Successful Applications for Colac Otway Shire Grants Program 2020-2021
Successful Applications for Colac Otway Shire Grants Program 2020-2021
The Colac Otway Shire Grants Program 2020//2021 has awarded $203,143 to 60 applicants
Council announced the successful applicants for the Colac Otway Shire Grants Program 2020/21 at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 24 June 2020.
Councillors approved 60 grant applications totalling $203,143. When combined with the community’s cash and in-kind contribution the successful projects total $1.86 million in value.
These grants provide Colac Otway Shire with wonderful opportunities for strong partnerships with community groups, progress associations, arts and cultural groups, environmental groups, committees of management, sporting clubs, schools and businesses.
Congratulations to the successful recipients of the Colac Otway Shire Grants Program 2020/2021.
List of successful applicants - Round 1 - 2020-2021
Category 1 Community Grants Program
|
Applicant
|
Project Name
|
Grant Allocated
|
| Forrest Men's Shed |
Forrest Men's Shed Solar Power |
$7,650 |
| Colac Makers Space Inc |
Growing arts opportunities at Colac Makers Space
|
$3,169 |
| Apollo Bay Men's Shed Inc |
Facilities upgrade |
$5,000 |
| Forrest Learning Centre |
Mud garden for Preschool and Daycare Fun |
$3,684 |
| Warrowie Recreation Reserve |
Facelift for Hall interior and Men's |
$2,488 |
| Forrest and District Historical Society |
Restore Forrest Historical Lock-up |
$2,500 |
| Skenes Creek Advancement Association |
Greening Skenes - Stage 2 |
$2,000 |
| Irrewarra Cricket Club |
Upgrade facilities |
$5,512 |
| Red Rock Regional Theatre & Gallery |
Installation of a Security System |
$4,875 |
| Lions Club of Colac Inc |
Shed renovations |
$10,000 |
| Wye River Separation Creek Community Association Inc |
Wye River Extended River Walk |
$9,128 |
| Elliminyt Public Hall Inc |
Repaint the Elliminyt Hall |
$6,000 |
| Beeac Golf Club Inc |
Automatic watering system |
$4,058 |
| Colac and District Chamber of Commerce Inc |
Colac District Chamber's Communications Project |
$1,512 |
| Birregurra Bowling Club |
External seating |
$5,000 |
| Consrvation Ecology Centre |
Kitchen Gardening in Colac Otway |
$8,000 |
| Colac Bowling Club Colac |
Bowling Club Community Lawn Bowls Engagement Program |
$3,691 |
| Colac Golf Club |
Accessible toilet for Colac Golf Club |
$10,000 |
Category 2 Community Events & Support
| Applicant |
Project Name |
Grant Allocated |
| Otway Tourist Park |
Gellibrand River Blues & Blueberry Festival |
$5,000 |
| Creative Otways Inc |
Colac Otway Arts Trail |
$5,000 |
| Warrion Public Hall Committee Inc |
Warrion Flower Show |
$5,000 |
| Elliminyt Primary School |
Elliminyt Primary School Production 2020 |
$647 |
| Rapid Ascent Pty Ltd |
Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind |
$5,000 |
| Colac Kana Festival Inc |
Colac Kana Festival |
$5,000 |
| Colac RSL Sub Branch Inc |
Colac Show 'n' Shine |
$5,000 |
| Colac Orchid Club Inc |
Annual Colac Orchid Show |
$1,000 |
| Apollo Bay Word Fest |
Apollo Bay Word Fest |
$2,000 |
| Apollo Bay Edible Garden Trail |
Apollo Bay Edible Garden Trail |
$1,360 |
| Pink Up Colac |
Pink Up Colac |
$2,000 |
| Rotary Club of Colac West |
Melbourne Cup Luncheon |
$720 |
| International Management Group |
