Mosman Community Grants: $70,000 allocated to local organisations. See the list.
Almost $70,000 has been allocated to 21 Mosman community groups as part of a special grants program.
By ANNA USHER
Almost $70,000 has been allocated to 21 local organisations through Mosman Council’s 2023/24 Community Grants Program.
A wide variety of local projects and initiatives will receive a total of $68,982 under the program, including dance and music groups, support for young people, community gardening, village events, plus upgraded facilities and equipment.
Mosman Girl Guides will receive $4000 for repairs to their Parriwi Rd hall.
Among those to benefit are the Mosman Community Gardeners group, who will score $3,000 to replace rotting bed frames. The garden currently has more than 65 gardens beds and over 100 pots.
The Mosman Symphony Orchestra receives $4000 to rehearse and perform a series of eight concerts per year, with a deal also made to partner with Mosman Chorus for a Christmas Concert in December.
Local kids haven’t been forgotten either, with Mosman Girl Guides granted $4000 to upgrade their hall in Parriwi Park – and the 1st Clifton Gardens Sea Scouts receiving $4000 for urgent repairs needed to a boat trailer.
Mosman Community Gardeners will receive $3000 to replace rotting bed frames.
Middle Harbour Public School ($4,000) is planning an intergenerational concert with their neighbours at Manors of Mosman Retirement Village, and Mosman Prep School ($2,800) will create a greening and gardening project on the school’s balcony, growing food to share with the community and to add to the greening of the local area.
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This year, 22 applications were received and assessed for a range of purposes with a total requested sum of $73,732. Of the 22 applications, two were from organisations not previously been funded by Council’s Community Grant’s program (Be the Future and Harbourside Church).
Full List of Recipients:
The Trustee for Raise Foundation $4,000
Harbourside Church $3,300
Mosman Community Gardeners Pty Ltd $3,000
Dance for Parkinson’s $4,000
Zero Emissions Sydney North Inc. $4,000
Mosman Symphony Orchestra (Mosman Orchestra Inc) $4,000
Mosman Music Club $2,000
Mosman Girl Guides $2,000
1st Clifton Gardens Sea Scouts $4,000
Taldumande Youth Services $4,000
Middle Harbour Public School P&C $4,000
Lower North Shore Domestic Violence Network $2,500
Mosman Preparatory School $2,800
The Shepherd Centre – For Deaf Children $1,292
Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Club $1,000
St Vincent de Paul Society, Sydney Harbour North $4,000
Streetwork Australia Limited $4,000
Fighting Chance (Avenue) $4,000
Mosman Village Church (formerly St Clement’s Church) $3,250
Be The Future $3,840
Mosman Musical Society Inc $2,000
TOTAL… $68,982
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