Volunteer Grants aim to support the efforts of Australia’s volunteers as well as to encourage and increase participation in volunteering. The grants provide small amounts of money that organisations and community groups can use to help their volunteers.

$150,000 of funding is now available in Kingsford Smith for small capital projects which improve community participation and contribute to the vibrancy and viability of local communities.

The Stronger Communities Programme makes available matched grant funding of between $2,500 to $20,000 for small capital projects and aims to deliver social benefits and improve local community participation and cohesion.

$150,000 of funding is now available in Kingsford Smith for small scale, community-led environment projects that address local environmental priorities.

The Communities Environment Program makes available grant funding of between $2,500 and $20,000 for small projects that give communities the resources, skills and knowledge to care for the environment.

$150,000 of funding is now available in Kingsford Smith for small capital projects which improve community participation and contribute to the vibrancy and viability of local communities.

The Stronger Communities Programme makes available matched grant funding of between $2,500 to $20,000 for small capital projects and aims to deliver social benefits and improve local community participation and cohesion.

My wife’s family is a mix of Italian and English heritage.

Her mother was born in Oxford England and migrated to Australia as a 10 pound Pom.

Her father’s parents were Italian post–war migrants from the island of Salina off Sicily.

LOCAL LABOR TEAM RENEWS FIGHT AGAINST AMALGAMATIONS

I wish to invite you to nominate a local volunteer that you know for my Annual Community Service Awards and the Vi Robbins Award for Volunteer of the Year.

Most Australians have never heard of the Beijing Environment Exchange.  But they will in the future.

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As the mining boom winds down, Member for Kingsford Smith Matt Thistlethwaite calls for governments to do more to prepare Australians for the Asian Century.

In an open global economy, when it comes to the 100 metre sprint for tertiary education and good jobs, our kids start 10 metres behind most from Asia.