Time running out to apply for a Community Flood Recovery Grant

Time running out to apply for a Community Flood Recovery Grant

Published on 13 July 2023

Gannawarra Shire-based community groups have until the end of July to apply for funding to support projects that will assist the Gannawarra’s recovery from the October-December 2022 floods.

Applications for the Gannawarra Community Flood Recovery Grants Program close on Monday, 31 July, with successful applicants to share in $40,000 in funding, which will support a variety of small activities that promote social connectedness, and mental health and wellbeing across flood impacted communities.

“Council thanks all community groups which have applied for funding since applications opened last month or have enquired about this exciting opportunity,” Mayor Charlie Gillingham said.

“This program will play an important role in supporting our communities as we continue to recover from the October-December 2022 floods.”

Not-for-profit community groups based in the Gannawarra are eligible to apply for up to $3,000 to support the following community-led projects or activities:

Projects that maintain and build on social links within communities and promote social inclusion and equity; Community events that bring people together to support social connectedness; Projects that promote healthy communities and improved mental health and wellbeing; Community gardens and other projects that improve food security; Projects that support children, young people, and their families; Art projects, particularly those that build new skills across the community; Projects that support safer communities, including responding to future emergency situations and prevention of family violence; Projects that restore and build local economies; Workshops and training that build the capacity of community to develop localised solutions to climate change; Small landscaping projects that bring people together to improve the local environment; Projects that promote the Five Ways to Wellbeing – Connect, Be Active, Take Notice, Keep Learning and Give; and Other projects that create sustainable long-term outcomes to build resilience of the Gannawarra community to withstand future change.

Community groups and organisations are encouraged to look at the program guidelines, which are available at www.gsc.vic.gov.au/grants, and determine whether their project ideas fit within the funding criteria.

“Projects that are successful in obtaining funding will be required to have clear outcomes for residents and communities impacted by the flood event and must be completed on or before 31 March 2024,” Mayor Gillingham said.

For more information and to apply for funding, please visit www.gsc.vic.gov.au/grants