Sport and Christmas events are the big winners in the latest funding from Central Coast Council’s Community Support Grant Program.
Christmas spirit is alive and well with a $1,782 grant for a pantomime by Coastal a Cappella and $4,900 going to Gosford Uniting Church for a carols event in Gosford.
Sporting groups to get a financial boost are: Special Olympics NSW for Interclub Golf Championships ($1,495.50); Umina United Soccer Club for a portable marquee to provide shade for volunteers working the barbecue ($2,194.50); Matcham Holgate Cricket Club to install grass over exposed concrete at Paul Oval cricket nets ($5,000); and Northern Lakes TFW Rugby League Carnival ($4,652).
Coast & Country Primary Care will receive $4,800 for a Mental Health Art Works Exhibition, Hardys Bay Community Church will get $5,000 for its Sounds for Citizens event and Ourimbah Region Residents Association will be helped with insurance and hall hire costs with a $915.87 grant.
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