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Pcc Annual Grants Program 2008 Successful Applicants

In 2008, Council received 77 applications, 33 of which were successful. The total number amount of funding sought across all categories was $978,612 from a total funding pool of $400,000 P>

On Wednesday the 25th of June, a presentation ceremony was held at The Riverside Theatres to acknowledge all successful applicants. The Lord Mayor Councillor Paul Barber presented grant recipients with their cheques. Welcome to Country was by Allan Merriman, a Descendant of Darug people. After the ceremony the guests enjoyed light refreshments and overall the night was a great success.

Lord Mayor - presents grant winner2008 grant program recipients

Community Capacity Building 100% Voluntary Organisations
Organisation Project Name Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Parramatta Community Pals for Seniors Computer Skills for Key Personnel in Local community $4,522.00  
Granville Multicultural Community CentreProgram being run by Granville Men's Shed Granville Men's Shed $5,000.00 $5,000.00
NSW Association of the Deaf Celebrate the Deaf Community $4,983.00  
Reconciliation for Western Sydney Stage 2 Dharug Nation, Past & Future $5,000.00  
Scout Association of Aust. NSW Branch Program being run by 1st Ermington Scout Group Scout Safe Storage Solution $5,000.00  
Hope Mission Centre Enlivening Caregivers (EnCa) Pilot project $4,890.00 $4,950.00
SEVA Building Community Care for Older South Asians $5,000.00  
Granville Historical Society Snapshots of the Social History of Granville 1920-2007 $4,214.00  
Community Capacity Building Organisations with Paid Staff
Organisation Project Name Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Anglicare Street Outreach Street Outreach Assistance Program $8,800.00  
Parramatta Young Christian Workers Building Bridges $8,649.00  
Cumberland Women's Health Stories of our Lives - ATSI Women Speaking Out $9,900.00  
Telopea Family Resources Inc Mobile Toy Library & Outreach Kit $5,383.00  
Parramatta Police and Community Youth Club Program being run by PCYC and Anglicare Street Outreach Skilling for Living $10,000.00 $10,000.00
Dundas Area Neighbourhood Centre IT Future Focus $2,980.00  
Parramatta Mission Art/Play Strategy $9,660.00 $9,900.00
Harris Park Community Centre Rosella Festival $10,000.00  
Nicholii Cottage Community Garden Club $9,880.00  
Dundas Area Neighbourhood Centre Digital Photography Past and Future $3,681.00  
Nicholii Cottage Art Outreach Project $9,400.00 $9,400.00
       
Community Capacity Building Social Enterprise
Organisation Project Name Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Karabi Community & Development Service Bicycle Recycling Network Feasibility Study & Business Plan $10,000.00  
Circus Solarus Festival Entertainment Solarus Festival Factory $10,000.00 $10,000.00
SEVA Inc Co-operative Enterprise of South Asian Women $10,000.00  
Igbo Association NSW Igbo Co-operative Venture $10,000.00  
Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Services Program being run by African Food Project African Food Project $10,000.00  
Information & Cultural Exchange Program being run by Parramatta Clay and Arts Coop Parramatta Clay and Arts Coop $10,000.00  
Arts Professional Projects
Organisation Project Name Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Australian Chamber Orchestra Parramatta Youth Orchestra $20,000.00  
Artist (re) Interpreting History Stories in the Landscape II Suburbia $20,000.00  
Mars Hill Caf' Mars Hill Music Phase 2 $10,000.00  
Information & Cultural Exchange Program being run by Fadia Abboud Layla & Youssef $10,000.00  
Powerhouse Youth Theatre Work Voices - Powerhouse Youth Theatre $20,000.00  
Western Sydney Dance Action Dance Media Project $20,000.00  
Parramatta Arts Fellowship
  Fellow Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Maria Ionico Maria Ionico $20,000.00  
       
Parramatta Heritage & Stories Research
Organisation Project Name Amount Yr 1 Amount Yr 2
Mars Hill Caf' Program being undertaken Katherine Barclay Knight Aspects of Social activism and the arts in Parramatta 1972-1988 $5,000.00  
Parramatta female Factory Precinct Association Program being undertaken Annette Bonney Dyuric Parragirls: Heritage and social history of Parramatta Girls Home $5,000.00  
Baulkham Hills Holroyd Parramatta Migrant Resource Centre Program being undertaken Priscella Engall Cultural Footprints $5,000.00  
Artist (re) Interpreting History Program being run by John Spiteri Between the wars: Art and Architecture $5,000.00  
       
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