2015-12-08 Infrastructure & Services Committee Agenda

                                                                                                                                           ATTACHMENT 1
Recommendations - Community Projects Grants                                  Round: Aug-Sep 2015

    Organisation       Project Title                                                               Location     Assessment           Conditions of Funding
       name                                                                                                        Panel
                                                                                                                Recommends
 CareFlight Rescue     Project Live & Breathe - seeks to fund an emergency breathing              Noosa Shire         $1,579
                       system (EBS) and life-jackets for each crew member, plus patients
                       on board in case of accident over water. The safety equipment
                       provides valuable time to breathe and therefore more opportunity to
                       evacuate the aircraft safely.

 Cooroora Wood         Cooroora Wood & Craft Show 6 May'16: This show attracts                      Cooroy            $2,000
 workers Club          woodworking clubs and the public to compete and view entries,
                       demonstrations, displays and items for sale. It is held the same day
                       as the Cooroy Fusion Festival and Noosa District Orchid & Foliage
                       Society Show.

 Cooroy Lower Mill     Cooroy Fusion Festival: artistic performances, art & literature              Cooroy            $5,000
 Board Inc.            displays, historical exhibition, Welcome to Country, cultural, story-
                       telling & library workshops, short films, artisan market, locally-grown
                       food, demonstrations (cooking, wood-turning, milling, chainsaw
                       carving), activities (arts & crafts, environmental & indigenous
                       themes), live music, appearances by local celebrities.

 Cooroy Pomona         Pomona King Of The Mountain Festival - 23 July 2016. Seeking                Pomona            $10,000
 Lions Club Inc.       funding for a big screen, sound production and timing devices which
                       improve the quality of presenting the event. This equipment will bring
                       the standard of the event to the next level as expectated by
                       international athletes.

 Cooroy-Noosa          Seeking part funding for New Heritage Centre in Cooroy. The group            Cooroy           $20,000   Applicant to meet MCU conditions
 Genealogical and      has raised funds for this project for the past 18 years. The new
 Historical Research   research facility will house the local history archive, host educational
 Group Inc.            and family history workshops and seminars, heritage exhibits and
                       social events.

 For Our Daily Bread   New forklift for our Rene Street premises: seeking funding to buy          Noosaville          $3,000
                       a forklift to mobilise these large gifted items (whitegoods and
                       furniture) which are sold, at low prices, to the needy.

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