Great Ocean Road Running Festival |
$5,000 |
| Forrest Lions Club special events branch |
Forrest Soupfest |
$5,000 |
| Apollo Bay Seafood Festival |
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival |
$10,000 |
| Barongarook Landcare Group |
Otway Food and Fibre Showcase |
$5,000 |
| Colac Basketball Association Inc |
Colac Basketball Junior tournaments 2021 Under 12 & 14 Under 16 & Under 18 |
$4,375 |
| Southern Exposure |
Run Forrest 2021 |
$5,000 |
| Gellibrand Community House Inc |
Community Dinner |
$3,000 |
| Colac Leisure Runners Inc |
Mother’s Day Classic Fun Run/Walk |
$2,000 |
Category 3 Small Grants
| Applicant |
Project Name |
Grant Allocated |
| Colac Otway Archers Inc |
Purchase Defibrillator |
$997 |
| Alvie Cricket Club |
Purchase playing equipment and new uniforms for 2020-2021 Cricket Season |
$1,930 |
| U3A Apollo Bay Inc |
Remakery initiative – Equipment purchase |
$918 |
| Corangamite Pistol Club Inc |
Purchase AED defibrillator for club facility |
$1,497 |
| Colac Toy Library Inc |
Toys and small storage shed for Toy Library |
$1,750 |
| Polwarth & District Tennis Association |
Tennis Balls for Polwarth & District Tennis Association |
$2,000 |
| Warncoort Tennis Club |
Court cleaning equipment for Warncoort Tennis Club |
$882 |
| Apollo Bay Surf Life Saving Club |
IT upgrade |
$900 |
| Birregurra Landcare |
Habitat Improvement Program |
$2,000 |
| Elliminyt Tennis Club |
Defibrillator refit and Mount |
$356 |
| Beeac Progress Association |
Park bench overlooking Lake Beeac |
$850 |
| Barwon Downs Community Centre |
Bain Marie for community |
$ 1,700 |
| Alvie Tree Planters |
Lake Corangamite Reserve signage |
$1,500 |
| OCR FM |
Booth Without A Roof |
$1,980 |
| Alvie Football Netball Club Inc |
IT Upgrade for Football and Netball departments |
$860 |
| Beeac Community Centre Inc |
Gloss the Floor |
$600 |
| Otway Districts Historical Society |
Otway District Historical Society Panel Project |
$2,000 |
| Positive Ageing Ambassadors |
Wiser Driver & Safer Scooter Wiser Wheelchair courses |
$1,800 |
Category 4 Building Facade Improvement Program
| Applicant |
Project Name |
Grant Allocated |
| GD & KA Balcombe PtyLtd |
Facade upgrade |
$2,342 |
| The Farmer's Son |
Farmer's Son Facade Facelift |
$1,250 |
| The Foot Man |
The Foot Man Facade |
$3,000 |
| Stevens Communications Pty Ltd |
Improvement to shop |
$662 |
List of successful applicants - Round 2 - 2019-2020
List of Successful Applicants 2019-20 Round 2
Applicant
|
Project Name |
Grant Allocated |
|
Cressy Bowling Club
|
Drainage Improvement Project
|
$2,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce
|
Norfolk Pine Lights
|
$10,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Sailing Club
|
Sailing Program & purchase boats
|
$5,000
|
|
Studio 92
|
Building Façade Upgrade
|
$2,000
|
|
Red Rock Regional Theatre & Gallery
|
Host ‘Marooned’ Play & exhibition
|
$2,250
|
|
Red Door Dance Co
|
Band Together Colac event
|
$1,715
|
List of Successful Applicants - Round 1 - 2019/2020
CATEGORY 1 Community Grants Program
|
Grant Allocated
|
|
2nd Colac Sea Scouts: Kitchen upgrade - 2nd Colac Sea Scout Hall
|
$9,330
|
|
3rd-4th Colac Scouts: Canoes for Scouts
|
$2,265
|
|
Alvie Recreation Reserve Committee of Management: Paint and recarpet Alvie Recreation Centre
|
