South West Community Foundation Latest News

SWCF’s March Newsletter is now out. With only 7 days to go, get your applications for the 2022 Grant Round in now. 7 days to go for 2022 grant applications            

With just two weeks to go to get applications in for the 2022 Grant Round, SWCF board members Edith Farrell and Carly Jordan joined 3YB’s Peter Headen on Friday 18 March. If you missed the conversation you can listen back...

Robyn Alexander, SWCF Deputy Chair and chair of the Colac Sub Fund Committee, has been doing the media rounds talking about the 2022 Grant Round applications (closing March 31, see www.southwestcommunityfoundation.org/grants for more information). Here are the two conversations, with...

The SWCF 2021 Annual Report is now available. Please download the report to see all of the great work the Foundation has been undertaking to help our community connect and grow. SWCF 2021 Annual Report  

SWCF board chair David McIntyre chatted to ABC South West Victoria’s Jeremy Lee, on Monday February 21, about the upcoming opening for 2022 Grant Round applications. The pair were joined by Wendy Rotumahn from Portland’s Dhauwurd-Wurrung Elderly and Community Health...

Hamilton businesswomen Di Dixon is ready to make big strides in leading her community as the recipient of the South West Community Foundation 2022 Leadership Great South Coast grant. Mrs Dixon said she has been looking to move into the...

Applications for South West Community Foundation’s 2022 Grant Round will open on March 1, 2022 (and close on March 31). Any group interested in this funding needs to read the 2022 Granting Guidelines prior to submitting their application. If you...

A new BBQ will be installed in the Koroit Railway Station precinct, on the Warrnambool to Port Fairy Rail Trail, thanks to a strategic grant of $31,142 from the Koroit Sub Fund. The large grant was approved to help the...

The Colac & District Family History Group (CDFHG) will use a grant from the Colac Sub Fund to upgrade their computer infrastructure allowing researchers to work from home. Media and project coordinator Merrill O’Donnell said the two phase project will...