Nine Groups To Share $241,000

September 29, 2021

Nine South Burnett community organisations will share in $241,098 from Round 110 of the Gambling Community Benefit Fund.

Successful applicants for the grants were announced by the State Government on Wednesday.

The latest grants will benefit two golf clubs, a netball club, a soaring club and the South Burnett PCYC.

Other grants will assist a local QCWA branch, a local ambulance committee, a Lions Club and Proston’s Golden Spurs Campdraft.

Grant recipients are:

• Elgin Vale QCWA – construct accessible amenities – $18,306

• Goomeri Golf Club – buy equipment – $18,191

• Kingaroy Local Ambulance Committee – buy medical equipment – $23,916

• Kingaroy Netball Association – install fencing, buy mower and marquees – $30,699

• Kingaroy Soaring Club – construct garage with annexe – $20,000

• Kumbia and District Golf Club – install rain tank and solar water pump – $33,177

• Proston Golden Spurs Campdraft Association – upgrade cattle holding yards – $35,000

• South Burnett PCYC – buy boxing station, scrubber machine and gym equipment – $29,974

• Wondai Lions Club – install surveillance cameras – $31,835

The Gambling Community Benefit Fund provides grants of up to $35,000 to community organisations, not-for-profit organisations and local councils to fund local projects that benefit their communities.

Applications for Round 111 closed on August 31, and applications for Round 112 will close at midnight on Sunday, October 31.

Attorney-General Shannon Fentiman said there would be four rounds of GCBF funding in 2022: a “Super Round 113” offering grants from $500 to $100,000, and the other three offering grants from $500 to $35,000.

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