NSW Government's Community Building Partnership Grants Confirms A BIG List of Great Local Projects
Wakehurst MP Michael Regan announced the Community Building Partnership Grants in Wakehurst on Thursday October 17, 2024, which prompted a deeper dive into ALL grants awarded locally in June 2024.
This program awards grants for community infrastructure projects that deliver positive social, environmental and recreational outcomes while also promoting community participation, inclusion and cohesion.
Since 2009, the Community Building Partnership (CBP) program has awarded more than $436 million to over 19,700 projects.
In 2023, there was a maximum of $300,000 to allocate in each electorate. Incorporated not-for-profit community organisations and local councils are eligible to apply for grants of between $5000 and $150,000. The average grant awarded is around $20,000.
Applications opened on 2 October 2023 and closed on 27 October 2023, with local state MP’s advising their communities when these have opened.
All up 1221 recipients have received the go ahead on their applications, with $27.9million in total funding across the state. Projects that won a grant need to be completed by August 2025 - although locals have seen extensions on some projects occur when required.
- Find further information on how to claim funding.
- Find information about the Reporting and Closures process for your successful project.
Projects with contributions from their own, or other sources, will be considered favourably. Local councils, including their section 355 committees, are required to provide matched funding to the CBP grants.
As total funding is divided equally among the state electorates of NSW, applications are assessed against other proposed projects within the same electorate.
In announcing the successful projects for the electorate of Wakehurst Mr. Regan stated:
‘’I am pleased to announce the successful recipients of Wakehurst’s Community Building Partnership Grants. I am so proud of these amazing community groups and am thrilled to see them get a helping hand in their worthwhile endeavours.’’
The list made available records:
- NSW Rural Fire Service - Beacon Hill Brigade to upgrade laundry facilities for all firefighters. - $13,600
- NSW Rural Fire Service - Belrose Brigade for bathroom renovations and new carpet. $64,636
- Forest Baseball Softball Club for four semi-permanent batting cages and the repair of existing nets - $15,380
- Forestville and Killarney Girl Guides for new bathroom vanities. $10,465
- Manly Warringah Football Association for upgraded bench seating and shelters at Cromer Park and portable goals for junior girls’ matches - $25,000
- Approved for Manly Warringah Football Association Ltd.: $5,990 for Fully Monitored Publicly Accessible Defibrillator Project
- Manly Warringah Women's Resource Centre for upgrades to the Women and Children First refuge - $30,000
- Manly Warringah District Baseball for repairs of the baseball tunnel and home ground extensions - $5,000
- Life Education for upgrades to Healthy Harold’s Mobile Learning Centre - $11,363
- Early Education for new sheds at Forestville Memorial Hall’s playground and bookshelves in the Forest Room (Accessible Storage for Cubby House Toy Library Forestville) - $17,284
- Northern Beaches Police Citizens Youth Club for refurbishment of two sport floors and improved waste facilities. $20,000
- Brookvale Children’s Centre to undertake electrification upgrades.
- Lighthouse Community Café, Dee Why to upgrade their equipment - $40,000
- Streetworks Australia will purchase a vehicle to escort youth between various mental health, well-being, education and support services. – also allocated to Chatswood in joint announcement- $32,200 for Purchase of Second-Hand People Mover/Van
The Belrose Terrey Hills Raiders Soccer Club Inc. received: $20,577 for BTH Raiders Clubhouse Upgrades 2023/24
The Pittwater Electorate allocations include:
- Newport Public School - $60,000 for upgrades to its playground and community infrastructure
- Bilgola Plateau Public School - $41,000 for all-weather shade and shelter structure and a kitchen facility
- Narrabeen Sports High School - $29,192 to replace some seating and concrete near the Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre courts
- Northern Beaches Indoor Sports Centre [NBISC] - $35,000 for a grandstand and storage upgrade
- St Faith's church - $25,000 to update the kitchen
- Manly Warringah Pittwater (MWP) Community Care - $45,000 for a new vehicle to help it serve the senior community comprising joint funding from Pittwater and Wakehurst electorates of approx.. $22,900 each
- Belrose-Terrey Hill Raiders - $20,577 for clubhouse upgrades
- First Serbian Orthodox Church in Ingleside - $20,000 for a bathroom upgrade with disability access
- Garigal Gorillas - $20,000 for Equipment to Build and Maintain MTB Skill Park (Bare Park at Belrose)
- Pittwater RSL Football Club - $7,639 for soccer club equipment
- Peninsula Junior Cricket Club - $6,800 for Sun Smart shelters
- Avalon Beach Surf Life Saving Club - $6,380 for an inflatable rescue boat motor
- Bilgola Surf Life Saving Club - $5,501 for the installation of air conditioning and seating in the training room
Also approved, for MWP Community Care Ltd., North Narrabeen: $45,821 for Enhancing MWP’s Elderly Home Maintenance Services Across the Northern Beaches
Member for Manly, James Griffin congratulated this year’s Community Building Partnership Program recipients, adding local school students are the big winners.
