Grants offered for local commercial fishing
Local seafood businesses and commercial fishers are being encouraged to apply for grants through the NSW Government’s Eat More NSW Seafood program to help boost the value of the NSW…
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Six grants state wide available to musicians
The NSW Government is offering $90,000 of grants to six musicians across the state as part of an initiative to provide live music in public spaces. The grant will coincide…
Arts grants body looking for more applications from the north
Young people aspiring to a profession in the arts have the opportunity to boost their endeavours with a grant of up to $5000 from the Bouddi Foundation for the Arts…
Grants on offer for volunteer organisations
Up to $132,450 will be available to volunteers in the Robertson electorate in the latest grants round of a $20M Federal Government package to support volunteers across the nation. Member…
Committee uncovered deep and systemic problems with grant allocation
A NSW Government committee looking into how grants are allocated to councils is scathing in its interim report which was tabled in State Parliament on March 30. The committee uncovered…
Bouddi Foundation for the Arts awards open
Applications for the 2021 Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Grants are now open, with last year’s awards seeing the biggest payout in the 10 years the program has been running….
Grants to spruce up three Peninsula venues
Three local organisations on the Peninsula have benefitted from the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership program. Hardys Bay RSL, Empire Bay Public School and Killcare Surf Life Saving Club each…
Bendigo Bank gives back to community
A number of projects on the Peninsula were boosted last year by grants from Ettalong’s Bendigo Bank in a bid to support grassroots community initiatives. Notable donations included a $50,000…
Grants available for projects that deliver benefits to the veteran community
Money for projects supporting the health and wellbeing of veterans and their families is now available in the Veteran and Community Grants program. Senator Molan said grants would provide funding…
Cenotaph to be restored and featured on website
Empire Bay Progress Association and Empire Bay Public School have both received grant money for war memorial projects. “The restoration of the Empire Bay cenotaph and honour rolls by the…
Community events granted $42,000
Community events including festivals on the Peninsula have been allocated about $42,000 in the latest round of Central Coast Council’s grants program. Other grants brought the total for the Peninsula…
New grant a boost for local exporters
A new State Government initiative could be just the lifeline that small and medium exporters on the Central Coast need. With exports accounting for over a third of the region’s…
Significant sites to be preserved through Heritage Grants
The shingled roof of Henry Kendall Cottage at West Gosford is to receive a $10,000 makeover thanks to the latest round of grants through Central Coast Council’s 2019-20 Heritage Grants…
Seven local sporting clubs receive grants
Seven sporting clubs across the Wyong electorate have benefited from a share in $42,070 as part of the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. The $4.6M program was designed to…
Grants for young Central Coast artists
Applications for the 2020 Bouddi Foundation for the Arts Grants for Young Artists are open and offer up to $5000 for artists on the Central Coast between the ages of…
Weekly News 5@5 May 8
This week’s essential news from around the Central Coast in a handy audio / video format. Firefighters awarded, Council development powers trimmed, St Huberts Island bridge, Federal government charities boost,…
Small business grant of up to $10,000 still doesn’t help all
Struggling small businesses will receive a grant of up to $10,000 in a State Government assistance scheme to help them through the coronavirus shutdown. The government will put $750M into…
Community organisations encouraged to apply for a grant
Applications for the 2020 Community Building Partnership Program are now open, and Member for Wyong, David Harris, is encouraging community organisations in his electorate to apply. According to Harris, $300,000…
Nine local groups granted a almost $ 200,000
[Woy Woy] Nine Peninsula organisations have been granted a total of almost $200,000 under the Community Building Partnership program. The largest grant was $100,000 made to Umina Beach Men’s Shed…
Wicks denies sports clubs’ unfair grants allocation claims
Member for Robertson, Lucy Wicks, has denied a claim by Member for Dobell, Emma McBride, that many sports clubs in the region “never had a fair chance” of receiving grants…