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2010 Community Assist Opening Soon

Posted on 10. Jul, 2009 by Editor.

As its title suggests, Community Assist seeks to help individuals and organisations who work hard to make their communities better places to live.

A joint venture between Forestry Tasmania and Southern Cross Television, the program was established because both companies are committed to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, which means we accept our obligation to contribute to the overall well-being of our community.

For more information detailing funding criteria and access to online application forms click link below.

[Community Assist Homepage]

Summary of funding to last years successful applicants

A TOTAL of 15 organisations and individuals have been awarded more than $100,000 in sponsorships through the 2009 Forestry Tasmania/Southern Cross Television Community Assist program.

The program was established to provide financial assistance and project support to individuals and organisations throughout Tasmania who work hard to make their communities better places to live, and who share the Forestry Tasmania values which are:

We care for people and their environment
We get things done
We do what we say we will do
We are proud of who we are and what we do
We think before we act

There were an overwhelming number of applications for sponsorship this year, with almost 70 requests received.

The largest sponsorship of $30,000 goes to Football Federation Tasmania to support the Tasmanian Premier League.

Rowing Tasmania will receive a major sponsorship of $15,000 towards 2009 National Rowing Championships and Kings Cup at Lake Barrington in March and a similar sponsorship will go to Southern Cross Young Achievers awards.

A number of last year’s successful applicants also received sponsorships again this year.

Canoe Tasmania will receive sponsorship of $10,000 to run the 2009 Whitewater Championships and the Hydro Tasmania Wildwater World Cup 2009, and the Tasmanian Axemen’s Association has been allocated $8000 to assist with expenses of running events throughout the State.

The Tasmanian Forest Memorial Sub-Committee of the Geeveston Streetscape Committee will receive $5000 to create a memorial to those who have worked in the forestry industry.

Tamar Canoe Club’s Ben Lomond Descent, the Derwent Valley Autumn Festival and the Rotary Club of Hobart’s Art Show at the Wrest Point Boardwalk Gallery were again successful in their applications and each will receive $4000 in sponsorship towards their events this year.

Fundraising cyclist Sally Fletcher will receive $3000, and $2500 in sponsorship will go to the Kilburn Netball Club.

Derwent Sailing Squadron will receive $2000 to purchase two sails with large Forestry Tasmania logos, Launceston’s Northern Suburbs Community Centre received a similar amount for its community carols in December, and the Australian 3 Day Orienteering Championships Carnival in Launceston in April will also receive $2000 sponsorship.

Young Burnie shooter Kye Clarke has received $1000 to assist him in his quest to be part of the 2112 Olympics in London.

The list of successful applicants is below

COMMUNITY ASSIST PROGRAM – SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS
Cat. 1	Applicant Name	Project	Funding
	Holman Clinic	Holman Clinic purchase of marquee for promotional events	$1,000
	Kye Clark	Young skeet shooter – financial support for qualifying trials for London Olympics	$1,000
	Sub-Total		$2,000

Cat. 2	Applicant Name	Project	Funding
	Australian Orienteering Championship	Sponsor for 2009 competition	$2,000
	Canoe Tasmania	Whitewater kayaking championships on mersey and other northern waterways	$10,000
	Derwent Sea Scouts	Replace sails on boats	$2,000
	Ben Lomond Descent	Part-sponsorship for mountain bike race	$4,000
	Derwent Valley Autumn Festival	Financial support for large regional festival	$4,000
	Geeveston Forest Memorial	Contribution to Memorial plaques	$2,500
	Kilburn Netball Club	Contribution to team	$2,500
	Northern Suburbs Community Centre	Northern Suburbs – Carols by Candlelight	$2,000
	Rotary Club of Hobart	Funding sponsor for art competition 2009	$4,000
	Sally’s Ride	2009 program to fund raise for Youth Suicide Prevention	$3,000
	Tasmanian Axemen’s Association	Funding for the 2009 season of TAA competitions.	$8,000
	Sub-Total		$44,000

Cat. 3	Applicant Name	Project	Funding
	Football Federation Tasmania	Support for Tasmanian Premier League	$30,000
	Southern Cross Young Achievers	Support for talented young Tasmanians	$15,000
	Australian Rowing Championships	Sponsorship for the annual rowing championships at Lake Barrington	$15,000
	Sub-Total		$60,000
	Grand Total		$106,000