Grants in Action 2007 - 2014

2007

• Brigidine Nuns ($3,000): Helping mobilise a wide range of volunteers to assist in the settlement of refugee families via support for the Hobsons Bay Refugee Network.

• Richmond Fellowship ($3,000): Supporting 23 people with mental illness and at risk of homelessness via support for Amaroo Day Program & Outreach Services.

• Melbourne City Mission ($3,000): Engaging young people and advocating on behalf of the city’s youth through support for Hobsons Bay Youth Voice Committee.

2008

• Altona Low Vision Support Group ($1,000): To reduce the barriers to connectivity confronting people with age-related macular degeneration, which prevents them driving, a grant was provided towards the cost of transport.

• Laverton Community Children’s Centre ($500): To support the development of childrens’ understanding of the process of gardening, a grant enabled the purchase of plants, soil, compost and gardening equipment.

• Altona Green Primary School ($1,500): Supporting the development of a kitchen garden program for students in grades 3 to 6.

• Williamstown Church of Christ ($3,000): A grant assisted to form a team of volunteers to deliver the adult basic literacy program in the Helping Hand Learning drop-in centre and each week provided a range of nutritious foods for 50 people.

• Laverton Community Centre and Neighbourhood House ($1,600): Covering the cost of off-site training (Construction Site Induction Card and OHS) of long-term unemployed people participating in the establishment of a community enterprise business that would remove graffiti.

• Circus Connection ($3,000): Contribution towards a funding target of $20,000 with an aim of ensuring no child in the municipality would be excluded from school excursions because of financial need.

2009

• Carer Links Men’s Group ($1,800): Funding a family day for a men’s support group who provide care for family members who are aged or have a mental or physical disability.

• Williamstown Church of Christ ($1,500): Meeting the costs of disadvantaged people wanting to participate in a therapeutic exercise program to introduce them to a gentle, safe and easy to practise style of exercise.

• Interchange Western Region ($2,000): Funding to a Hobsons Bay Support Group weekend camp for families with a child with a disability enabling the families to build ongoing support networks and giving them a break.

• Western Region Health Centre ($1,000): Increasing the ability of older citizens in social housing to connect by email with family members and to access the Internet, a grant supported participation in training and access to a computer.

• Hobsons Bay Christian Church ($1,500): Facilitating the purchase a second hand oven to provide 25 to 35 free meals each week to people with low income and who are disconnected from community.

• Finnish Society ($1,500): Supporting cultural diversity and the engagement of young people through sport.

• Chin Society ($1,500): Focussing on newly arrived minority groups and supporting cultural diversity , a grant was used to fund a soccer tournament and build connections within the community.

• Western Suburbs Legal Service ($1,500): Assisting in the production of a practical and accessible legal resource booklet to enable local Karen and Chin communities better understand the law in Australia and avoid legal problems.

2010

• Westkidz Arts Access Scheme ($3,000): Enabling the Arts Collective, located in Spotswood to provide twelve months training for young people from migrant and lowincome families to build self-confidence, communication skills and social networks.

• Church of Christ ($3,000): Providing support for the Helping Hand Cafe delivery of a nutrition program, focussing on diabetes and obesity to people who are disadvantaged, socially isolated and may suffer from mental illness.

• Victorian State Emergency Service (SES) Altona Unit ($3,000): Assisting the development of diversity in the volunteer crews by establishing resources to put four crews into the field.

• Laverton Park Soccer Club ($3,000): To enable the Laverton Park Soccer Club to build a strong volunteer network and attract young players from migrant, refugee and low income backgrounds. The HBCF grant helped purchase more equipment and covered fees for some players who could not afford to pay.

2011

• Gateway Social Support ($2,000): Helping the Foodlink program to increase access for community members in need to fresh food, fruit and vegetables.

• Hobsons Bay Christian Church ($2,000): Supporting the Breakfast Club project, delivered in partnership with the Newport Garden Primary School, the HBCF assisted to provide children on the way to school with healthy food to give the children energy and promote alertness.

• Hobsons Bay Men's Shed ($750): Funding the establishment of raised garden beds to increase participation options through a Garden Club.

• North Altona Early Childhood Centre ($700): To extend the centre’s food recycling project, a grant enabled the purchase of a chicken coop, chicken feeding equipment and associated incubator and brooder box hire.

• St Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Church ($2,000): Funding the Seniors Club to provide a series of 10 health educational workshops in Arabic.

