Wagga community set to benefit from council grants

Wagga City Council has allocated $224,793 in funding through its Annual Grants Program.

The funding will support 59 projects across ten grant categories including events, youth-led initiatives, recreational facilities, rural halls, arts culture and creative industries, small businesses, community programs and projects, local heritage and the natural environment.

The 2022/23 Annual Grants Program attracted 97 applications across the ten categories.

Wagga City Mayor Dallas Tout said the popular initiative signals the council’s support for community-led events, new ideas, programs and the local business community.

“The Annual Grants Program funding priorities continued to focus on areas within the local government area that have high levels of social and community disadvantage,” Cr Tout said.

“In the face of the economic challenges being experienced across the country and the continuing impact of COVID-19, it is important for the council to continue to provide support across the entire community.

“The program enables us to support local non-profit community groups, individuals and small businesses with projects which directly benefit our community and enhance our wellbeing.”

Mayor Tout was pleased to support a range of organisations, businesses and individuals who would be delivering diverse, inclusive and progressive programs and initiatives for the community.

“We look forward to seeing these projects come to fruition over the next year,” he said.

The Annual Grants Program is part of the council’s commitment to developing a vibrant and diverse community in line with the goals of the Wagga View, Community Strategic Plan 2040.

Annual Grants Program Recipients

EVENTS – $29,319

• Bidgee Strawberries and Cream – $7500
• Southern Cross Austereo – $7500
• Dr Sam Bowker – The Green Beetle Company – $7419
• Tarcutta Hotel – $3900
• MG Car Club of Wagga Wagga – $2000 .
• Wagga Wagga Leagues Club Swimming Club – $1000

YOUTH-LED INITIATIVES – $4300

• Saasha McMillan – $3000
• Multicultural Council of Wagga Wagga – $1300

RECREATIONAL FACILITIES – $30,000

• Wagga Wagga Junior Rugby League Inc – $7500
• Wagga Wagga Netball Inc. – $6363
• Wagga Wagga Junior Rugby Union Inc. – $5425
• Wagga Wagga Combined Hockey Assoc. – $2300
• Wagga Rugby League Inc. – $912
• (Under separate cover) – $7500

RURAL HALLS – $23,572

• Collingullie Soldiers Memorial Hall (Collingullie Hall) – $8900
• Currawarna Recreation Reserve Committee – $6497
• Humula Citizens Sports Club – $8175

ARTS, CULTURE & CREATIVE INDUSTRIES – $30,077

• Blue Ark Films – $5000
• The Vaudeville Collective – $5000
• Wagga City Rugby Male Choir – $5000
• Dane Simpson – $5000
• St Michael’s Cathedral Parish – $3254.20
• Harold Gretton – $2916
• Dr Sam Bowker – $2906.80
• KimBaker.Design – $1000

SMALL BUSINESS – $28,353

• Shaw Street Children’s Centre – $7500
• Twin City Skate – $7500
• Kooringal Pharmacy NSW Pty Ltd – $7500
• Crow Mow – $1800
• Paint Place Wagga – $1793
• Riverina Regional Psychology Practice – $1400
• Freeroam Theatre Incorporated – $860

COMMUNITY PROGRAMS AND PROJECTS – $30,000

• Boys to the Bush Ltd – $5000
• Rapid Relief Team (RRT) Ltd – $5000
• Wagga Wagga TAFE Children’s Centre – $5000
• Wagga Wagga Art Society – $3189
• Carevan Wagga Inc – $2610
• Wagga Wagga Women’s Shed Inc. – $2200
• Multicultural Council of Wagga Wagga Inc. – $1913
• PCYC Wagga Wagga – $1883 .
• Wagga Wagga Toastmasters Club – $1680
• Triple H Forum – Housing, Homelessness and Human Services – $1275
• Dr Raymond J King OAM – $250

NEIGHBOURHOOD AND RURAL VILLAGES – $24,480

• Humula Progress Association Inc. – $5000
• Kachin Community of Wagga Wagga – $4348.89
• Kylie Biltris – $4000
• Ladysmith School P and C Assoc. – $3716.46
• Oddball Theatre – $3000
• Anglicare – $3000
• Bidgee Dragons Inc – $1414.65

LOCAL HERITAGE – $15,500

• The Glow Lab – $5445
• Tarcutta Hotel – $4755
• Riverine Club – $4000
• Wagga Wagga District Historical Society – $1300

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT – $9192

• Downside Recreation Reserve – $2572.47
• ErinEarth Ltd – $2564.53
• Amy Hurd Early Learning Centre – $2387
• Lake Albert Public School – $1068
• Turvey Park Public School – $600