March 20, 2013
The first round of the Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund was unable to give away all the $10,000 it had allocated to Junior Sport because of a lack of suitable applications.
The shortfall was disclosed in a report tabled at the Council’s monthly meeting on Wednesday.
Successful Round 1 applicants were:
- South Burnett Saints AFC Inc – $1500 to develop indigenous AFL footballers
- Nanango Rugby League Football Club Inc – $2000 for “Get Fit 2014”
- South Burnett Junior Rugby League – $2280 for the “School Rugby League Blitz” program
A fourth application from the Kingaroy Wondai Proston Tick Eradication Committee for $10,000 to secure the Tick Boundary at Brigooda was turned down because it failed to meet the funding round’s criteria.
However, the unspent money will now be rolled into the grant program’s second round.
This will focus on Mental Health, and grants will be given to projects that deliver a meaningful outcome to the South Burnett community and which don’t receive support from other recognised channels.
Applications for Round 2 grants will open on Monday, March 31; close on Friday, April 29; and be assessed on Wednesday, May 7 at a breakfast meeting commencing at 8:00am.
The amount of funding allocated for Round 2 is $15,000.
