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Cr Barry Green thanks Flexible Funding Review Committee chairman Cr Keith Campbell for helping to approve a $3000 grant which get the Nanango Men’s Shed project off the ground (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

April 18, 2013<\/b><\/p>\n

The South Burnett Regional Council yesterday approved a $3000 grant to establish a Men’s Shed in Nanango High School’s grounds.<\/p>\n

The money will come from the $250,000 Flexible Funding program, a State Government grant the council has been struggling to spend before the program winds up on June 30.<\/p>\n

At yesterday’s council meeting, Councillors heard Nanango High School’s P&C Committee had previously submitted an application on behalf of the Nanango Action Group requesting $3700 from the Fund to establish a Nanango Men’s Shed.<\/p>\n

The original application had been rejected because it failed to meet the program’s guidelines.<\/p>\n

But in light of a sudden change of direction by the State Government last month, which altered the program’s focus from “disaster recovery” to “disaster preparedness”, the school was invited to resubmit its application.<\/p>\n

Yesterday Flexible Funding Review Committee chairman Cr Keith Campbell said the resubmitted application had been forwarded to the Department of Local Government and Planning and had been approved, less a $700 component for insurance – an ongoing cost the Fund wouldn’t pay for.<\/p>\n

“The Nanango Men’s Shed will provide a place for local men to undertake hobbies, relay stories ands offer each other personal support,” he said.<\/p>\n

“This is a great initiative and it is timely as research shows that men more commonly suffer from emotional distress many for months and sometimes years after a disaster.”<\/p>\n

Similar programs which are being run in Murgon and Kingaroy are successfully helping men reach out for support.<\/p>\n

Cr Barry Green – a long-time advocate of the project – said the Men’s Shed will have “far reaching and very beneficial effects” for the Nanango community, and thanked the Flexible Funding Review Committee for their support.<\/p>\n

The Men’s Shed will be established in the old Nanango High School manual arts classroom, which is no longer being used by the school.<\/p>\n

* * *<\/b><\/center>UPDATE July 31, 2013:<\/strong> Cr Barry Green told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> today that the Men’s Shed is now going to be located at the Nanango Baptist Church premises in Mt Stanley Road.<\/p>\n

The church had also been thinking about establishing a shed, and it was thought this location would provide better access to the public than the school grounds.<\/p>\n

More than $50,000 funding had been accessed for the project and work would begin soon.<\/p>\n

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