$9,840
|
|
Apollo Bay Arts Inc. Gallery: Upgrade the gallery
|
$6,800
|
|
Apollo Bay Bowls Club: Steel weather shelters
|
$6,138
|
|
Apollo Bay Radio Inc: Outside live broadcasting equipment
|
$7,379
|
|
Apollo Bay Youth Club: Commercial barbecue and shelter
|
$5,469
|
|
Birregurra Bowling Club Inc: Tables, chairs & polish floor
|
$5,000
|
|
Birregurra Cricket Club: Shipping container storage and landscaping
|
$4,000
|
|
Colac Basketball Association Inc: Flooring, seating & equipment for basketball events
|
$4,922
|
|
Colac City United Cricket Club Inc: Roller covers for the cricket pitch
|
$2,484
|
|
Colac District Historical Society Inc: Controlled temperature unit for historical documents
|
$5,800
|
|
Colac District Pastoral and Agricultural Society: Show jump equipment and trailer
|
$8,415
|
|
Colac Pony Club Inc: Storage shed extension
|
$10,000
|
|
Colac Table Tennis Association: Purchase 2 table tennis tables & accessories
|
$3,376
|
|
Community Hub Inc - Youth Education Engagement Tribe (YEET): Outdoor arts project
|
$5,000
|
|
Coragulac District Kindergarten: Enclose back verandah to create a learning sunroom
|
$5,000
|
|
Forrest District Neighbourhood House: Community gym equipment
|
$10,000
|
|
Forrest Horse Riding Club: Club room improvement - relining walls
|
$4,000
|
|
Foodshare Colac: Purchase 2 freezers
|
$5,700
|
|
Irrewarra Beeac Football Netball Club: Refurbishment of male change room
|
$2,245
|
|
Lavers Hill Public Hall: Solar system
|
$10,000
|
|
Marrar Woorn Neighbourhood House: Multi-media lectern system at senior's hall
|
$2,200
|
|
Pirron Yallock Recreation Reserve Grounds Committee: Display cool room
|
$4,325
|
|
Red Rock Regional Theatre and Gallery Inc: Modernise live theatre sound system
|
$3,249
|
|
Rotary Club of Colac West: Books for Bubs and Beginners
|
$5,000
|
|
Simpson Car Club Inc: Implement Point of Sale system
|
$3,149
|
|
Southern Otways Sustainable Inc: Renewable Energy Road Map
|
$10,000
|
|
Warrion Cricket Club: Resurface Oval with drought-tolerant turf
*subject to Cricket Vic grant outcome
|
$5,000*
|
|
Yeodene Public Hall & Recreation Reserve: Install 2 split systems for heating/cooling
|
$3,699
|
CATEGORY 2 Community Events and Support
|
Grant Allocated
|
|
Apollo Bay Chamber of Commerce Inc: WinterWild DogWatch 2019
|
$5,000
|
|
Apollo Bay P-12 College Production at Mechanics Hall Apollo Bay
|
$1,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival 2020
|
$5,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Writers Festival
|
$3,000
|
|
Bicycle Network’s Great Vic Bike Ride
|
$5,000
|
|
Birregurra Festival and Art Show 2019
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac City Band Inc.: Carols by Candlelight
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac Kana Festival
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac Orchid Club Annual Show
|
$1,000
|
|
Colac RSL Sub Branch Inc: Colac Show ‘n’ Shine
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac West Primary School Production
|
$1,127
|
|
Creative Otways: Colac Otway Arts Trail 2019
|
$5,000
|
|
Forrest Men‘s Shed: The Shed Grand Opening
|
$2,000
|
|
Forrest Soupfest
|
$5,000
|
|
Gellibrand Community House Inc: Gelli Jive – Community dinner & entertainment
|
$2,000
|
|
Great Ocean Road Running Festival
|
$5,000
|
|
