2011 Ballarat Foundation Community Grants

Eight Ballarat community groups received over $31,200 in funding grants at a presentation on Tuesday 6th December 2011.

The funding grants are provided through The Ballarat Foundation's 2011 Community Grants Program.

The grants were announced at a morning tea at The Ballarat East Community Men's Shed.

"We like to hold the grants presentations at the premises of one of the recipient organisations as it is a great way for them to show their facilities and programs to a wider audience and it is a way of other organisations seeing who is doing what in the community. The real win is if they can leverage off each other, network and possibly even share resources which has happened with three organisations today", said The Ballarat Foundation CEO, Noel Trengove.

“We are very excited to present these grants as we believe they will make a real difference across a range of community areas. Of particular note is the announcement of the first grant being granted from one of our newer funds, the Advanced Cabinetry Sub-fund, a local business who firmly believe in investing in and giving back to the community and see the Foundation model as an effective way to achieve this not just for today but into the long term future,” Mr Coghlan said.

The 2011 grant recipients were:

• Vision Australia (Ballarat operations)

- Grant Project: Feelix Library Services

• Delacombe Primary School

– Grant Project: Boys, Books, Blokes, Bytes and Balls (B5)

• Ballarat East Community Men's Shed

– Grant Project: Toilet Upgrade

• BRACE

– Grant Project: Positive Partnering

• Ballarat Lyric Theatre

– Grant Project: Complete, restore, repair, re-fit and preserve the professional costume set for the full cast of characters in the stage show 'Eureka' to be staged in early 2013.

• Ballarat YMCA

– Grant Project: Wendouree West Youth Centre vacation program

• Lead On Ballarat

– Grant Project: 'Mikes for Musos'

• Community Radio Voice FM

– Grant Project: Storage units for the ever expanding record library and reception area

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To learn more about The Ballarat Foundation or to make a donation go to the website, www.ballaratfoundation.org.au