Groups receive community grants

Twenty eight community groups have received a welcome boost to their programs and services through the presentation of community grants by Mosman Council.

The grants, totalling more than $57,000, and generally up to $2,000 each, are provided as part of Council’s 2017/18 Community Grants program that assists non-profit community groups deliver projects that meet identified community needs.

The grants have been awarded for a range of projects, including digitisation of historical resources; contributing to the refurbishment of the Wishing Well at Balmoral; providing a greenhouse and watering system at Mackie Lane Community Garden; and assisting Life Education programs in local schools.

The successful groups for 2017/18 are:

• Girl Guides NSW & ACT – Mosman (Guide Hall Refurbishment)
• Mosman Community College (History of Mosman Community College)
• Mosman Croquet Club (G-Dax Sprayer)
• Balmoral Sailing Club (Replacement of Roof Sheeting)
• Taldumande Youth Services (Recreation & Social Engagement)
• Mosman Parks & Bushland Association (Training for Archiving Records)
• Change Creators Inc. (One Million Coffee Cups)
• Mosman Netball Club (Professional Netballers Clinic)
• Balmoral Triathlon Club (Junior Triathlon Program)
• 1st Clifton Gardens Sea Scouts (Stand Up Paddle Board Acquisition)
• Mosman RSL Sub Branch (Anzac Day Dawn Service 2018)
• The Barn Quilters (Barn Quilters Quilt Show 2017)
• Mosman Historical Society (Mosman Mail Digitisation Project)
• Mosman Lawn Tennis Club (Clubhouse Flooring)
• Rotary Club of Mosman (Wishing Well at Balmoral Maintenance)
• Ezyswim Swimming Club, Mosman (Automated Starting & Timing System)
• Mosman Symphony Orchestra (Mosman Symphony Orchestra 2017-18)
• Lower North Shore Domestic Violence Network (DV Awareness Campaign – Coasters)
• Spit Swimming Club (PB Wireless Timing System)
• Crows Nest Centre Computer Club (3D Printing & Timing System)
• The Shepherd Centre (Confident ClassMATE Program)
• Life Education NSW (Towing Life Education Learning Centre)
• 1st Balmoral Sea Scouts (Infrastructure Upgrade 2017)
• St Clements Church (Carols at the Rotunda 2017)
• Mosman Musical Society (Show & Cabaret Season 2017-18)
• Mosman Music Club (Mosman Concert Series)
• Mosman Community Gardeners (Greenhouse with Watering System)
• St Lukes Mosman Music Association Inc (Eisteddfod & Music Concert)