Annual Community Strengthening Grants - 2016/2017 recipients



Recommended Annual Grants 2016-17?Organisation Name of ProjectProject DescriptionRecommended1Alamein Neighbourhood and Learning CentreGrowing AlameinA community gardening project to improve the friendly and aesthetic appeal of the community house. Adult learners will engage community volunteers and local residents to undertake the project. Funding will be used to develop a landscape design, and for gardening materials, staffing, administrative and event costs.$9,000.002Alfred Road Kindergarten Inc.Digging Patch and Dry Creek Bed with Water PumpTo construct learning environments in the play space that engage sensory and imaginative play by creating a digging patch, and a dry creek bed with water pump. $10,000.003Ashburton Chinese Senior Friendship AssociationAshburton Chinese Cultural Group PerformancesFunds to cover the costs of choir, tai chi and dancing community performances, including calligraphy equipment, promotions and meals.$2,839.754Ashburton Community Garden ting project for Ashburton Community Garden orchardTo net six of the eleven trees in the Ashburton Community Garden orchard to maximise the annual fruit yield harvested.$4,762.005Ashburton Pool and Recreation Centre (APARC) - Occasional CareAPARC Outdoor Renewal ProjectFunding to purchase a vertical hanging garden with edible plants, sensory and nature play equipment to encourage children as active participants in sustainability and influencing different play options in the outdoor space.$1,529.296AVA Boroondara Senior Citizens Group Inc.Showcase of Seniors Creativity and TalentsTo showcase the senior's creativity and talents during Mental Health Week in October 2017. Items include art, crafts, hobbies, flower arranging, gentle exercise, plant propagation, and traditional Vietnamese dance. Refreshments and a light afternoon tea will be provided.$6,000.007Barking Spider Visual TheatreSongs of the Earth - Voices of the SkyLocal high school students and people living with mental illness will collaborate to share stories. These stories will then be developed and creatively transformed (with the facilitation of theatre artists) to be presented as artwork and a theatre performance to the Boroondara community. $10,000.008Boroondara Chinese Senior Citizens Association Inc.Active Ageing Community and Healthy Cultural ActivitiesSubsidise costs of cultural and educational outings for an increasing participation of Chinese seniors and inclusion of newly arrived migrants. Funds will also purchase a computer and printer.$2,800.009Boroondara Community Outreach - (Presbytery of Yarra Yarra Uniting Church)Inside my headFunds for costumes, props, song writing sessions and materials for a performance of self-written songs, poems and music by 'All Directions' choir during Mental Health Week in 2017.$7,390.0010Boroondara PreschoolBoroondara Preschool Grounds RedevelopmentGrounds redevelopment including the installation of an outdoor classroom, water education area, sensory garden, and an all-weather outdoor space.$7,920.0011Boroondara Stroke Support GroupSing For RecoveryA program to visit stroke survivors and their carers in hospital to promote their recovery, build awareness of life after stroke and facilitate support and friendships. The group plan to perform four times a year in nine stroke wards in Melbourne. $7,000.0012Bowen Street Community CentrePurchasing of new light weight trestle tablesFunding to replace existing trestle tables that are 27 years old, heavy, and awkward to store.$1,500.0013Bowen Street Multicultural Community Carols GroupMulti-Cultural and Families Carol ServiceA celebration of Christmas at the Bowen Gardens, Camberwell, encouraging harmony and community participation. A carols service, singing and drama will integrate French, Chinese and Anglo Christmas traditions, with children's activities such as face painting, and balloons. $3,500.0014Camberwell Area Multiple Birth Association Inc. (CAMBA)Active CAMBA KidsTo provide an opportunity for multiple birth pre-schoolers to engage in group sporting activities on weekends during school terms. Funding will be used to hire equipment, a hall and a qualified sports instructor. $800.0015Camberwell Hockey Club Inc.Healthy Mind, Healthy BodyFunding for The Resilience Project and a Sports Dietician to be engaged for three seminars to develop a healthy eating for active people cookbook.$3,765.0016Camberwell Junction Tennis ClubPlay and Stay - All Ages and Abilities Camberwell Junction Tennis ClubTo introduce residents to the breadth of activities and programs available at the newly refurbished facility. Funding will also purchase furniture for indoor and outdoor usage, and an iPad to administer support program implementation.$5,000.0017Camberwell Kindergarten and Childcare CentreCKCC Sensory Garden ProjectTo create a sensory garden to stimulate children, including non-verbal and those from a Cultually and Linguistically Diverse background to interact with the environment using their senses, to look, touch, smell and taste.$3,375.0018Camberwell South Anglican ChurchTo teach English as a Second LanguageTeaching English as a Second Language to non- English speaking residents, mainly Chinese who are aged over 55 to reduce social isolation and promote community cohesiveness. Funds will be used to engage teachers, teaching and promotion materials.