People interested in making a positive difference to their community are being encouraged to apply for funding from not-for-profit company Enterprise and Training Company Limited (ETC).
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ETC Chairman Rod McKelvey said ETC was making available $120,000 in community grants as part of the ETC Community Support Fund.
“The fund is designed to help organisations reduce disadvantage, generate opportunity, increase support services and/or build capacity in the communities in which we operate,” Mr McKelvey said.
Mr McKelvey said organisations could apply for up to $10,000 each and applications would be assessed based on how well they align with ETC’s focus on employment and training, and meet one or more of the funding objectives:
- Contribute to reducing disadvantage faced by the unemployed and/or other disadvantaged groups
- Support the availability and/or sustainability of employment and training opportunities
- Enhance community support services and/or build community capacity
Mr McKelvey said the ETC Community Support Fund had supported many worthwhile initiatives benefiting a broad range of people, with a total of $710,000 committed to 99 worthwhile organisations over the past 5 years.
“It’s incredible the projects we’ve been able to support over the past five years,” Mr McKelvey said.
“Some of our local beneficiaries have included NSW State Emergency Service, Lifeline, Westpac Rescue Helicopter, Bellingen Mentor Group, Camp Quality and the Bellingen Youth Hub.”
A recent donation from the ETC Community Support Fund provided the youth of Bellingen Shire with a Bouldering Wall at their local Youth Hub.
Bellingen Youth Hub Coordinator Dean Besley said the idea for the project came from three local young climbers who were keen to have something like this for the youth of area.
According to Mr Besley, Bouldering in 2020 would be in the Olympic Games.
“They say it’s going to be one of the fastest growing sports around. So the Primary and High Schools have got on board – they’re going to start doing sports here,” Mr Besley said.
“There’s even mentors coming out of the woodwork saying they’ll look after the young people and there’s a lot of adults who are pretty keen about this wall. We’re all about cultural change and further bridging the gap between adults and young people.”
For further information and/or to apply to the ETC Community Support Fund visit www.etcltd.com.au/csf
Applications are open from 13 February – 10 March 2017.
