{"id":317,"date":"2021-08-25T03:42:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:42:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/2021\/08\/25\/community-grants-approved\/"},"modified":"2021-08-25T03:42:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:42:10","slug":"community-grants-approved","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/2021\/08\/25\/community-grants-approved\/","title":{"rendered":"Community grants approved"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>COMMUNITY groups across Greater Ararat will benefit from council\u2019s latest round of Community Support Grants, which provides financial support to community-based initiatives and events.<\/p>\n<p>Council chief executive, Tim Harrison, said council is committed to continuing its support for local initiatives and programs, with over $21,767 worth of grants delivered in this last round.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFunding support from Council recognises the vital role local groups and clubs have on community life in rural towns,&#8221; Dr Harrision said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funding provides a great opportunity for community organisations across our municipality to get a much-needed boost for their event or project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the latest round, we were able to assist seven deserving community groups with their events, including the Ararat Fire Brigade, Willaura Modern, and the Country Women\u2019s Association,\u201d Dr Harrison said.<\/p>\n<p>Country Women\u2019s Association of Victoria (CWA) State President Marion Dewar is thrilled to have Council support for their upcoming State Exhibition at Ararat Town Hall on 20-21 August.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cReceiving a grant makes it much easier for organisations like us to hold an event, and to be financially successful,\u201d Mrs Dewar said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe funds raised from the State Creative Arts Exhibition will go towards the work we do, to help women, children and our community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s also a chance to showcase the whole association and inform the public of what we do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe CWA is volunteer-run and often the largest expense for our organisation is venue hire. Having a generous sponsorship like this one can really help in that regard.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor the first time, we\u2019re hosting a Sock Festival in Ararat in conjunction with the event, which is exciting. Members from the branches in the local area (Beaufort Group) are looking forward to both assisting with the event and welcoming members from across the state,\u201d Ms Dewar said.<\/p>\n<p>Ararat Rural City Council has allocated $95,000 as part of Council\u2019s 2021\/22 budget towards the Community Grants program.<\/p>\n<p>Recipients include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ararat Fire Brigade \u2013 Fire Station event.<\/li>\n<li>Ararat Railway Heritage Association \u2013 upgrade to hot water facility.<\/li>\n<li>Ararat VRI Bowls Club\u00a0 \u2013 plans and structure design for proposed spectator area.<\/li>\n<li>Australian Plant Society \u2013 Pomonal Native Flower Show support.<\/li>\n<li>The Country Women\u2019s Association \u2013 Creative Arts State Exhibition.<\/li>\n<li>Elmhurst Landcare Group \u2013 purchase of new sprayer and trailer.<\/li>\n<li>Willaura Modern Inc \u2013 exhibition support.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>COMMUNITY groups across Greater Ararat will benefit from council\u2019s latest round of Community Support Grants, which provides financial support to community-based initiatives and events. Council chief executive, Tim Harrison, said council is committed to continuing its support for local initiatives and programs, with over $21,767 worth of grants delivered in this last round. \u201cFunding support [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdqUu4-57","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=317"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/317\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=317"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=317"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theadvocate.net.au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=317"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}