$4,000.0019Candlelight ProductionsStories of This Generation - Storytelling Project for Young PeopleA pilot project focused on empowering young people to exercise storytelling techniques through performance and digital media. Funding will cover venue and equipment hire and/or purchase, facilitators, building sets, refreshments and community development activities to facilitate participants' sharing of personal stories.$4,228.0020Cara Armstrong Kindergarten Inc.Inclusive play spaces to develop resilient children of all abilitiesTo make the kindergarten play space more inclusive of children of all abilities and cultures and to develop their resilience and confidence. Funds will be used to purchase a hand water pump, install outdoor music area with in-situ percussion instruments and landscaping around climbing equipment. $8,670.0021Cloud9 Women's ChoirPurchase new sheet music to expand the Choir's repertoire.To purchase new sheet music to expand the Choir's repertoire to ensure the group remains fresh and maintains the enthusiasm of current members, attracts new members and engages the Choir's diverse audience and Boroondara residents.$995.0022Combined Probus Club of Auburn (VIC) Inc.OutingsTo encourage and assist members to regularly participate in social and cultural events by providing transport.$2,460.0023Craig Family Centre Inc.Craig Family Centre Volunteer Program Capacity Building ProjectTo improve volunteer management by installing a new software package that will support recruitment, induction and online training for volunteers, including functions to manage compliance e.g. police checks, and to purchase of four tablets.$3,400.0024Deepdene Uniting ChurchRecognition of diversity painted stone pavingTo collectively make a stone paving artwork of painted stones, which recognises the many cultures and diversity of the congregation. Each member will paint a stone representing their cultural heritage and diversity. Recognition will also be made within the artwork to acknowledge the Aboriginal heritage of the land on which the church is built.$2,082.0025Deepdene Uniting Korean Community PlaygroupSafe storage of foodTo purchase a bar fridge to safely store food that is prepared by community groups in their programs. $313.0026East Camberwell Tennis Club Inc.Defibrillator for Tennis ClubFunding to purchase a cardiac defibrillator and provide online training to 40 of the 400 members. $3,000.0027Eastern Domestic Violence Services (EDVOS)In-House Legal ServiceA three-year program offering a Family Violence specialist lawyer at EDVOS to provide free legal advice and scaled fee-based ongoing legal casework for women and children who have, or are experiencing family violence. $9,000.0028Fordham Avenue Kindergarten Association Inc.The Water Wonderings ProjectFunding will be used to purchase a water hand pump that will be attached to the existing rainwater tank, allowing water play to act as a learning tool.$4,915.2729Glass Street KindergartenA worm farm for our sustainability garden education projectTo purchase a worm farm for the kindergarten's sustainable garden education project that will provide high quality fertiliser for the garden.$470.0030Greythorn Football ClubConnecting with a Multi-Cultural Balwyn NorthTo understand the changing cultural demographics of North Balwyn, and better connect with families from Asian and sub-continental backgrounds, to introduce and encourage participation in AFL. A community leader will be sourced to support the club to engage with the changing community, promoting active sports, namely AFL through the club.$3,300.0031Greythorn Park Tennis ClubTwilight TennisAn inter-club social tennis event involving the Greythorn Park, North Balwyn, Canterbury and Deepdene tennis clubs. This event encourages the four clubs' tennis communities to engage with one another, increasing the usage of the sporting facilities and participation rates.$5,000.0032Greythorn Probus ClubBus trips and excursions for members' enjoyment and social wellbeingFunding will be used to subsidise the cost for members, allowing financially constrained members to participate. $2,460.0033Hawthorn Cycling ClubJunior Track Program (JTP)Currently a velodrome cycling program is offered to 10-17 year-olds, with access to bikes, apparel and coaching. Funding will be used to expand the program, establish a bike loan scheme, purchase ten track bikes and apparel, and for further coaching for young riders.$3,000.0034Hawthorn Glen Combined Probus Club Inc.Cultural, educational and social activities for membersCultural, educational and social activities for members, including outings, tours and luncheons. One tour will involve an overnight stay.$2,460.0035Heathgrove Study CentreCafe Heathgrove In and Out'A volunteer program for young people providing a café-like welcoming atmosphere for socially isolated elderly people within an aged care facility. A second program provides outdoor gardening assistance for residents with limited mobility. Funding would resource staffing, train volunteers, purchase materials, print training documents and cover transport costs.$8,700.0036Jeshimon Housing AssociationLet's get started in our communityMonthly trips to the Rivoli cinema will be provided and the opportunity to dine at Sophia’s family restaurant, to promote community engagement for clients and their families in an environment other than their own home.