Cr Ros Heit
August 17, 2016
Insufficient attention to detail proved the undoing of more than half the groups that applied to the first round of this year’s Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund.
The fund’s Assessment Committee received 11 grant applications, but was forced to turn down six of them because they fell outside the funding round’s guidelines.
And of the five that did fit the guidelines, another application had to be turned down because there were insufficient funds available to cover it.
In all, the 11 applications sought a total of $38,132.
The funding round only had a little over $8300 available.
The successful applicants were:
- Kingaroy Kindergarten Association – $260 towards an estimated $456 total cost to paint a 31 metre long mural on the pathway in front of the kindergarten
- Nanango & District Kindergarten – $547 to purchase banners and a sign for the kindergarten
- South Burnett PCYC – $5000 for the Tiny Tots mobile program
- South Burnett Pantry – $2500 for the purchase of a Bain Marie
The second funding round, which will open for applications on January 2 and close on January 20, will have $15,000 available.
Applications will be assessed on Tuesday, January 31.
The round will be open to South Burnett organisations with a focus on homeless or displaced members of the community that meet the criteria outlined in the Mayor’s Community Benefit Fund guidelines.
Guidelines and application forms can be downloaded from Council’s website.