Old Beechy Rail Trail Committee of Management‘s Hunt for Golden Gumboot 2019
|
$3,500
|
|
Otway Harvest Trail Twilight Festa 2020
|
$5,000
|
|
Otways and Coast Permaculture Group: Resilient Futures event
|
$750
|
|
Otways Tourist Park: Gellibrand River Blues and Blueberry Festival
|
$5,000
|
|
Pink Up Colac: 2 Campaign to raise awareness of breast cancer
|
$1,380
|
|
Rapid Ascent Pty Ltd: Otway Odyssey and Great Otway Gravel Grind
|
$5,000
|
|
Southern Exposure: Run Forrest Trail Run
|
$5,000
|
|
Southern Otway Landcare Network: Corangamite Regenerative Agriculture Conference
|
$2,000
|
|
Warrion Flower Show
|
$5,000
|
|
Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative: Pang-ngooteekeeya weeng
|
$3,999
|
CATEGORY 3 Small Grants
|
Grant Allocated
|
|
Apollo Bay Preschool Inc.: Preschool maintenance equipment
|
$700
|
|
Beeac Primary School Parents and Friends Association: The Brolga Project & community garden
|
$1,926
|
|
Birregurra Landcare: Tools for volunteers
|
$2,000
|
|
Colac and District Football Umpires Association: Computer and software, office cabinets & benches
|
$1,814
|
|
Colac Little Athletics Club: Line marking equipment
|
$1,672
|
|
Colac Otway Residents Action Group: Defibrillator in Colac West
|
$1,425
|
|
Colac Otway Rovers AFC: Defibrillator and train members
|
$2,000
|
|
Colac Swimming Club Inc: Swim club uniforms
|
$975
|
|
Colac Toy Library: Toys for older children
|
$1,909
|
|
Colac Woodcrafters Guild Inc: Workshop equipment
|
$1,116
|
|
Elliminyt Public Hall Inc: Upgrade switchboard
|
$935
|
|
Elliminyt Tennis Club: Equipment
|
$882
|
|
Johanna Public Purposes Reserve Inc: Fencing
|
$1,400
|
|
Polwarth and District Tennis Association: Tennis balls for Polwarth Tennis
|
$1,995
|
|
Positive Ageing Ambassadors: Wiser Driver Course
|
$1,455
|
|
South Colac Sports Club: Goal post safety padding
|
$1,223
|
|
U3A: Cycle group bike racks
|
$1,449
|
CATEGORY 4 Building Façade Improvement Program
|
Grant Allocated
|
|
BlueSky Outdoor & Parkview Games & Toys: Clean and paint façade
|
$2,000
|
|
Cornucopia ‘The Drapery’ Birregurra: Refurbishment of shop front
|
$2,000
|
|
Gellibrand River Store: Façade improvement
|
$1,289
|
List of Successful Applicants - Round 1 - 2018/2019
Category 1 Community Grants Program
|
|
|
Project Name
|
Applicant
|
Grant allocated
|
|
Red Rock Reserve improvements
|
Alvie Tree Planters
|
$6,263
|
|
Security Shutters
|
Colac Pony Club Inc
|
$2,765
|
|
CWA Recipe Colouring Book
|
Birregurra CWA
|
$5,000
|
|
Irrewillipe Hall Repair & upgrade of Foyer
|
Irrewillipe Sports & Entertainment Complex
|
$5,653
|
|
Replace seating around the Arena & public areas
|
Colac & District Pastoral & Agricultural Society (the Show Society)
|
$9,023
|
|
Purchase an equipment trailer
|
Colac & District Adult Riding Club Inc
|
$5,000
|
|
Replace storage cupboards & drawers
|
Birregurra Bowling Club
|
$5,000
|
|
Purchase hurdles & ‘Come & Try Day’
|
Colac Little Athletics
|
$4,025
|
|
Purchase quilters machine & related equipment
|
Birregurra Charity Quilters Group
|
$10,000
|
|
Public cycling workstation
|
Forrest Mountain Bike & Cycling Club
|
$2,800
|
|
Replace football goal posts
|
Alvie Football Netball Club Inc
|
$3,022
|
|
Winter Woodcraft – sculpture course to create a kinetic sculpture to be performed at Winterwild Festival Apollo Bay in August 2018.
