{"id":32009,"date":"2025-03-23T16:23:50","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/?p=32009"},"modified":"2025-03-23T16:23:50","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T16:23:50","slug":"6-15-million-for-upgrades-to-community-facilities-across-new-south-wales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/6-15-million-for-upgrades-to-community-facilities-across-new-south-wales\/","title":{"rendered":"$6.15 million for upgrades to community facilities across New South Wales"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Dozens of sports grounds, community halls, theatres and cultural centres from Broken Hill to Bellingen, Camden to Carathool, Fairfield to Forbes will share in more than $6.15 million in funding to upgrade their facilities under the latest round of the Minns Labor Government\u2019s Infrastructure Grants Program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A total of 37 projects will receive support in this second round of the program for the 2024\/25 financial year, building on the $6.44 million delivered to fund 46 projects in July 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Infrastructure Grants Program is made possible by ClubGrants Category 3, a fund which directs profits from registered clubs\u2019 gaming machines into community projects, while clubs receive a tax concession in return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2013, more than 880 community projects have been awarded $152 million under the funding program.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Projects supported in this latest funding round include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>$250,000<\/strong>&nbsp;for the fit-out of the BCF Mobile Food Vans for the Bill Crews Charitable Trust. The foundation\u2019s mobile services operate across Sydney offering food and crisis support for disadvantaged community members<\/li><li><strong>$200,000<\/strong>&nbsp;for the construction of the Winhanga-durinya-dhuray, Wambuul Memorial Garden by Bathurst Regional Council, including the commissioning of a public artwork along the Wambuul-Macquarie River to celebrate the continued role and resilience of the Wiradyuri people<\/li><li><strong>$300,000<\/strong>&nbsp;for the installation of LED lighting on playing fields for the Kurri Kurri Minor Rugby League club to enhance safety and allow for night games and events<\/li><li><strong>$168,667<\/strong>&nbsp;for an upgrade to the Southern Life Church Hall used by the Southcoast Health and Sustainability Alliance to help the hall serve as a heatwave and bushfire haven during extreme weather.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>For the complete list of Infrastructure Grants Program recipients, visit&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsw.gov.au\/grants-and-funding\/clubgrants-category-3-fund\/clubgrants-infrastructure-sport\">www.nsw.gov.au\/grants-and-funding\/clubgrants-category-3-fund\/clubgrants-infrastructure-sport<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Minister for Gaming and Racing David Harris said:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s so pleasing to see this round of Infrastructure Grants go to a large number of worthy groups who are working hard for their communities in such a variety of ways across the state.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cClubGrants Category 3 improves large community infrastructure projects that bring people together, helps them prepare for and recover from disasters, and promotes participation in sport, recreation and the arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s particularly pleasing to see there was a big boost in the number of arts and culture applications this financial year, resulting in $1.6 million being delivered to 13 community organisations including Outback Arts and the Young People Theatre Newcastle this round.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI am also pleased to see two community groups &#8211; the Trangie Local Aboriginal Land Council and Walgett Aboriginal Medical Service Limited &#8211; projects that specifically address Closing The Gap targets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all the successful applicants, I look forward to seeing your completed infrastructure works and the impacts they have on your local communities.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dozens of sports grounds, community halls, theatres and cultural centres from Broken Hill to Bellingen, Camden to Carathool, Fairfield to Forbes will share in more than $6.15 million in funding to upgrade their facilities under the latest round of the Minns Labor Government\u2019s Infrastructure Grants Program. A total of 37 projects will receive support in &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/2025\/03\/23\/6-15-million-for-upgrades-to-community-facilities-across-new-south-wales\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;$6.15 million for upgrades to community facilities across New South Wales&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32009","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-nswnews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32009","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32009"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32009\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32010,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32009\/revisions\/32010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32009"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=32009"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=32009"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}