Mid North Coast community projects, initiatives, and programs will be brought to life following the announcement of funding from the latest round of grants announced by Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation.
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This round of grant funding totalled almost $800,000 and was the first grant ceremony for 2018.
The grants presented today brought the total amount donated by the foundation to the community since 2003 to more than $18 million. The grants will be used to support the lives of marginalised and disadvantaged residents of regional NSW, including five which will enable projects on the Mid North Coast.
Camp Quality will receive $47,000 for the purchase of a dedicated van to deliver their programs in Northern NSW.
Riding for the Disabled will receive $30,000 to fund an all-weather shelter, spectator seating, and construct accessible paths at its Manning-Great Lakes Centre.
The National Stroke Foundation will receive $22,000 to deliver the StrokeSafe Ambassador Program throughout NSW including at Coffs Harbour, and John Hunter Children’s Hospital will receive $53,000 to fund the installation of specialised web cameras on each of NICU’s 12 new beds with live-feed accessible by the baby’s family.
Meanwhile, Cancer Council NSW will receive $154,000 to build an online booking platform to facilitate free access to transport for cancer treatment, and Wheelchair Sports NSW will receive $33,000 to use as grants to its members to support individual sport participation and maintain good mental wellbeing.
“The quality of candidates and applications in this round was incredibly high and selecting the final recipients was challenging. We were incredibly impressed with the projects that were presented to us for consideration,” Phil Neat, charitable foundation chair, said.
“The foundation’s purpose is to make a significant difference to the lives of disadvantaged and marginalised people in NSW regional communities.
“The foundation provides financial support to enable the critical work of community organisations that have initiatives and projects which may fall outside other funding avenues, but are still exceptionally important as they will improve the lives of marginalised members of our regional communities,” he said.
Each project that received a funding grant today will commence in the coming months and all projects are scheduled to be completed within two years.
This means that the community will begin to reap the benefits of the funded initiatives and projects by early next year.
“Congratulations to the extraordinary people representing our recipient organisations. It’s because of their hard work dedication that these projects will be brought to life and will make a difference to the Mid North Coast community,” Mr Neat said.