2019 Grant Recipients

June 18, 2019

SWCF – GENERAL FUND Bahgallah Memorial Hall Committee Inc     Refurbishment for the Future  –  $2,800 Heywood Consolidated School   Planter to Plate vegetable gardens – $1,000 Melville Forest Community Centre              Melville Forest Hall Kitchen Refurbishment  – $2,500 Mud Gallery (a trading name of Hamilton             Institute of Rural Learning – HIRL)        Computer, Printer and…

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2019 Grants Media Release

June 14, 2019

COMMUNITY FOUNDATION CHAMPIONS SELF-HELP PROJECTS The South West Community Foundation is championing self-help projects proposed by smaller community groups as it shares $126,083 among 39 groups in its 2019 grants program Five of the funded projects were for community and school-based food production either through community garden plots or free meal programs at Colac, Camperdown,…

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$37,700 to help kids get Back to School

April 18, 2019

The South West Community Foundation has recently completed the distribution through its Back to School program of 754 vouchers each worth $50 for allocation to young people across 71 schools in the south west. The total value of the vouchers distributed is $37,700 The schools involved are both primary and secondary schools spread across the…

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