May 17, 2024 | Latest News
Seventeen Gippsland not-for-profit community organisations will benefit from more than $63,000 in funding as part of the Federal Government’s 2023-24 Volunteer Grants program. Grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 will assist successful community organisations in...
May 8, 2024 | Caring for the Environment, Latest News
Benambra-Dinner Plain-Omeo Landcare Group has planted close to 6,000 indigenous tree and shrub species across 25 sites to improve the health and ecological condition of rivers and wetlands in the Murray-Darling Basin as the catchment in that part of East Gippsland,...
Oct 17, 2023 | Latest News
Federal Member for Gippsland Darren Chester has accused the Albanese Government of abandoning local sporting and community groups with its failure to provide ongoing funding for the Stronger Communities Program (SCP). Speaking in Federal Parliament, Mr Chester said...
Mar 29, 2022 | Latest News
Funding to support local community sporting events is now available through the Federal Government. Local MP Darren Chester said local groups and event organisers could now apply for financial support through the Regional Sports Events Fund. “Coronavirus restrictions...
Sep 28, 2021 | Latest News
Applications for the second round of the Networks to Build Drought Resilience program have now opened. Local MP Darren Chester said the program was a part of the Federal Government’s Future Drought Fund to help communities prepare for drought. “This program is...
