Grant Recipients: 2004

Rotary Club Bega To support the Birth to Kindergarten Reading Program. Adult workshops for promoting and developing literacy of young children
Amount $3500
   
Candelo Agricultural Assoc. To up-grade kitchen
Amount $1185
   
FSCCC/Friends of the Libraries For 4 Introductory internet/email courses at each of the 4 libraries in BVSC
Amount $4400
   
Tathra Patchworkers For 2 workshops for dyeing and printing fabrics
Amount $500
   
Eden Whale & Marine Discovery Centre For the “Girt by Sea” project. To curate an exhibition from the photos/interviews collected from Eden commercial fishing families for inclusion in the 2005 Eden Whale Festival
Amount $3862
   
Respite Care Bega Valley To develop a sensory garden for use by people with disabilities, and their families, at the respite house
Amount $5000
   
Imlay Special Needs Group For a music therapist to support early learning groups
Amount $2000
   
Eden Community Access To purchase a reverse cycle air-conditioner for the centre
Amount $2990 (Country Energy)
   
Men's Health & Wellbeing For medical equipment to be used for health checks for participants on the Ancestral Trek camps.
Amount $1000 (Canberra Investment Corporation)
   
Eden Whale Festival To assist aboriginal people participate in the 2005 festival and to make an Aboriginal community cultural program a core element of the event
Amount $3500
   
Cobargo Pre-school To purchase a personal computer
Amount $1396
   
Tulgeen Group To hold a forum for people with disabilities living in the Shire.
Amount $2500 (Country Energy)
   
In Theatre Inc. To produce a theatre piece for young people (11-18 years old), developed through workshops and drama processes
Amount $2000
   
Bega Women's Gathering For assistance with administrative expenses connected to running the 2005 Women's Gathering
Amount $1250
   
Bega District Nursing Home For an art project for frail and dementia sufferers
Amount $2000 (Materials)
   
SEAR (Fling) For a series of workshops in performance and physical theatre for young people
Amount $3750
   
Pambula Preschool For a series of workshops for parents on childhood development
Amount $1590
   
Tulgeen Group-Riverside Nurseries $5000 To create a sensory garden (Canberra Investment Corporation)
Amount $2500
   
The Crossing To provide 2 camps for 'Inspiring Sustainable Community Capacity in Young People of the Bega Valley”.
Amount $2060 (one camp)