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Community Grants & Loans Program Community Grants & Loans Program

The aim of the Central Highlands Regional Council’s Community Grants & Loans Program is to provide assistance to local non-profit community groups/organisations who make positive contributions to the quality of life in the local government area to purchase, develop or maintain capital assets.

Applications may be submitted in the following categories to the maximum indicated:

Category 

  Maximum

Community Assistance up to

$5 000

Sport and Recreation Assistance up to

$5 000

Community Assistance Loans

$20 000


Community Assistance and Sport and Recreation Assistance Grants are offered twice each year with applications closing:

  • Round One - 5pm 28th February 2013
  • Round Two - 5pm 31st August 2013

Community Assistance Loans can be made at any time thoughout the year, however applications will be called through advertisement in local newspapers, in February and August each year as part of the Community Assistance and Sport and Recreation Assistance Grants.

Before filling in your 
application form, please read all the information contained in these guidelines.

Click 
here for the Guidelines on How to Apply for Grants and Loans
Click 
here for Community Grants & Loans Program Application Form as a PDF
Click 
here for Community Grants & Loans Program Application Form as a Word Doc 
Click here for 'how to fill in check boxes' on the Application Form as a Word Doc (Note: click to exit Design Mode)
Click 
here for Community Grants & Loans Program Additional Forms

Click here for Community Grants & Loans Program Acquittal Form as a PDF

Click here for Community Grants & Loans Program Acquittal Form as a Word Doc 

 

ROUND 1, 2013 - Community Grants and Loans Recipients

ORGANISATION
AMOUNT
PROJECT
Denison State School P&C Association
$5,000.00
Tuckshop Equipment Upgrade
Springsure Jockey Club
$5,000.00
Upgrade PA system
Emerald Rugby Union Club
$5,000.00
Replacement of Rugby Clubhouse Hot Water System
QCWA Blackwater Branch
$5,000.00
Replace broken floorboard & sand/paint floors
Gemfields Lapidary & Craft Club Inc
$4,571.00
Jewellery Making Equipment
Springsure Bowls Club
$4,267.00
Dishwasher for kitchen
Gemfields Rural Fire Brigade
$3,150.00
Replace, purchase & install white goods
Emerald Dance Centre Inc
$4,192.00
Portable Shipping Container purchase
Comet School of Arts Inc
$5,000.00
Additional new chairs for Comet Hall & replace Dig Tree Fence
Gindie State School P&C Assoc.
$3,089.00
Purchase line marker & trundle wheel
Willows Gemfields & District Recreation Club Inc.
$3,563.00
Purchase of new ride-on mower
Blackwater PCYC (Boxing Club)
$2,708.00
Boxing equipment upgrade
Blackwater Active Riders Association Inc
$2,249.00
First Aid equipment, Signage and Fencing
Springsure Pastoral & Agricultural Society Inc
$3,860.00
Showgrounds electrical upgrade
Bauhinia Campdraft Assoc. Inc.
$5,000.00
Purchase of fencing materials to replace old/broken materials at Bauhinia Sports Grounds
Emerald Brothers Cricket Club Inc.
$1,918.00
Scoring iPads for each age group at the club
Anakie State School P&C Assoc.
$2,482.00
New cricket pitch