South West Community Foundation Latest News

After all of the COVID interruptions, SWCF celebrated three years of grant recipients with a bash at Brother Fox on September 14. Grant recipients from 2020, 2021 and 2022 came together to talk about their projects, network with like-minded groups...

South West Community Foundation’s Colac Sub Fund celebrated the work of grant recipients from the 2020, 2021 and 2022 at Red Rock Regional Theatre & Gallery on Tuesday 13 September. Over 50 grant recipients and guests gathered for the first...

South West Community Foundation, in conjunction with United Way Glenelg, is providing schools across south west Victoria with $50 gift vouchers to help families struggling with cost of living increases. Over 450 vouchers, totalling more than $22,500, will be distributed...

Hamilton personal trainer Di Dixon is now at the halfway point of her Leadership Great South Coast program. Balancing the leadership program, starting a new job with Southern Grampians Shire, and her family commitments have been a challenge, but with...

SWCF Chair David McIntyre and geologist Michael Raetz joined ABC SW breakfast presenter Jeremy Lee to discuss the upcoming feature-length documentary on Tower Hill and the Belfast Coast. This project has received funding from SWCF in the 2022 Grant Round,...

As work begins on a documentary to tell the Tower Hill and Belfast Coast story, have a look back on previous grants SWCF has provided to help enhance this amazing south west Victorian environmental and indigenous asset. Tower Hill is...

Port Fairy Tourist Association will be putting the ‘remarkable’ geological, ecological and cultural history of the Tower Hill volcanic structure on the big screen after receiving $12,500 in grants from South West Community Foundation’s 2022 Grant Round. South West Community...

Congratulations to the 31 south west Victorian organisations who are receiving funding from the SWCF 2022 Grant Round. We look forward to sharing the stories of the amazing work you are doing to connect and grow your communities. Main Fund...

          SWCF Newsletter June 2022

South West Community Foundation is preparing to distribute more than $113,000 in grants to 31 successful community groups across south west Victoria. SWCF Board Chair David McIntyre said the 2022 Grant Round was more important to the community as they...