$1,500.0037Kew Band Inc.Kew Band Melbourne marching percussion replacementTo replace percussion marching equipment that is no longer fit-for-purpose with ergonomic equipment, including a bass drum harness, marching drum beaters, two side drum harnesses, and two light weight snare drums. $1,841.0038Kew Baptist ChurchKew Community Garden and Compost SchemeThis community partnership engages playgroup families, students, and other members of the community using the space to compost local food waste and use the compost in the community garden. Funding will be used for the production of compost, garden and irrigation systems.$9,000.0039Kew Community FestivalMusic in WorshipTo visit several interfaith worship centres in Boroondara to learn and experience how music is used, and to gain a greater appreciation of the forms of worship in Boroondara. Funding will cover bus transportation between worship centres and lunch for attendees.$2,400.0040Kew Home of ChinesePromoting health and wellbeing for Chinese seniorsTo use multicultural cooking and calligraphy classes to promote the health and wellbeing of Chinese seniors.$4,500.0041Kew Neighbourhood Learning Centre (KNLC)KNLC Night MovesShowcasing the Neighbourhood House participants' creative work in a night market. Funds will be used to hire market stall marquees, and to fund a project officer to coordinate stall holders and KNLC participants to display their items. The Kew Fruit Squad will also display and sell their homemade produce in the social enterprise cafe.$3,500.0042Kew Toy Library Inc.Improved access to educational resources, supporting children with special needsFunding to expand specific resources suitable for the needs of Boroondara Early Years Resource Library members and other special needs families.$5,870.0043Kidsafe VictoriaKidsafe Victoria Community Outreach Program- City of BoroondaraTen one-hour Community Outreach presentations, focusing on home safety and discussing practical strategies that can be used in the home. Trained Kidsafe facilitators will deliver the presentations to parents, carers and community members.$1,000.0044Kiwi Hawthorn Rugby Union Football Club (formerly Boroondara RUFC)Hawthorn Viva7sViva7s is a new, non-contact rugby game that involves the whole family. Viva7 promotes a fun, friendly way to come together, and get fit. Funding is to support the launch of the new sport in Boroondara.$4,500.0045Ladies Probus Club of Boroondara Inc.Subsidise bus tours and outingsFunds to subsidise bus tours and outings.$2,460.0046Living Distinctive Lives - Melba Support Services (auspice)My Community & My Valued RolesFive workshops on topics including imagining a better future, creating 'my own home', valued roles in the community and discovering and deepening relationships. LDL volunteers will provide examples of their journey to social inclusion. Participants will receive phone follow up, links to resources and strategies that can further assist them.$5,376.0047Lynden Park Scout GroupLynden Park Scout Group pop up marqueeTo purchase a pop up marquee with signage. This will provide shelter at group and community events, as well as identify the group to the local community.$1,447.0048Men's Probus Club of Surrey Hills Inc.Cultural and social outings, in-house luncheon, new member promotionFunding will be used to subsidise outings to venues. $2,460.0049Mind AustraliaKinkora Women's Hostel Social Inclusion OutingsTo provide a monthly outing for women with mental illness residing at the hostel to promote social inclusion, improved mental health and increase community engagement.$5,220.0050Neighbourhood Watch Victoria Inc.Boroondara Neighbourhood Watch (BNHW) MarqueePurchase a marquee to provide shelter at community events, provide privacy (if needed) and identify the group to the local community.$500.0051North Balwyn Bowls Club Inc.Surrounds Renewal ProjectTo replace concrete and wooden chairs in need of repair with portable folding chairs. Funding will provide seating that is compliant with safety standards and the needs of elderly members. $2,000.0052Pied Piper Toy Library Inc. (PPTL)Extending inclusive access to PPTLAgeing sporting equipment will be replaced, and resources provided to support families receiving early intervention for special needs/disabilities. $5,840.0053Probus Club of AshburtonSubsidised bus toursSubsidised bus tours to allow members the opportunity to leave the confines of their homes and visit places of interest, without depending on family or friends to transport them. $2,440.0054Probus Club of Camberwell Inc.Outings program for elderly and frail peopleDay outings to enable elderly participants the opportunity to enjoy social interactions through day, bus, and theatre trips. Funding will be used to subsidise costs to members.$2,460.0055Probus Club of Chatham Inc.Assistance with transport costs of members' outingsThe project will subsidise members' transport costs for social activities to enhance self-confidence and community connectedness. $2,460.0056Probus Club of Maling Combined Inc.Stimulating Bus TripsThree stimulating day bus trips for elderly members, many of whom live alone, and would be unable to attend these trips on their own. $2,460.0057Probus Club of North Balwyn (with seven Special Interest Groups)Probus Club of North Balwyn - Subsidised Transport CostsFunds to subsidise bus tours and outings that are popular with members.