{"id":146350,"date":"2016-05-26T17:06:33","date_gmt":"2016-05-26T07:06:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=146350"},"modified":"2020-10-13T16:04:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-13T06:04:58","slug":"156k-for-regions-community-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2016\/05\/26\/156k-for-regions-community-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"$168,000 To Help Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Yarraman and District Historical Society, based at Heritage House, is one of 41 local groups which will share a combined $168,000 in the latest round of the Federal Government’s Volunteers Grants Program<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 26, 2016<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett not-for-profit groups will receive a total of $168,840 in the latest round of the Federal Government\u2019s Volunteer Grants Program.<\/p>\n

The Volunteers Grants Program is a $20 million Federal Government initiative designed to recognise the valuable work undertaken by volunteers in communities across Australia.<\/p>\n

Grants of between $1000 and $5000 are available to groups every year.<\/p>\n

They are designed to help not-for-profit community organisations support their volunteers and deliver services through the purchase of small equipment items, reimbursement for volunteers\u2019 fuel and transport costs. or to offset the costs of training and background screening checks.<\/p>\n

Further information on the Volunteers Grants Program, including guidelines, can be found on the Department of Social Services website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett community groups which received grants in the latest Volunteer Grants Program round include:<\/strong><\/p>\n