| Applicant |
Project Title |
Brief Project Description |
Total Allocated |
| Lilydale Agricultural & Horticultural Society Inc |
Lilydale & Yarra Valley Show |
The Lilydale and Yarra Valley Show consists of rides, entertainment and showcasing the yarra valley and what it has to offer. |
In-Kind Council Waste Management |
| Belgrave Lake Park Cottage |
Friyay Fiesta |
Friyay Fiesta is aimed at families with preschool aged kids who are on the lookout for once off fun, free community event. The event will include two types of kid's entertainment, food and drink, plus all attendees will have access to all the Cottage's play equipment and toys.
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$660.00 |
| Amber Hamer |
EXPLORING DEATH THROUGH ART |
I am holding an art exhibition at the Waterwheel Gallery in Warburton during the month of October. This is part of a Year 12 project that I am undertaking at the Little Yarra Steiner School. I will be sharing the exhibition space with an organisation called Tender Funerals and intend to display my art works to encourage conversation, questions, and awareness regarding death. |
$250.00 |
| Warburton Bowls Club |
Warburton Bowls Club Open Day |
The Warburton Bowls Club Open Day will be an afternoon event inviting local residents to the Club for free food, lawn bowls and to promote the space as a community resource and post-emergency refuge. |
$1,500.00 |
| Lilydale Township Action Group Inc |
Lilydale Main St Christmas Decoration Project |
For the last 4 years LTAG have engaged other community groups & community members to make and install Christmas Decorations. The project is carried out over a number of weeks when we gather at an office in Main Street or one of our members homes. We make timber trees, snowmen, Santas, Grinches, and reindeer from old fence palings and second hand materials, wreaths from various materials and decorations & topieries from polystyreen balls and various decorations. |
$500.00 |
| Lilydale Croquet Club |
130th birthday celebrations |
This year the Lilydale Croquet Club celebrates its 130th birthday. On Saturday the 19th of October the croquet club will celebrate this milestone event, with invited guests from Federal, State and Local Governments plus members from Croquet Victoria, members from other clubs, past members, our current members and partners and media. On Sunday the 27th of October the croquet club will open up to the public for a come and try day, and have coaching lessons by three level 2 qualified coaches in the sport of croquet, this will also coincide with Seniors Festival in October, advertised via the Yarra Ranges Council booklet. |
$1,500.00 |
| The Philanthropic Collective |
Festival Decoration workshops for Community Hall |
Local volunteers and school children spend the week prior to the Halloween festival decorating the Community Hall for the Finale of the festival day. The preparation will involve local schools and community groups and will culminate in a celebration of the unique community that exists the Hills.
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$500.00 |
| Prema Nishan Stories/Jamming with Jem |
Wobbly Wallaby Book and Show Launch |
My book, The Wobbly Wallaby and the Absolute Bandicoot, is launching in tandem with Jemma Armstrong's musical puppet show, which is based on my book. Both the book and show centre around themes of education and celebration of the gifts and challenges of neurodiverse ways of being, through fun rhymes, body movement, story telling and embodied play.
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$1,000.00 |
| Millgrove Residents Action Group |
Community Plan Report Writing 2024 |
Millgrove township is in the process of developing a community plan. This involves, arranging a planning day, inviting and welcoming all residents to attend and share in the vision of the township; creating goals for improvement, in various realms, such as infrastructure, environment, maintenance, social and economical. Once the planning day has occurred, over the following months, the compiling of data and presenting the information is the next step.
