The South Eveleigh has launched the
2020-2021 Community Grants Program to assist local initiatives that reflect values and positively contribute to the community.
Categories
Local community welfare programs or initiatives, including those that assist disadvantaged groups.
Local education programs including, but not limited, to those involving adult education or learning disabilities.
Local youthleadership programs or initiatives aimed at giving young people opportunities for self-development and community service.
Local technology or innovation projects.
Local cultural projects such as public art, cultural workshops and community art projects
Heritage – projects and events celebrating the history of the area.
Eligibility Criteria
Criteria
Be a Not-For-Profit (NFP) organisation or Registered Charity
Girls Academy programs being taken over by new providers hoping for smooth transition
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About 2,800 students were involved in Girls Academy programs last year across Western Australia, New South Wales, Queensland and the Northern Territory.
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Providers taking over contracts stripped from the Girls Academy, a flagship school mentoring program for Indigenous girls, are scrambling to facilitate a smooth transition between operators.
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The charity that founded Girls Academy failed to secure federal funding in December
Contracts will now be split between several providers to fill the gap left by the mentoring program
Smaller charities take the biggest hit during pandemic
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Smaller Australian charities have been economically damaged the most by the pandemic as the sector prepares for resources to be further stretched from March when the federal government s JobKeeper payments end.
While the full impact of COVID-19 on charities in 2020 will not be clear until they lodge their annual returns later this year, many smaller organisations dependent on fundraising have seen a drop in donations.
Reverend Bill Crews and volunteers of the Exodus Foundation sort through Christmas donations at their Ashfield parish prior to Chrismas Day.
Ricky Grace charity dropped from running national Girls Academy program
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Concerns over whether a peak national program to mentor about 3000 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls will be up and running at the start of the school year in February have been raised by the federal opposition.
The Girls Academy program will see a shift in its provider from former Perth Wildcat Ricky Grace s charity Role Models and Leaders Australia, which founded the initiative 16 years ago, to three other organisations as the federal government seeks to expand services to 5600 students.
Ricky Grace s not-for-profit will no longer run Girls Academies around Australia.
So if you have the means to do it, this Christmas there’s even more reason to donate. Here are some tips to make sure you’re donating your precious funds wisely. (File Photo: Annie Spratt/Unsplash)
Christmas is nearly here, and as we enjoy buying presents for family and friends, it’s also a time when many of us think about donating to charity.
As last summer’s bushfires showed, the devastation caused by natural disasters can lead to an outpouring of generosity.
This Christmas is also different because of the very challenging year we’ve experienced.
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