89 volunteer organisations in Wide Bay share $321,143
7th August, 2013
Federal Member for Wide Bay, Warren Truss has released details of $321,143 in grants that will be provided to 89 local organisations from the Australian Government’s Volunteer Grants 2013 program.“The grants will enable community organisations in Wide Bay to purchase vital, practical pieces of equipment for use by volunteers,” Mr Truss said.
“The Volunteer Grants 2013 program supports local communities by helping volunteers to help others.
“The grants will be used by volunteer organisations to purchase equipment, support training, or pay fuel bills or transport costs, to make the work of volunteers a little bit easier.
“This funding continues the former Coalition Government’s highly popular Volunteer Small Equipment Grants program, which recognised volunteer organisations, allowing them to make their work safer and more enjoyable,” Mr Truss said.
“Volunteers undertake a range of activities and perform a wide variety of tasks, making an enormous difference to the lives of countless Australians.
“Volunteers freely give of their time, expertise and resources to help others in the community, so it is important that the Federal Government continues to support their work through the Volunteers Grants Program.”
“I congratulate the volunteer organisations on the success of their applications and thank all volunteers for their efforts in making their communities better.”