• Charities Aid Foundation ($2,500): Supporting the Timehelp project which links retirees as volunteers to schools across Hobsons Bay.

2012

• New Hope Foundation ($2,000): A grant was used to grow and develop a homework support program for year 9–12 students from refugee backgrounds at Laverton College P–12.

• Hobsons Bay No Interest Loan Scheme (NILS) ($1,600): Assistance with an operating shortfall as the program become incorporated.

• Western Radio Broadcasters ($2,000): Promoting a recruitment program to attract new volunteers from emerging communities and for training of these new volunteers.

• Hobsons Bay Toy Library ($1,800): To increase the participation of CALD families in the library, a grant was used to provide information about the Toy Library in languages other than English and provide free or concessional membership to vulnerable or isolated families.

• Emma McLean Kindergarten and Long Day Care ($400): Development of the ‘You can do it Program’ which aims to support communities, schools and homes in a collective effort to optimise the social, emotional and academic outcomes of all young people.

• Mambourin Enterprises ($3,000): Establishment of a stall at the Altona Street Market in Pier Street to sell items produced during the program promoting independent living by offering employment, education and training services to adults with a disability.

2013

• Newport Community Education Centre ($2,500): A grant supported delivery of a photography project for the Young Adult Parenting Program which enables young mothers to visually document the challenges of their everyday life and how they view their environments.

• ParkinSong Victoria ($1,000): Assisting with setting up and running costs for a singing program for people with Parkinson's disease.

• Westgate Multiple Birth Association ($2,000): Establishment of a playgroup for families with twins or more in Newport and surrounds.

• Miracle Babies Foundation ($2,000): Funding sessions for out of hospital play and support group for families who have experienced a premature or sick newborn child.

• Williamstown Community and Education Centre ($3,000): The grant funded training and education programs for mature aged and socially isolated local residents who wanted to learn how to use iPads.

• Household Relief Fund ($3,000): Supporting women and children escaping family violence to meet costs for establishing their new home.

• Laverton Community Integrated Services ($3,000): Providing support for delivery of a program aimed at modelling to participants from disadvantaged backgrounds ways of producing good-looking, balanced, nutritious, low cost meals that they can produce themselves on a low budget.

• Altona Meadows Community Centre ($1,000): Establishment of an eco-garden including purchase of worm farms, workshop facilitators, equipment and promotional materials.

• Wintringham Aged Care ($2,500): Development of a community garden for residents.

• St Joseph's Corner ($2,720): Delivery of a program for women in Laverton to meet on a weekly basis to provide companionship and counselling.

• Walker Close and Brooklyn Hall Association ($1,880): Funding the ‘Revive ‘ project for fitness and well-being for older people with disabilities.

• Friends of Newport Lakes ($600): A grant was used to purchase a camera to assist in a project to document the nocturnal animal activity at the Newport Lakes.

2014

• Friends of Skeleton Creek ($1,000): Funding work on revegetation of the Altona Meadows creek area at three specific sites.

• Macedonian Women's Senior Citizens Group Altona North ($600): Supporting the provision of seminars to elderly Macedonian women about women’s health issues.

• Women's Health West ($5,000): Providing families presenting at the refuge as a result of family violence with clothing, food and manchester.

• Laverton Park Tennis Club ($4,500): Installation of shade cloth over a new seating area to provide sun-protection for the children and families participating in the club activities.

• Gellibrand Support Services Hanmer St Property ($2,000): Develop for clients a sensory and cut flower garden, with a longer term aim of having clients participate in the Farmers Markets selling flowers, plants and produce whilst interacting and strengthening their connection to the local community.

• Royal Yacht Club of Victoria ($2,700): A grant funded a Discovery Sailing program for Altona Meadows Primary School senior students.

  Newport Seniors Citizens Centre ($1,000): Providing regular musical entertainment for local residents and residents of two aged care facilities who also attend the club for these activities.

• Yooralla West Children's Services ($5,000): Funding a specialist therapy group for children 0-6 with disability or developmental delay. The group sessions provided parents with skills they can use with their child at home.

• Altona Primary School Parents Association ($3,920): Development of a 10 week drama program for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or a learning or physical disability.

• Hobsons Bay Men's Shed ($2,000): Purchase of software and equipment for a Future Creation Workshop.

• Anxiety Disorders Association of Victoria ($2,958): Establishment and delivery of a program of information and education around anxiety.