THE latest round of Portarlington Golf Club’s Community Contribution Fund (CCF) allocations has been released, providing the community with more than $10,000 to local groups.<\/p>\n
Club chief executive officer Michael Phillips said four groups will each receive a portion of $15,000, with an unprecedented number of requests providing a stark reminder of the struggles local organisations are battling presently.<\/p>\n
“It was a lot higher than anything I’ve seen since joining up the club.<\/p>\n
“It’s a bit concerning but in reality, there’s a role we can play in that and we’re happy to continue to gave back through the CCF.<\/p>\n
“We’re also really pleased with the diversity of our applicants, such as Lifeline and the local RSL, which traditionally have relied on government funding.<\/p>\n
“On top of that though, it made it really difficult for us to decipher who our four recipients would be for this year.”<\/p>\n
The four businesses receiving CCF funding this year include Geelong Youth Engagement ($5,000), Lifeline ($5,000), RSL Portarlington and St Leonards ($2,500) and Food Assist 3223 ($2,500).<\/p>\n
In the past five financial years, Portarlington Golf Club has donated more than $150,000 to community groups.<\/p>\n
This year, the CCF received 18 grant applications, totalling in excess of $122,000.<\/p>\n
The CCF is the club’s biggest single source of community initiatives and was established to support not-for-profit community or sporting organisations to make positive improvements benefiting the wider community.<\/p>\n
Food Assist 3223 president Prue Drever said the food assist program was extremely grateful to be selected in this year’s CCF and will use its $2,500 share to purchase more food for residents doing it tough.<\/p>\n
“We’ve always been really grateful for the club’s support.<\/p>\n
“It’s really tough out there and without the golf club, I don’t know where we’d be as a group because we don’t receive funding outside of donations and we’re 100 per cent community supported.<\/p>\n
“We’re all volunteers, our numbers have skyrocketed, it’s really quite frightening out there, but we’re eternally grateful for the support the golf club has shown us here, it’ll make a huge difference.”<\/p>\n
Geelong Youth Engagement’s funding will go towards the improvement of its road safety program, RSL Portarlington and St Leonards will use its $2,500 to go towards renovations for its Pratt Room, and Lifeline’s $5,000 will be used to enhance the training and development of its critical services.<\/p>\n
The original scope for this year’s funding was $12,000, but due to necessity of extra funding for the recipients, the total was increased to $15,000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
THE latest round of Portarlington Golf Club’s Community Contribution Fund (CCF) allocations has been released, providing the community with more than $10,000 to local groups. Club chief executive officer Michael Phillips said four groups will each receive a portion of $15,000, with an unprecedented number of requests providing a stark reminder of the struggles local […]<\/p>\n