{"id":325736,"date":"2022-10-31T21:08:14","date_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:08:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=325736"},"modified":"2022-10-31T21:08:14","modified_gmt":"2022-10-31T11:08:14","slug":"134000-given-to-community-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2022\/10\/31\/134000-given-to-community-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"$134,000 Given To Community Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"
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South Burnett Regional Council donated almost $134,000 in cash to community groups in 2021-22, and gave another $30,000 to $50,000 of in-kind support to other community-driven events (Photo: SBRC)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

October 31, 2022 <\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Regional Council gave almost $134,000 to community groups in 2021-22 according to its latest Annual Report.<\/p>\n

The Council’s six-monthly Community Grants program distributed $86,529 to 42 community groups last financial year, and six projects received $13,797 in funding from the Regional Arts Development Fund.<\/p>\n

The Council also donated $8000 to eight hall groups to help with their annual insurance costs; $5000 for five Australia Day or Anzac Day events around the region; and gave two $500 Elite Youth Performance Sponsorships to help two young athletes attend Athletics Australia’s National Championships.<\/p>\n

On top of this, Council also provided in-kind support to 16 community groups to help them run events ranging from campdrafts to race meetings, and Christmas carnivals to fishing competitions.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This support ranged from providing skip bins to tables, chairs and gazebo tents.<\/p>\n

While not costed, this support is likely to have saved event organisers between $30,000 to $50,000 if they had to source similar equipment from hire services.<\/p>\n

In addition, the Mayor and Councillors contributed a further $19,665 from their own discretionary funds to assist other community groups whose projects did not fit into the Council’s six-monthly community grants program cycle.<\/p>\n

The Annual Report lists where the Discretionary Funds were spent:<\/strong><\/p>\n

South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto – $4000<\/b><\/p>\n