Mr Griffin said five of the nine grants have gone to local schools, while three sporting clubs and the Northern Beaches Council have also received a share of the $300,000 allocation.
The Manly allocations are:
- Harbord Public School P & C Association - $30,000 to cover the full cost of installing six air conditioners in six Year 2 classrooms.
- Balgowlah North Public School P & C Association - $18,941 towards creating a sensory and wellbeing garden for years K-2 within the existing playground.
- Northern Beaches Secondary College, Manly Campus P & C Association - $25,000 to help with new outdoor seating and shade for students out of class.
- Balgowlah Heights Public School P & C Association - $25,372 towards the purchase and installation of seating and shade to support learning and social activities on the K-2 campus.
- Seaforth Public School P & C Association - $70,000 to assist with replacing old, dilapidated and damaged small play equipment with a new activity play circuit that encourages strength, mobility, dexterity, problem solving and resilience.
- Manly Warringah Football Association Ltd - $5,990 for the purchase of a fully monitored defibrillator cabinet, accessible by the club and community 24/7.
- Seaforth Football Club - $14,344 for the purchase of a single seat utility vehicle and small trailer to help with setting up and closing down playing fields.
- Northern Beaches Pickleball Association - $5,526 to paint four courts on the floor of the Curl Curl Youth and Community Centre, and purchase four pickleball nets.
- Northern Beaches Council - $102,131 towards the purchase of a 22 seat, wheelchair accessible Toyota Coaster bus with wheelchair access for Hop, Skip and Jump services.
Mr Griffin said, “Our community facilities will be greatly enhanced by this funding.
“I congratulate all successful applicants and look forward to seeing each project delivered over coming months.,” Manly's MP said.
Other local grant allocations, not run yet for the records, included:
- Sunnyfield – for Keep Us in the Community at Allambie Heights 2100 $30,000
- The Burdekin Association Inc., Out-Of-Home-Care Meeting Rooms Fit Out – Brookvale; $33,015
- Approved for NSW Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) Inc., Brookvale, SW Metro Emergency Wildlife Rescue Ambulance - $68,105
- Approved for Sydney Metropolitan Wildlife Services Inc.: $31,443 for Relocatable Wildlife Triage Facility
- Approved for Northern Beaches Council: $9,860 for Electrifying Brookvale Children's Centre - Safe & Sustainable
- Approved for Northern Beaches Council: $71,812 for Glen Street Theatre Stage Lighting
- Approved for Northern Beaches Council: $35,000 for Grandstand and Storage Upgrade at Avalon Beach
- Approved for Northern Beaches Council: $5,526 for Community Pickleball Courts at Curl Curl
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $13,455 for External Painting of Disability Therapy Centre
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $37,840 for Painting for Disability Therapy Centre
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $12,705 for Floor Sanding in Hall at Disability Programs Centre
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $17,500 for Sewerage Repairs for Home for People with Complex Disability
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $8,338 for Specialty Seating for Lifestyles Centre for Adults with Complex Disabilities
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $8,958 for Painting for Disability Therapy Centre
- Approved for Cerebral Palsy Alliance, Forestville: $6,350 for Air Conditioning for Disability Therapy Centre
Also worth noting:
- Middle Harbour 16ft Skiff Sailing Club: $72,105 for Refurbishment and Upgrade to Existing External Storage Space
- Middle Harbour Yacht Club: $40,000 for Club Support & Rescue Vessel
