By Charlene Gatt
STATE Trustees is calling on Footscray community groups to apply for funding through its annual community grants program.
Each year, State Trustees offers a number of grants up to the value of $5000 to community and not-for-profit organisations to help establish or develop projects.
Project categories include creating social networks for older people and people with disabilities or mental illness; providing accessible legal information and financial advice to older or disabled Victorians, people with a mental illness or people coping with bereavement; Helping older people or those with a disability or mental illness achieve an improved lifestyle through activity or learning programs and bridging programs for older or disabled Victorians, or people with a mental illness to integrate and contribute to the wider community.
Nine Victorian organisations benefited from the grants last year, including Melbourne City Mission, Dandenong Ranges Music Council and The Bays Hospital Group.
Applications for the State Trustees Community Grants Program 2011 are open now and close at 5pm, 24 February. For more details or to apply online go to www.statetrustees.com.au.
