Newcastle Permanent is keen to give away cash to help Manning Valley community groups and not-for-profit organisations.
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It will host a free two hour workshop on Thursday, October 6 to assist representatives from local groups and organisations to understand how the foundation works, how to apply for funds and how applications are assessed for the funding pool of more than $1.5 million.
The workshop will be at Club Taree on Wingham Road, Taree from 10am until noon and will include a light lunch. To attend the workshop RSVP by this Friday, September 30 to foundation@newcastlepermanent.com.au
In 2014 the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation provided the YMCA Manning Aquatic Leisure Centre in Taree with $2400 to purchase a water wheelchair for its SwimAbility program.
Charitable Foundation Chairman Michael Slater said learning to swim was an important part of the Australian lifestyle and was a skill all members of the community should have access to not just those who are able bodied.
"The water wheelchair allows people with a physical disability or mobility issue to be transferred from their normal wheelchair into the specially designed chair and then into the water," Mr Slater said.
"Being able to move from one chair to another with ease, dignity and respect is important to enhancing confidence while swimming in the pool. The new water wheelchair is also safer for YMCA staff and carers who do not have to carry the participant into the pool or use a hoist.”
The funding was part of a larger $69,000 grant provided by the Charitable Foundation to YMCA to buy equipment for the SwimAbility program in aquatic centres in the Great Lakes, Wyong, Toukley, Raymond Terrace, Tilligerry, Tomaree, Macksville and Singleton.