May 16, 2017
Nineteen South Burnett community organisations will share in $353,700 in grants from the latest round of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.
Successful applicants for Round 91 of the fund’s grants program were announced on Monday.
The Gambling Community Benefit Fund is a state-wide government funding program which collects revenue generated by gambling and channels it into not-for-profit organisations.
The Fund distributes an average of $53 million each year.
Groups can apply online for grants of up to $35,000 (inclusive of GST) on a quarterly basis.
In April this year, Queensland Attorney-General Yvette D’Ath announced that the priority for the next four rounds of funding would be to assist areas impacted by Tropical Cyclone Debbie.
The rounds this will apply to are Round 92, which closed on February 28; Round 93, which closes May 31; and rounds 94 and 95.
The successful Round 91 applicants were:
- Barambah Local Justice Group – $7539
- Blackbutt Agricultural Show Society Inc. – $24,500
- Blackbutt Golf Club Inc. – $15,000
- Booie Rise Rural Fire Brigade – $2499
- Booubyjan Hall & Community Centre Association Inc. – $8789
- Burnett Region Pony Clubs Inc. – $6300
- Burrandowan Picnic Race Club Inc. – $35,000
- Goomeri Pumpkin Festival Inc. – $16,000
- Kingaroy Animal Care Centre (RSPCA Queensland) – $30,000
- Kingaroy Bowls Club Inc. – $35,000
- Murgon Lions Club Inc. – $35,000
- Nanango Agricultural Pastoral And Mining Society Inc. – $15,000
- Nanango Branch Little Athletics Centre Inc. – $35,000
- Nanango Sporting Association Inc. – $5664
- South Burnett Endurance Riders Association Inc. – $14,500
- South Burnett Mountain Bike Club Inc. – $14,779
- Widgee District Fire Brigade – $13,000
- Wooroolin Community Committee Inc. – $20,000
- Wooroolin State School – $20,130
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