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Community groups have been awarded funding through the new City of Whittlesea Community Grants Program that came into effect from August.

The new program provides grants across six categories, with applications assessed monthly and quarterly for groups to access grants all year round. 

More than $95,000 were allocated in the first round of funding to the following groups:

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  • Valley Presbyterian Church for Doreen Community Carols
  • New Horizons Assembly of God Church for Whittlesea Christmas Festival
  • Thomastown Neighbourhood House for Promisetown Picnic and Markets
  • Rotary Club of Whittlesea for Whittlesea Garden Expo 2024
  • Olivine Community Group for International Expo 2024
  • Lalor Neighbourhood House for art, permaculture and creative programs.

Council also developed four-year funding agreements with Whittlesea Agricultural Society’s Whittlesea Show, Mission Smiles’ Northern Diwali Festival and Mernda and District Residents Association’s Whittlesea Cruise Night, to help its Whittlesea 2040 vision of creating a place for all. 

City of Whittlesea administrator Christian Zahra said council was thrilled to support the efforts of groups who worked hard to organise events that gathered people together.

“Council recently endorsed a 33 per cent increase in total community grants funding in response to community need, and we are so pleased to start to see the benefits of this funding for the community,” he said. 

The City of Whittlesea also awarded $100,000 in emergency grants to 12 local food share organisations as a result of cost-of-living expenses.

“We’re so pleased that this emergency grant funding will be able to help these local organisations continue to support those in our community who are doing it tough at the moment,” Mr Zahra said. 

Applications for the next round of grants for medium and large groups are now open and close on December 31.

For more information on the Community Grants Program, or to sign up to the grant writing workshop, visit www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/grants.

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