|
Marrar Woorn Neighbourhood House Apollo Bay
|
$5,000
|
|
Wye River Bushfire – Community Photo & Film narrative
|
Wye River, Separation Creek & Kennett River Renewal Association
|
$6,250
|
|
Heating/Cooling system for 3rd/4th Scouts Hall
|
3rd/4th Colac Scouts
|
$6,490
|
|
Kitchen upgrade
|
Warrowie Recreation Reserve
|
$5,975
|
|
Books for Beginners
(purchase books for Prep students)
|
Rotary Club of Colac West
|
$4,000
|
|
Re-coat floor surface at Elliminyt Hall
|
Elliminyt Public Hall Inc
|
$2,623
|
|
Welcome wall - Gellibrand Rex Norman Park
|
Gellibrand Garden Group
|
$8,180
|
|
|
Total recommended
|
$97,069
|
Category 2 Community Events and Support
|
|
|
Project Name
|
Applicant
|
Grant allocated
|
|
108th Warrion Flower Show
|
Warrion Flower Show/Hall Committee
|
$2,400
|
|
School Biennial Production at COPACC
|
Elliminyt Primary School
|
$1,137
|
|
Birregurra Festival & Art Show 2018
|
Birregurra Festival & Art Show/ Birregurra Community Group
|
$5,000
|
|
Otway Odyssey & Great Otway Gravel Grind
|
Rapid Ascent
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac Otway Arts Trail
|
Otway Arts Trail
|
$5,000
|
|
Twilight Christmas Market
|
Friends of Colac Botanic Gardens
|
$2,000
|
|
Colac Kana Festival
|
Colac Kana Festival Inc
|
$5,000
|
|
Forrest Soup Fest
|
Forrest Special Events Club
|
$5,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Edible Garden Trail
|
Apollo Edible Garden Trail
|
$1,500
|
|
Colac City Band’s 72nd Carols by Candlelight
|
Colac City Band Inc
|
$4,510
|
|
Specialist providing training
|
Colac Cake Decorators
|
$300
|
|
25th Warm Winter Words
|
Apollo Bay Arts Inc
|
$1,150
|
|
Gellibrand river Blues & Blueberry Festival
|
Gellibrand River Blues & Blueberry Festival
|
$5,000
|
|
Pang - ngooteekeeya weeng malangeepa - ngeeye. Remembering our Future
Event held on 26 January
|
Caracaramigen: Colac Aboriginal Gathering Place
|
$4,120
|
|
Birregurra School of Rock Choir training & performance
|
Birregurra Primary School
|
$2,000
|
|
Hunt for the Golden Gumboot
|
Friends of Old Beechy Rail Trail
|
$3,500
|
|
Otway Food & Fibre Showcase 2019
|
Barongarook Landcare Group
|
$5,000
|
|
Great Ocean Road Running Festival
|
IMG
|
$5,000
|
|
School Production at COPACC
|
Colac West Primary School
|
$1,410
|
|
Run Forrest Trail Run
|
Southern Exposure
|
$5,000
|
|
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival Harbour Day
|
Apollo Bay Seafood Festival
|
$5,000
|
|
Winterwild Apollo Bay
|
Winterwild Apollo Bay
|
$5,000
|
|
Birregurra Drama
|
Birregurra Community Arts Group
|
$1,340
|
|
Otway Trail Run 2019
|
Rotary Club of Colac
|
$2,000
|
|
Colac Basketball Tournaments
|
Colac Basketball Association Inc
|
$2,000
|
|
Amateur theatre production & performance
|
The Colac Players Inc
|
$2,230
|
|
Otway Harvest Trail Twilight Festa
|
Otway Harvest Trail
|
$2,000
|
|
Live in the Otways
|
Otway Country to Coast Tourism Assoc. Inc
|
$2,000
|
|
Colac Show’N’Shine
|
Colac RSL Sub-Branch Inc
|
$5,000
|
|
Colac Orchid Club Annual Show & Display
|
Colac Orchid Club
|
$1,000
|
|
Wild Otways
|
Art & Ecology
|
$1,000
|
|
Apollo Bay & Otway District Agricultural Show 2019
|
Apollo Bay & Otway District Agricultural Society
|
$2,000
|
|
Total recommended
|
$99,597
