Wollongong Yacht Club is one of 26 local not-for-profit community and sporting groups to share in over $337,000 in funding under the Community Building Partnership (CBP) program in the Wollongong electorate.
Wollongong Yacht Club has been awarded $15,000 to construct an awning and pergola at its clubhouse at the historic and picturesque Wollongong Harbour.
Other community and sporting groups awarded a share of CBP funding include:
- Illawarra Basketball Association awarded $20,000 to install a solar system at the Snakepit;
- The Shepherd Centre for Deaf Children awarded $10,000 to repair and upgrade its centre in Wollongong;
- Port Kembla Soccer Club awarded $20,000 to install covered seating at Wetherall Park;
- Wollongong United Football Club awarded $20,000 for additional football fields at Macedonia Park;
- Illawarra Legal Centre awarded $10,000 for a fit out of its centre at Warrawong;
- Illawarra Workers’ Education Association awarded $7,500 to install automatic sliding doors to improve disability access;
- Port Kembla Australian Football Club awarded $15,483 to upgrade Kully Bay Oval and install new goal posts, and;
- Big Fat Smile Group awarded $10,340 to upgrade its Kenny Street Community Preschool.
A full list of CBP funding recipients is attached - click here.
The CBP program was an initiative of the former NSW Labor Government and started in 2010.
Comments attributable to Paul Scully MP:
“One of the best parts of my role as a local MP is working closely with community and sporting groups in the Wollongong electorate.
“I am very pleased that 26 local community and sporting groups will share in more than $337,000 in funding under the Community Building Partnership program for 2018.
“If it wasn’t for the CBP, many local community and sporting groups in the Wollongong electorate would be forced to spend more time trying to raise funds from raffles and sausage sizzles to get these projects off the ground.
“I encourage other local community and sporting groups to start thinking about projects and put in an application under next year’s CBP program.”
