Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Community Grants Program

Status - Closed

More than $190,000 to community groups and local organisations has been confirmed with Port Macquarie-Hastings Council's allocation of the 2011/12 Community Grants Program.

The allocations were agreed at the August Council meeting and a total of 48 groups and organisations received money across the four grant categories of Environmental, Christmas / New Year Grants, Non-Council Owned Rural Halls and the largest category Community Development Grants.

The Grant Program is a Council initiative that has a significant and positive social impact for the community. Through this sizeable grant program Council can ensure that general rate funds are distributed directly to Non-profit community groups and organisations.

The Community Grants Program has been improved in recent years and is now administered through an online grants management system called 'Smartygrants' which has greatly improved the review and acquittals process.

70 applications in total were received for 2011 with everything from Landcare, community Christmas events, youth services and a forum on social media run by Lifeline represented in the recommended allocations.

Community Grants Program 2011/2012 Fast Facts

70 applications were received in total across the four streams of funding.
48 applications have been allocated funding which is an increase on the number of individual groups who received allocations in 2010/11.
The total amount requested across the four streams was $348,175.
19 applications totalling $108,357 were assessed as ineligible for funding.
The Grant allocations were spread across the LGA. $91,6161 of the General Grants allocation was for programs that extend throughout the LGA, $29,956 was allocated for Port Macquarie based activities with $20,610 allocated for Wauchope and rural programs.
The non Council owned community halls allocations were all for rural facilities including Comboyne, Hollisdale, and Kendall.
Environmental levy grants have a focus on bush regeneration works on public land, with maximum allocations up to $5,000.

Download a complete list of the 2011/2012 successful Grant Recipients (120KB)