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$1,500.00 |
| U3A Healesville Inc |
Annual Theatre Performance |
For the last nine years our Theatre Group have staged an annual musical theatre performance and we are now working towards our next concert to be held towards the end of November this year. This concert is open to the public and priced to be as accessible as possible to everyone. This is one of our most successful activities, in terms of the number of our members involved, the satisfaction they get out of participating, the new skills they learn and the putting on of a major event, that is open to the community as a whole. |
$1,500.00 |
| Rachel Clark t/as Bash Sisters |
Sidewinder Avenue Short Film |
We have written a screenplay for a 15-minute short film to be entered into australian and international film festivals in 2025. The set location is an old house on 19 Juliet Avenue behind the Don Road sports complex in Healesville. We'll be using the house and the surrounding forest for a suspenseful short horror film. We have procured a highly professional film crew including an award-winning cinematographer, production designer and lighting and sound crew. We are raising funds to cover the costs of these three. |
$1,500.00 |
| Yarra Valley Business Inc. |
Volunteer Growth and Engagement |
The Volunteer Growth and Engagement project will fund monthly casual networking sessions for growth and a volunteer appreciation event for engagement. The monthly networking sessions will be an expansion of our Coffee Catch Up. These are casual morning coffee meet ups hosted by board members, for any business-minded individuals to join. We encourage members and non-members alike to attend. |
$1,500.00 |
| The Probus Club of Lilydale Inc. |
Promotion and recruitment |
Our Project is to promote awareness of Probus Lilydale in the local area at shopping centres, local markets, other local events, and at our meeting place. Attracting people requires a visual presence and the purchase of a tear drop flag and a pull up banner to give the club the visibility required to draw attention to the club. In doing so we hope to increase the connectedness with fellow retirees and allow them to enjoy the friendship and wellbeing we all enjoy by being a part of our club. |
$455.00 |
| Exercise Thought |
Happy Hearts and Wellness Warriors |
Exercise Thought has introduced two new free small group exercise programs for participants led by an accredited exercise physiologist aimed at individuals with chronic conditions (cardiovascular health, diabetes mellitus, obesity and chronic pain) with a lower
income status. The initiative currently includes 2 groups (Happy Hearts and Wellness Warriors) run for 30 minutes with a maximum capacity of 5 individuals per class. Both our classes have begun to reach capacity after 2 weeks and a further Happy Hearts Class is likely to be added prior to the end of the month. |
$750.00 |
| koby smith |
Victorian inline hockey national championship |
Playing inline hockey for Victoria in Queensland |
$250.00 |
| Little Yarra Steiner School |
Little Yarra Steiner School Open Day and Fair |
Each year Little Yarra Steiner School holds an Open Day and Fair. The 2024 Open Day and Fair will be held on Saturday 16th November. This is a big day for our school and takes a lot of people to make it happen. Teachers and staff organise the Open Day, which is used to showcase the achievements of our students across the year to current parents and prospective families. The Fair is organised 100% by the parent community, and often involves the assistance of community members outside the school. |
$500.00 |
| Rotary Club of Upper Yarra Inc. |
Karinya Village Transport Shelter |
The aim is to provide shelter for residents within the village while waiting for the community bus to collect them for doctors or other activities. At present they have no shelter during inclement weather and np place to sit while waiting. The installation of a recycled bus shelter provides seating and weather protection. The residents support the installation and wish to financially contribute if required. |
$750.00 |
| U3A Mount Dandenong and District |
3 F’s. - FALLS, FAINTING AND FRACTURES. |
As the U3A run a variety of classes in various locations, we would like our tutors and Committee members to be fully versed and up to date with current FIRST AID certificates.
Given the distance most centres offering First Aid Training are, trainers would come to us.
‘Providing First Aid’ which covers CPR and use of Defibrulator. Most agencies can modify contents to address our needs such as Falls, Fractures, Seizures, Choking and Diabetic Shocks.
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$1,440.00 |
| Heather Zubek |
The Mystery in the Library |
Working in conjunction with the Healesville and Lilydale Libraries, The Mystery in the Library will be run over two days during the September School Holidays. In Healesville, a 'crime scene' will be established and families need to scour the library to find clues to the murderer. A Mystery Writing Workshop will be run in conjunction with this event. In Lilydale, families will come together for a 'Cluedo' event where another 'crime' will take place. Key partners include Healesville Library, Lilydale Library and negotiations are ongoing with Lilydale Atheneum Theatre and The Memo. |
$950.00 |
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Total |
$17,005.00 |