{"id":331055,"date":"2023-04-18T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=331055"},"modified":"2023-04-18T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T10:00:06","slug":"latest-local-hero-grants-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2023\/04\/18\/latest-local-hero-grants-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest Local Hero Grants Announced"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_331056\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331056\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-331056 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/20230418benji-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-331056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Deb Frecklington congratulated Benji Lipsett on his Local Hero Grant and wished him well for his upcoming athletics competition in Melbourne (Photo: Nanango Electorate Office)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>April 18, 2023<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has announced the first group of her Local Hero Grants for 2023.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first round of my Local Hero grants for the year closed on March 31 and there were many excellent applications from local groups and young people participating in representative sporting events, so the choice was very difficult,\u201d Mrs Frecklington said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The winners of the March round are:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wondai Neighbourhood Watch<\/strong> \u2013 Support for their First Responders&#8217; Day Lunch<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Kilcoy State School P&amp;C<\/strong> \u2013 Support for the tuckshop<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Brayden Watcho<\/strong> \u2013 Support to attend Wide Bay U15s Competition in Townsville<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Benji Lipsett<\/strong> \u2013 Support to attend Australian Junior Athletics Championships in Melbourne<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Local Hero Grants started in 2016 and are now in their eighth year.<\/p>\n<p>They are designed to provide small donations to not-for-profit community groups and individuals from across the Nanango Electorate.<\/p>\n<p>Four grants of up to $250 each are available in three rounds per year.<\/p>\n<p>The next round closes on August 31.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is available on Mrs Frecklington&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/debfrecklington.com.au\/online-office\/debs-local-hero-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington has announced the first group of her Local Hero Grants for 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":331056,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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