Arts projects in the money
All together now: Kingston mayor Steve Staikos, front centre, and Chelsea Rotarians celebrate community grants with Mentone Scouts. Picture: Gary Sissons
Cash for community groups evening to also thank Chelsea Rotary for its efforts in partnership with council to raise money for the Mentone Scouts group from proceeds of the joint rotary and council-run Kingston Farmers Market. The market is held on the first Saturday of each month, excluding January, at Highett’s Sir William Fry Reserve. Some of the community grants allocated for the 2018-19 financial year include: n $523,819 to support local neigh-
bourhood houses and community centres n $70,069 to support the Chelsea and Moorabbin SES units n $46,359 to support local multicultural and seniors groups n Funding for a range of community feeding programs including $10,000 for Community Care free breakfasts, $8000 for Matt’s Place Community Meals Program, $10,000 for Make a Difference Dingley and $9200 for Destiny Care food hampers
$3000 each to the Dingley Village Historical Society, Mordialloc Historical Society and Chelsea Historical Society n $7500 to the Australian National Aviation Museum for an exhibition of women in Australia’s aviation history n $5000 for bathroom renovations at the Australian Volunteer Coastguard Carrum Kingston Council also considers smaller grant applications from community groups throughout the year. n
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ABOUT $1.3 million has been handed back to ratepayers in the form of annual community grants dished out by Kingston Council. Kingston mayor Cr Steve Staikos said grants help not-for-profit groups deliver services, programs and special events to the community. “There are so many fantastic community groups doing great work across Kingston, council is proud to be able to support their efforts,” Cr Staikos said. The mayor was on hand last Tuesday
SIX arts projects have been awarded Kingston Council annual arts grants. Diverse projects including carers’ art classes, historical storytelling, a Chinese Cultural Festival and sci-fi workshops “to imagine the future” are among the grant recipients. The 2018 Kingston Arts Grants have been awarded to: n Weekly tutored art classes run by artist Alison Pilcher through the Central Bayside Community n Health Service for carers of family members with a disability ($3000) n Artist Yanni Mougos will draw on historical photographs to create a series of interactive pieces on changes in the area ($5000) n Artist Robert Scholten will explore ideas about Kingston’s future through a series of community sci-fi imagination workshops ($5000) n Kingston Chinese Senior Citizens Club will present a Chinese Cultural Community Festival ($2000) n Citizen Theatre will combine photography, painting, writing and theatre in Forgotten Suburbs ($5000) n A collaborative performance between members of Southern Area Concert Band and musicians and dancers for different cultures around the world to share their music ($2000) “We’re proud to support such an interesting and diverse group of grassroots community artists and I’m looking forward to seeing their projects in action,” Kingston mayor Cr Steve Staikos said. See kingstonarts.com.au for more details.
566 Main Street, Mordialloc VIC 3195 P: 9580 4651 E: mark.dreyfus.mp@aph.gov.au Chelsea Mordialloc Mentone News 1 August 2018
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