Forty-four community, educational and sporting groups and non-profit organisations are set to share in $194,079 in grants from Wyndham council.
The reconnection and recovery grants initiative is part of the council’s Community Grants Program, which was launched in earlier this year to support the recovery from COVID-19.
Mayor Adele Hegedich said the grants, of up to $5000 each, will play an important role in reconnecting the community as it recovers from the pandemic.
One of the grants has been awarded to South East Foundations Ltd, for a project which aims to equip people who have lost their jobs during the pandemic with resume writing skills, interview tips and connections to job agencies.
The project will be undertaken in partnership with South West Training Services in Hoppers Crossing.
The Committee for Wyndham has received a grant for a leadership program, which will deliver a series of online leadership sessions focussed on helping people from business, community, sporting clubs and not-for-profit organisations.
Other organisations to receive $5000 grants include MacKillop Family Services, Werribee Hockey Club, Iramoo Community Centre, Quantin Binnah Community Centre and Virgin Mary Mosque.
The Wyndham Community and Education Centre in Werribee has also been allocated $5000 to collaborate with Play it Forward (Australia) to engage culturally-diverse residents in a community choir project.
Wyndham’s future focused economy portfolio holder, Cr Mia Shaw, said: “The ever-changing nature of this pandemic shows us just how important it is to invest in our community groups now more than ever, in order to maintain and encourage the connectedness we share right across Wyndham city”.
