Lyndarum North's 2024 grant recipients.

10 July 2024

Reach World Wide Australia (RWW)

At Lyndarum North, we believe local groups and organisations play a vital role in enriching and enhancing our community. With this in mind, we established our Community Grants Program to support the significant work these groups undertake within Wollert and the wider Whittlesea community.

We are excited to announce the successful recipients of the 2024 program and the valuable projects this funding will contribute towards.

Reach World Wide Australia (RWW)

Reach World Wide is an emergency food provider in the City of Whittlesea. RWW distribute free food hampers to low-income earners, elderly people, single parents, refugees, and international students who are in an untenable circumstance with regard to access to food. In a week, the program delivers and distributes food to approximately 150 individuals in the different suburbs of Whittlesea Council. RWW also runs a School Breakfast Club, providing free breakfast and stationery to 300 primary school children facing food vulnerability.

Since 2023, RWW have been running community pantries in Lalor and Mernda. Following the successful uptake of these community pantries, the Wollert/Kirrip Community Centre has requested similar support. RWW will be using the grant funds to support the growing demand for their food delivery programs in the Wollert community.

You can stay up to date with Reach World Wide Australia’s programs and activities on their Facebook page.

Wollert Community Farm – nugal biik Rangers Program

nugal biik Rangers is a program at Wollert Community Farm that brings local Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander school children and adults onto the farm site to care for Country. The group runs a partnership with a few local schools, as well as with the broader community, and hosts sessions around revegetation, water surveys, seed production, cultural heritage, and more.

Wollert Community Farm will use the grant funds to help overcome some of the barriers preventing participation in the nugal biik program, including supplying fuel vouchers for Rangers and providing regular lunches.

You can learn more about Wollert Community Farm and the nugal biik program here.

Wollert Community Pathshala Incorporated

The Wollert Community Pathshala Incorporated is an organisation focused on educational and cultural development within the Bangladeshi community in Wollert. The group provides learning opportunities and cultural events aimed at promoting and preserving cultural heritage, including multicultural festivals and educational programs for schools.

Through organising events like the Multicultural Eid Festival, the group empowers local community members to celebrate cultural diversity and promote inclusivity.

The organisation will use their grant funds to pay for the resources and supplies required to host educational and enriching activities for the local community.

For more details about Wollert Community Pathshala Incorporated’s activities and programs, visit their Facebook page.

Wollert Primary School

Opening their doors in 2022 with 200 students, Wollert Primary School now has approximately 500 students and continues to grow.

As well as offering quality education, the school believes in hosting events to celebrate families and encourage community connections, including a colour run, Mother’s Day and Father’s Day activities.

Wollert Primary School will be using the grant funds to build a new sensory play area with an array of cubbies to further enhance the holistic learning needs of their students.

Stay up to date via the Wollert Primary School Facebook page and website.

Donnybrook Football Netball Club

Donnybrook Football Netball Club is a growing sporting club that offers junior football, Auskick, junior netball, NetSetGo, and a new junior basketball program. The club is passionate about promoting sport as fun and strives against a ‘win at all costs’ mentality.

Donnybrook FNC contributes to the physical, social and emotional wellbeing of the local community through promoting movement and exercise, forming friendships and encouraging children to develop emotional maturity through teamwork.

The sporting club will use the grant funds to fill their clubrooms and storage areas with the resources they need to support their growing community, including kitchen and canteen equipment, crockery, cutlery, a TV screen, internet, shelving and more.

Learn more and get involved through the Donnybrook Football Netball Club Facebook page.

We warmly congratulate our successful recipients and thank all the community groups that applied.