Council grants support community groups and sporting clubs

Fraser Coast sporting clubs and community groups will share in more than $88,000 in Council grants to improve their equipment and facilities.

“The grants will help clubs and groups to invest in a range of new equipment, from trailers to take equipment to events, to shade structures and canteen upgrades,” Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour said.

“These clubs are so important for our community. Supporting them helps to make the Fraser Coast remains a vibrant, active and healthy community.”

Council supported 24 applications through Round 3 of the 2022-23 Community Grants Program, with only $60,055 left to be allocated in Round 4.

More information is available at https://www.frasercoast.qld.gov.au/grants

Round 3 successful grants for Hervey Bay include:

• Burrum District Community Men's Shed, equipment and materials for workshop, bathroom and stormwater management, $3,000
• Rotary Club Hervey Bay Sunrise, box trailer to transport gear to service functions, $2,500
• Burrum District Outrigger Canoe Club, shade marquees, $3,670
• Riding For The Disabled Association Hervey Bay, covered accessible parking space, $5,340
• The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Q) represented by Hervey Bay Uniting Church, Burrum Heads Memorial Wall and Garden, $4,140
• Fraser Coast Historic Vehicle Club, defibrillator, $1,220
• Hervey Bay Archers, defibrillator and two laptops, $2,450
• Fraser Coast Bicycle Users Group, Mary2Bay Rail Trail upgrades, $9,840
• The Rotary Club of Maryborough Sunrise, Maryborough Markets 35 years - an Oral History, $920