APPLICATIONS for Frankston Council’s community grants program close next month.
Grants of up to $7500 are on offer for local community groups and organisations.
Bayside Community Emergency Relief received $4000 through a previous round of the grant program. Its president Deborah Brook said the funding was used to help two organisations “we felt were most in need of support with essential foods to help them help hundreds in the community.”
“An account was set up with a wholesale food distributor and we also negotiated a further charity discount. The community was also asked to donate non-perishable foods to further increase the amount donated. We made the council’s generous grant go much further with these actions and in turn provided a lot more essential food items to more local residents,” she said.
Applications for the community grant program close on 10 August. Apply at frankston.vic.gov.au/Community-and-Health/Grants-and-funding/Community-grants
First published in the Frankston Times – 1st August 2023