Carevan was one of the 20 recipients of funding as part of the 2025 ClubGRANTS program. Photo: Jarryd Rowley.
Local community groups and charities will this week receive a combined $167,436.30 in funding for projects and initiatives through the 2025 ClubGRANTS scheme.
The scheme is a statewide initiative that provides the framework for registered clubs to directly fund local priority projects and services.
ClubGRANTS was established in 1998 to ensure registered clubs in NSW with profits over $1 million contribute financial or in-kind support to local community services, programs, and projects.
Wagga Wagga City Council coordinates the local ClubGRANTS committee comprising of representatives from Wagga RSL Club, Rules Club Wagga and the Department of Communities and Justice.
The 2025 recipients and successful projects are:
• Ashmont Public School – breakfast program
• The Shepherd Centre – for deaf children – Listen and Learn Program – life-changing therapy for deaf children and their families
• Carevan Wagga Inc – purchase of an automated external defibrillator
• Foodbank NSW & ACT – essential food relief for regional families in need
• The Northcott Society – Healthy for Life: improving physical and mental health outcomes for young people with disability in Wagga Wagga
• SHINE for Kids Co-Operative Ltd – Connecting Kids program
• Royal Life Saving NSW – Community Pulse program
• Playgroup NSW – Ngurra Strong: connecting families through culture, care, and learning
• Solve-TAD Limited – Freedom Wheels – Wagga Wagga
• Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) – sensory resources for students on the autism spectrum at Aspect Riverina School classroom in Wagga Wagga
• Stewart House – supporting vulnerable public school children in the Wagga Wagga LGA to attend Stewart House
• Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga Sunrise – safe and secure service provision
• Clontarf Foundation – engage and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men to complete school and transition into employment or study
• NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) – refugee healing through artistic expression
• Boys to the Bush Ltd – Wagga Wagga Boys to the Bush school program
• Little Wings Limited – Little Wings children’s hospital flight program
• Riverina Veteran and Family Hub – Riverina veteran gaming club, free gaming, modelling and painting
• Cancer Council – Relay for Life
• Willans Hill School – bus and transportation
Wagga Wagga City Council Community Director Janice Summerhayes congratulated the 20 recipients of the funding and applauded their service to the Wagga community.
“The funding provided through the ClubGRANTS scheme assists groups that may not have been able to secure financial assistance through other means,” Ms Summerhayes said.
“It helps to ensure that valued services and projects continue to be delivered throughout the community.”
Clubs that earn more than $1 million annually in gaming machine revenue provide funding for community projects and services, and, in turn, receive dollar-for-dollar gaming tax deductions.
