activities for Legacy and RSL widows
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Far South Coast Family Support Service Inc.
Project Description: Help support disadvantage mothers and carers
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Imlay Crafts Inc.
Project Description: Support pottery classes for school children
Grant: $1,495
Organisation: Jellat Rural Fire Brigade
Project Description: Purchase of essential RFS equipment not available from other sources – helmets, jackets, first aid kit
Grant: $1,972
Organisation: Marine Rescue Merimbula
Project Description: Computer for a new marine tracking system
Grant: $988
Organisation: Men’s Shed Merimbula Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of bandsaw
Grant: $1,889
Organisation: National Trust of Australia (NSW) Far South Coast Branch
Project Description: Construction of Koori historical information signs
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Parents & Friends of South Coast Anglican School
Project Description: Support for the establishment of a sensory garden
Grant: $3,000
Organisation: Pig & Whistle Fleet Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of display cabinet
Grant: $1,800
Organisation: Sapphire Coast Active Kids Play Group
Project Description: Support establishment of new local play group for toddlers and infants
Grant: $4,000
Organisation: Sapphire Coast Marine Discovery Centre
Project Description: Purchase of a new Touch Tank for the display area
Grant: $3,665
Organisation: Sapphire Coast Underwater Research Group
Project Description: Support for diving training courses
Grant: $1,120
Organisation: Sapphire FM Radio Ltd
Project Description: Purchase of transmission and broadcasting equipment
Grant: $5,000
Organisation: South East Arts (Dan Scollay)
Project Description: Community choir workshop and performance
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Southern Women’s Group Inc.
Project Description: Production of recycling brochures
Grant: $700
Organisation: Southern Women’s Group Inc.
Project Description: Support special programs for families
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Spiral Gallery Co-operative
Project Description: Support the holding of quilt workshops
Grant: $3,000
Organisation: Stonewave Taiko Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of four drums
Grant: $3,000
Organisation: The Nomads Inc.
Project Description: Purchase of a portable keyboard
Grant: $1,150
Organisation: The Triangle
Project Description: Funding for the Olga Masters Festival
Grant: $1,000
Organisation: Towamba Public School
Project Description: Help with expenses for school excursion to Sydney
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Tulgeen Group (Riverside Nursery)
Project Description: Support the establishment of a food garden for the disabled
Grant: $7,500
Organisation: Twofold Aboriginal Corporation
Project Description: Support cultural and historical community workshops
Grant: $7,500
Organisation: UA3 Bermagui & District Inc.
Project Description: Support community involvement in the production of a panoramic wall hanging for public display
Grant: $2,075
Organisation: Workability (a service of the Disability Trust)
Project Description: Support Music and Art workshops for the disabled and mental health patients
Grant: $2,000
Organisation: Writers of the Far South Coast Inc.
Project Description: Support for writers workshops
Grant: $1,500
Total $85,244