FUNDING ANNOUNCED - 2022 COMMUNITY BUILDING PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM

Independent Member for Wagga Wagga, Dr Joe McGirr, today announced $400,000 in funding for the Wagga Wagga electorate for a total of 21 projects.

 

From the $24,822 the Batlow CWA received for a roof restoration to the $32,000 allocated to Carevan Wagga for the installation of solar panels and the $9669 given to the Collingullie Glenfield Park Football Netball Club for upgrades at Crossroads Oval, a broad range of community groups have been successful in their applications to the 2022 Community Building Partnership Program.

 

“This is fantastic news for some of our wonderful community organisations,” Dr McGirr said.

 

“When I look at the list of organisations that have been successful in their grant applications, I am struck not only by the wide variety of organisations that we have working in our community, but also the number of amazing projects that will be going ahead.

 

“I congratulate all the organisations that were successful in their application and look forward to seeing how these projects make a difference for community groups in the area.”

 

The full list of successful projects in the Wagga Wagga electorate for the 2022 round are:

 

  • Life Education NSW received $5800 for COVID-safe air-conditioning in the Healthy Harold Mobile Learning Centre

 

  • Uranquinty Progress Association received $18,010 for memorial water tank art

 

  • Batlow CWA branch received $24,822 for a roof restoration

 

  • Talbingo Country Club received $9000 for a dual axle tipping trailer

 

  • Wagga Wagga Motorcycle Sports Club Inc received $27,467 for amenity upgrades and an accessible bathroom

 

  • Kurrajong Waratah received $36,513 for accessible pathways and enhancement of community facilities at Hildasid Farm

 

  • Hopwood Park Tennis Club Inc received $35,000 for the replacement of a synthetic grass court

 

  • Mangoplah Cookardinia United Football Club Inc received $39,875 for ramp access to clubrooms and improvements to seating and access

 

  • Agricultural, Pastoral and Show Society of Lockhart Inc received $7535 for windproofing an existing pavilion

 

  • Wagga Wagga Community Media Incorporated received $10,000 for shade sails over car park areas

 

  • The Rock RSL Sub Branch received $8000 to provide bench seating in Avenue of Honour for reflection and rest

 

  • The trustee for ErinEarth received $8214 for garden lightning, which will allow for evening events

 

  • Wagga Wagga Athletics and Little Athletics Club Inc received $5990 for a fully monitored publicly accessible defibrillator project

 

  • Tumut and District Little Athletics and Amateur Athletics Club received $5990 for a fully monitored publicly accessible defibrillator project

 

  • Rotary Club of South Wagga Wagga Inc received $19,553 for an equipment container for South Wagga Rotary’s Rocky Hill regeneration volunteers

 

  • Carevan Wagga Inc has received $32,000 for the installation of the solar panels on its warehouse roof

 

  • Firsthealth Limited has received $5875 to replace two shade sails over an area of sensory garden

 

  • The Anglican Church property Trust, Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn, has received $10,642 for a shade sail above the St Paul’s play area

 

  • The Ladysmith Tourist Railway Inc has received $42,745 for construction of a heritage-style gang shed

 

  • The Collingullie Glenfield Park Football Netball Club Inc has received $9669 for an upgrade to goalposts at Crossroads Oval football ground

 

  • Wagga Wagga Croquet Club Inc has received $37,300 for renovations and equipment for a facilities upgrade

           

The Community Building Partnership program has funded more than 18,000 community projects since it commenced in 2009. Applications for the 2023 Program open in May 2023.

For more information about the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership Program, visit www.nsw.gov.au/cbp.

Joe McGirr Office