OVER seventy-four thousand dollars\u2019 worth of grants were distributed to community organisations by the Ballarat Foundation last week.<\/p>\n
Twelve groups received support for the delivery of their grassroots initiatives across Ballarat.<\/p>\n
The Salvos\u2019 Redan-based Life Skills, Activities, Relationships and Fun program was awarded a $7500 Community Impact Grant.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe LARF program has been funded by the Foundation for 20 years this year, and the money we get from this grant directly feeds into our fortnightly program costs,\u201d LARF\u2019s Jasmine Darge said.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt helps us get food and activity supplies every week to run sessions, to bring socially isolated 13 to 16 year olds together, engage them in activities and give them experiences in the community.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe transport them to sessions, they take part in a planned activity covering one of the four LARF themes, sit down and have a home-cooked meal together, and it\u2019s a real family environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Other Community Impact Grant beneficiaries included Ballarat Community Health\u2019s Go 4 Green 2.0 project, Ballarat and District Aboriginal Cooperative\u2019s Indigenous Youth Leaders Connecting to Culture Camp, and Back to School programs, and the Ballarat Neighbourhood Centre for Our Garden-Our Kitchen Social Enterprise.<\/p>\n
The Aboriginal Literacy Foundation\u2019s post-COVID youth literacy catch-ups, Uniting Meals for Change, the Hilltop Church Breakfast Club, and Art of the Minds\u2019 Living with Purpose wellbeing and personal development program also benefited.<\/p>\n
The Wendouree-Delacombe Sub-Fund boosted the Wendouree West Exodus Community Family Camp, and Ballarat Basketball\u2019s Phoenix College sport employment training, while Uniting\u2019s Breezeway meals program received backing from The Courier Charity Fund.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
OVER seventy-four thousand dollars\u2019 worth of grants were distributed to community organisations by the Ballarat Foundation last week. Twelve groups received support for the delivery of their grassroots initiatives across Ballarat. The Salvos\u2019 Redan-based Life Skills, Activities, Relationships and Fun program was awarded a $7500 Community Impact Grant. \u201cThe LARF program has been funded by […]<\/p>\n