{"id":352665,"date":"2024-09-09T20:16:56","date_gmt":"2024-09-09T10:16:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=352665"},"modified":"2024-09-10T20:25:44","modified_gmt":"2024-09-10T10:25:44","slug":"1-1m-boost-for-local-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2024\/09\/09\/1-1m-boost-for-local-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"$1.1m Boost For Local Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_352670\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352670\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-352670\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"460\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed.jpg 740w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed-269x167.jpg 269w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed-285x177.jpg 285w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed-340x211.jpg 340w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/20240904mensshed-263x163.jpg 263w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352670\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Kingaroy Men&#8217;s Shed president Eric Ford speaking at last Wednesday&#8217;s &#8220;It&#8217;s A Bloke Thing&#8221; prostate cancer awareness morning at the shed &#8230; the group has received $100,000 for a new building in the latest round of GCBF grants<br \/> (Photo: Kathy Duff)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 9, 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Fifteen local not-for-profit groups will receive a total of more than $1.1 million in funding from latest round of the State Government&#8217;s Gambling Community Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n<p>The results of applications to Round 121 &#8211; a &#8220;Super Round&#8221; with grants of up to $100,000 available &#8211; were announced on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Local recipients were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg Aboriginal Junior Rugby League &#8211; Buy buses &#8211; $99,950<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Cherbourg Wellbeing Indigenous Corporation &#8211; Buy a demountable building &#8211; $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kilkivan Show And Campdraft Association &#8211; Construct a shed &#8211; $75,916<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingaroy Lodge Inc &#8211; Refurbish and renovate facility &#8211; $99,031<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kingaroy Men\u2019s Shed &#8211; Construct shed and do the electrical fitout &#8211; $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Kumbia and District Memorial School of Arts &#8211; Paint facility &#8211; $29,680<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nanango Group SES &#8211; Buy a vehicle &#8211; $95,996<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nanango Soccer Club &#8211; Install field lighting &#8211; $99,995<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Nanango Theatre Company &#8211; Upgrade facility &#8211; $100,000<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Proston District Golf Club &#8211; Upgrade amenities block &#8211; $24,600<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>QCWA Kingaroy Branch &#8211; Upgrade facility &#8211; $76,794.19<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Burnett PCYC &#8211; Resurface basketball courts &#8211; $66,100<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Burnett Saints AFL Club &#8211; Upgrade facility and install coldroom &#8211; $99,984<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>South Burnett Wine Industry Association &#8211; Attend Goomeri Pumpkin Festival, purchase coldroom and equipment &#8211; $19,208<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Wondai and District Band Association &#8211; Buy musical instruments &#8211; $15,805<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The &#8220;Super Round&#8221; marked the 30th anniversary of the grants program.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Since it was established in 1994, the GCBF has provided more than $1.188 billion to communities.<\/p>\n<p>Due to the increased interest in the &#8220;Super Round&#8221;, the State Government topped up the original grant allocation of $30 million with an extra $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>Community groups who missed out in this round have been invited to apply for Round 122, the final round for this 2024.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Round 122 offers grants of up to $35,000 grants and opened on Monday (September 9) and closes on November 30..<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Member for Nanango Deb Frecklington congratulated the successful applicants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur groups have excelled themselves in this funding round,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to these groups on their grant success and I look forward to hearing about the progress of their important projects.&#8221;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>More information is available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.qld.gov.au\/initiatives\/community-grants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifteen local not-for-profit groups will receive a total of more than $1.1 million in funding from latest round of the State Government&#8217;s Gambling Community Benefit Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":352670,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,3],"tags":[1135,168,21,73,30,86,26],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>$1.1m Boost For Local Groups - southburnett.com.au<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Fifteen local not-for-profit groups will receive a total of more than $1.1 million in funding from 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