|
Category 3 Small Grants
|
|
|
Project Name
|
Applicant
|
Grant requested/
Recommended
|
|
Sound Equipment
|
Colac Comeback Country Music Inc
|
$1,123
|
|
Sailing Club Rescue Boat Fit Out
|
Apollo Bay Sailing Club Inc
|
$1,711
|
|
Safety enhancing pre-school equipment
|
Apollo Bay Pre-school
|
$1,000
|
|
In the Back Room V22– Book publication
|
Colac Writers Guild
|
$575
|
|
Storage Solutions
|
Birregurra Pre-school
|
$1,281
|
|
Purchase Lawn Mower
|
Beeac Tennis Club Inc
|
$250
|
|
Split-system air conditioner for Club rooms
|
Warrion Recreation Reserve Committee of Management
|
$1,265
|
|
Defibrillator
|
U3A Colac Otway
|
$1,684
|
|
Interior refurbishment of Club Rooms (Stage 2)
|
Beeac Golf Club
|
$717
|
|
HUB Gaming Technology Upgrade
|
Community Hub Inc (HUB Gaming)
|
$583
|
|
Security System
|
Irrewarra Cricket Club
|
$2,000
|
|
Purchase 2 x dust extractors
|
Colac Woodcrafters Guild
|
$968
|
|
Electronic scoring for Runners
|
Colac Leisure Runners Inc
|
$1,000
|
|
Ipad for administration & display toy library & purchase small toys
|
Colac Toy Library
|
$1,000
|
|
Purchase oven, cooktop & small freezer
|
Colac Football Umpires Association Social Club
|
$800
|
|
Purchase Community Gym Equipment
|
Wye River CFA
|
$700
|
|
Maintenance equipment for Arena
|
Apollo Bay & Otway Riding Club
|
$1,650
|
|
Old Beechy Rail Trail – new map
|
Old Beechy Rail trail Committee of Management
|
$1,345
|
|
Cororooke Hall Replacement/upgrade of Chairs
|
Cororooke Hall Committee
|
$2,000
|
|
|
Total recommended
|
$21,652
|
| Category 4 Building Facade Improvement Program |
|
|
Project Name
|
Applicant
|
Grant requested/ Recommended
|
|
Verandah repairs
|
Hulms Bakery Colac
|
$2,000
|
|
Repairs & paint shop front
|
Nireeda Homes/John Bethune
|
$1,054
|
|
Shop front upgrade
|
Lilly Pilly Gifts
|
$2,000
|
|
Façade Improvement
|
Ray Croft
|
$1,810
|
|
Façade upgrade
|
Sportspower Colac
|
$2,000
|
|
Façade refurbishment
|
Colac Motorcycles
|
$2,000
|
|
Exterior painting
|
Austral Hotel
|
$2,000
|
|
Painting
|
Holts Mowers & Saws
|
$2,000
|
|
|
Total recommended
|
$14,864
|
List of Successful Applicants - Round 2 - 2018/2019
|
App
#
|
Project Name
|
Applicant
|
Grant approved
|
|
1
|
Creation of Otways Discovery Centre Exhibition
|
Forrest and District Historical Society
|
$10,000
|
|
2
|
Kitchen Refit
|
Birregurra Golf Club
|
$8,582
|
|
3
|
Cororooke Open Space – offsite Preliminary Preparation project
|
Red Rock District Progress Association
|
$9,164
|
|
4
|
Replace Clubhouse roof
|
Colac Golf Club
|
$7,920
|
|
5
|
Meander Project (revegetation adjacent to Barwon River)
|
Birregurra Landcare Group
|
$2,860
|
|
6
|
Start up assets for Apollo Bay Scouts
|
Apollo Bay Scouts
|
$10,000
|
|
7
|
Colac Otway Pop Up Gallery & Studio Space
|
Colac Otways Pop-up Arts Space
|
$7,600
|
|
8
|
Cricket Bowling Machine
|
Warrion Cricket Club
|
$3,688
|
|
9
|
Red Rock region Community Website
|
Cororooke Tennis Club
|
$2,000
|
|
10
|
Upgrade to Multipurpose Room – carpet & air con unit
|
Apollo Bay Surf Life Saving Club
|
$2,750
|
|
11
|
Competition Ready
|
Apollo Bay Kendo Club
|
$2,275
|
|
12
|
Purchase IPads for electronic scoring
|
Colac & District Cricket Association
|
$2,000
|
|
|
|
Total recommended
|
$68,839
|