Murray River Council has awarded $26,975 under its COVID Support Grants program to help local community groups get back on their feet after two-years of little-to-no activity.
At its January meeting, Council resolved to reallocate funds earmarked for the next round of its 2021/22 community grants program to fund the new support stream.
Following a range of requests for financial support from local community groups hit hard by COVID restrictions, Council resolved that the funds could be used to support local groups to get back on their feet.
"Community groups can be just as important as viable local businesses, and we recognised that we have some organisations out there that may benefit from support through this one-off grant program," Mayor Chris Bilkey said.
"We were pleased to see some applications come in and are happy we can provide some support where needed."
The groups to receive funding under the COVID Support Program are listed below:
Organisation |
Type of expense |
Amount |
Caldwell Hall Management Committee |
Buy new stage lighting x 3 Annual piano tuning x 1 Buy new spinaway roof ventilators x 3 |
$1,131.00 |
Mathoura Public School P & C Association |
Andrews Insurance P & C Brian McCleary & Co Accountants |
$814.00 |
Mathoura Football Netball Club INC |
Electricity account Footballs and Netballs |
$2,500.00 |
Moulamein Retirement Village Inc |
Electricity and maintenance accounts |
$10,000.00 |
Wakool Community Progress Association Inc. |
Insurance Premiums Electricity expenses |
$1,920.00 |
Echuca Moama Model Railroaders Inc. |
Corporate Affairs Insurance Trailer expenses Club Shirts Display Layout |
$610.00 |
Mathoura Retirement Village |
Landscaping (part of the next unit development) |
$10,000 |
