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Successful Applicants 2024-2025
| Organisation Name | Project | Funding Amount |
| Community Bank Freshwater | Funding to support the delivery of “Festive Freshie”- a community Christmas celebration in Freshwater Village bringing together the community and businesses to drive pre-Christmas sales and increase foot traffic to the centre. | $4,000 |
| Bronwyn Keller | Funding to support “Afternoons of Rhythm” - A series of busking afternoons in early 2025 and a Village Showcase night highlighting the unique offerings of the local businesses and featuring performances from talented locals. | $4,000 |
| Elanora Christmas Market | Funding to support the "2024 Elanora Heights Christmas Markets". Building on the success of previous successful events on Kalang Road, which resulted in dramatic increases local business spend and brought the community together to celebrate Elanora. | $4,000 |
| Friends of Freshwater | Loss and Learning in the Freshwater Pocket Park. Funding to support the creation and installation of a First Nations mural behind the Aboriginal Heritage Building in Freshwater. | $2,600 |
| Newport Beach Chamber of Commerce | Funding to support “Spring Into Summer”- a collaborative celebration of Newport where business offers and entertainment will create a market atmosphere bringing communities together to showcase Newport. | $2,400 |
Successful Applicants 2023-2024
| Organisation Name | Project | Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Elanora Christmas Market | Funding to support the '2023 Elanora Heights Christmas Markets'. Building on the success of the 2022 markets which saw over 4000 local residents descend to the markets held on Kalang Road. The area saw a dramatic increase in spend as a result of the markets, which went back into the small local businesses. This event brought the community together and celebrated Elanora during the festive season. | $4,000 |
Placemaking Grant for WorldPride 2023
The Grant aimed to encourage the community to deliver activations that promoted community participation and the celebration of WorldPride in our villages and town centres.
| Organisation Name | Project | Funding Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Manly Business Chamber | Corso activation: installation of a rainbow arch for the duration of WorldPride with weekend activations including live musicians and roving entertainment in collaboration with Budgy Smuggler’s WorldPride rainbow edition. | $4,000 |
| Collaroy Tennis Club | Community open day: social tennis, music, food and drinks, raffle prizes and giveaways. | $500 |
| Running Stars Healthy Living Ltd | Run the Rainbow at Mona Vale and Curl Curl will promote of the importance of diversity, tolerance and accessibility by dressing our courses and participants with rainbow colours and a post run rainbow breakfast. | $500 |
| Harbord Diggers – Mountie Group | A large-scale lighting display on the Ocean Terrace as visual support, to the community alongside a program of in venue activities and fundraisers. | $4,000
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| Ability Options – on behalf of GLAM | Community Art Project as part of an information stall promoting GLAM Plus and GLAMrUS. | $1,000 |
| Rainbow Families in partnership with Fusion Pride | Pride Picnic will be a free, all ages event with a focus on families and will offer the chance for families and friends to meet, grab some lunch from the local cafes and enjoy live music from local artists. | $5,000 |
| Avalon Palm Beach Chamber of Commerce | Love is Love Community Social & PrideSwim fundraiser. Open day style event by and for the Queer Community of Pittwater and a charity swim. | $5,000 |
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