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...
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2021 Annual Report
Read MoreThe 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
2022 Grant applications now open
Read MoreApplications for the 2022 South West Community Foundation Grant Round are now open. Submit applications via the Grant Portal here, The applications are to be completed via the SWCF Smarty Grants page. You may begin anywhere in this application form....
Board chair talks 2022 grants on ABC South West Vic
Read MoreSWCF 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 business woman receives leadership grant
Read MoreHamilton 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...
2022 Grant Round guidelines
Read MoreApplications 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...
2021 Grant Recipients – Strategic grant starts sausages sizzling in Koroit.
Read MoreA 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...
2021 Grant Recipients – “Connect and Contribute”
Read MoreThe 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...
2021 Grant Recipients – ‘Stoked Surf Therapy’
Read MoreBrophy Family and Youth Services have received a grant of $5000 to run the Stoked surf therapy program. Brophy Community Connections Coordinator Anna Sanderson said it was amazing to have the opportunity to help build connections between young people while...
2021 Grant recipients – ‘Terang – Just as we are’
Read MoreThe Terang Progress Association received funding to help produce the ‘Terang – Just as we are’ photography exhibition and book. TPA secretary Gabrielle O’Brien said the $3000 grant they received is vital to help them stage this project. “We couldn’t...