$2,460.0058Probus Club of North Balwyn HeightsBus trips and excursions for membersFunds to subsidise bus outings and excursions, with programs chosen to stimulate participants' cultural and leisure interests.$2,400.0059Rajasthani Kutumb of VictoriaGANGAUR MELA 2017To fund the celebration of Gangaur, an important festival celebrated in Rajasthan, India, with traditional music and dance. Arts and crafts workshops will include rangoli and palmistry, and traditional Rajasthani foods.$7,000.0060Samarinda Ashburton Aged ServicesPurchase of iPods and headphones for people with dementiaThe purchase of 12 Apple iPod nanos with headphones to allow residents to continue to listen to music after a group music therapy session or listen to recorded music from their past.$2,388.0061Scouts Australia - Camberwell ShowtimeScenery Store - Scout Hall brush cutter, slasher and safety gearTo purchase a brush cutter, slasher and safety gear to maintain the grassed area surrounding the hall, and deter repeat graffiti. $2,000.0062Scouts Australia - Camberwell ShowtimeCamberwell Showtime Writing Weekend 2017A weekend writing workshop to brainstorm ideas and begin writing the script and music for the annual Camberwell Showtime performance. An inspirational guest speaker will be funded to inspire and boost enthusiasm of the writers, cast and crew. $3,000.0063Scouts Australia -Victorian BranchBoroondara Troop TrailerTo purchase a Troop Trailer as a resource within the district, to store equipment used by campers. There is also the opportunity to expand programs offered where extra gear transport is needed.$2,000.0064St Mary's Salesian Amateur Football ClubSt Mary’s Salesian AFC Female TeamTo create a female football team in the local community, in line with the commencement of the female competition in the Victorian Amateur Football League (VAFA) in 2017. Funding is to cover start-up costs for the new team and to ensure the economic sustainability of a senior female team into the future.$9,700.0065Summerhill Park KindergartenSummerhill Park Kindergarten and Community Partnerships - Indigenous Story Poles InstallationTo develop an Indigenous artwork in collaboration with an Aboriginal artist and educator, with the children gaining an understanding of local Indigenous culture and history. The launch will occur as part of Welcome to Country.$2,760.0066Surrey Hills Neighbourhood CentreExercise Program for Young Onset Dementia Participants and their CarersFunding for a physical activity project focusing on an exercise program to promote the physical and mental health of individuals with young onset dementia and their carers. $6,780.0067The Penguin Club of Australia Victoria Inc. (Camberwell Group)The Empowerment of Women of BoroondaraFunds will be used to purchase a portable public address system, and promotion print media.$2,000.0068The Probus Club of Balwyn Central Inc.Two outings during 2017 for members, partners and other seniorsTo subsidise the costs of two one-day tours to places of interest.$2,460.0069The Probus Club of Glenferrie Inc.Day trips and outings for aged and financially disadvantaged membersFunding to subsidise five one-day excursions.$2,460.0070The Probus Club of Kew Inc.Active ProbiansFunding for bus trips, educational speakers, and bus hire for house-bound members. Funds will also replace the public address system.$2,440.0071U3A Deepdene Inc.Maintain a sustainable organisation by enhancing governance, capability and capacity.Funds are sought for governance workshops for U3A Deepdene committee of management. Funding is also sought for a cardiac defibrillator, a first aid kit and training to members. $8,245.0072U3A Hawthorn Inc.Classroom Video Screen - Provision, User Manual and TrainingFunds to purchase and install a wall-mounted smart television, prepare a user manual, and train a core group to support others with the use of the equipment.$2,935.0073Victorian YMCA Community Programming - Junction Skate Park and BMX ParkThe JSBP "School Skate & Scoot Safe Program"To encourage and promote skating and scooting in a safe environment, while addressing road safety issues. Funding will allow the program delivery into neighbouring schools.$6,844.0074Victorian YMCA Community Programming PLSliding doors- Mental Health Week 2017Using art to highlight issues related to mental health during the annual Mental Health Week campaign. An experienced art instructor and curator will be funded to ensure the professional standard of art work. $5,970.0075Vietnamese Senior Cultural Association Inc.Dynamic Vietnamese Cultural PerformanceTo improve cultural development and to enhance community friendship and connectivity to all cultures through the Vietnamese Tet and Full Moon Festivals. Funds are also sought to replace dated music equipment, and for composing and recording popular Vietnamese songs.$4,000.0076Vietnamese Senior Cultural Association Inc.Dynamic Living for Vietnamese SeniorsFunding will be used to promote and facilitate tai chi, cultural dancing, table tennis, meditation and cooking activities. Funding will also be used to purchase a laptop, and for materials, transport costs and excursion entrance fees.$3,000.00Total$305,710.31 ................
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