{"id":4718,"date":"2012-06-12T15:41:24","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T05:41:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=4718"},"modified":"2012-06-15T12:33:32","modified_gmt":"2012-06-15T02:33:32","slug":"applications-open-for-volunteer-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/06\/12\/applications-open-for-volunteer-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"Applications Open For Volunteer Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_4723\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4723\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/warrentruss.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4723\" title=\"Warren Truss\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/warrentruss.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"277\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-4723\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>June 12, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Federal Member for Wide Bay <strong>Warren Truss<\/strong> has invited local volunteer groups to apply for funding from the Federal Government&#8217;s Volunteer Grants program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;This grants program supports the work of volunteers and encourages volunteering, allowing organisations to purchase equipment, making volunteers&#8217; work easier, safer and more enjoyable,&#8221; Mr Truss said.<\/p>\n<p>The Volunteer Grants Program provides grants of between $1000 to $5000 to eligible not-for-profit organisations to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Purchase small equipment to help volunteers help their communities;<\/li>\n<li>Contribute towards volunteers&#8217; fuel costs incurred in their volunteering work, including using their cars to transport others to activities, delivering food and assisting people in need;<\/li>\n<li>Assist with the reimbursement of transport costs for volunteers with a disability or who are unable to drive; and<\/li>\n<li>contribute towards the costs of training courses for volunteers and\/or undertaking background screening checks for volunteers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Information on the 2012 Volunteer Grants program an application form can be found <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fahcsia.gov.au\/sa\/volunteers\/funding\/Pages\/volunteer_grants2012.aspx\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>online<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Applications close on July 25 at 5:00pm.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Federal Member for Wide Bay Warren Truss has invited local volunteer groups to apply for funding from the Federal Government&#8217;s Volunteer Grants program.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":4724,"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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