The Country Women’s Association and Cancer Council NSW are the big winners from $326,309 in state government funding announced on Monday.
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The CWA in Orange has gained $18,222 to replace and re-carpet a meeting room floor, the CWA in Canowindra received $25,000 for toilet facilities while the CWA in Eugowra was granted $13,000 for an area for a baby change room and disabled toilet.
The biggest single recipient of the 2018 Community Building Partnership Program funding was the Cancer Council which has been granted $36,000 for a new vehicle to transport cancer patients around Orange.
We don’t have cake stalls anymore.
- Elizabeth Lynch, CWA Orange vice president and hall officer
CWA Orange vice president and hall officer Elizabeth Lynch said the hall was well used.
“We don’t have cake stalls anymore. A lot of our members work, I work. Cake stalls are very labour intensive,” she said.
“We use the hall as our income, we hire out the hall for use by the community.
“We have had two weddings in the last month. Some days we have up to four groups using it. It is money well spent. It gets used quite a lot.”
PROJECTS APPROVED FOR FUNDING
- Cancer Council, vehicle, $36,000
- Borenore/Nashdale Men’s Shed, upgrade, $29,472
- CWA Canowindra, toilets, $25,000
- Manildra Bowling Club, kitchen, $20,000
- CWA Orange, flooring, $18,222
- CWA Eugowra, facilities, $13,000
- Orange Men’s Shed, lunch/meeting room, $10,000
- Cudal Tennis Club, toilets, $7734
- Molong Men’s Shed, close in verandah, $7490
- Girl Guides Orange, roof repair, $3950.
Mrs Lynch said the floor in the area known as the Mothers’ Room, from the hall’s days as a baby health centre, was needing repair.
“The floor is quite bouncy and unstable and we’re not quite sure why.”
Mrs Lynch said the CWA had been gradually upgrading the hall and more work was needed to be done.
“It is still not fully accessible for disabled people to access our hall,” she said.
Member of Orange Phil Donato said 20 projects had been approved for funding in the Orange electorate.
“This is fantastic for the Orange electorate, this funding will directly help our community by enabling positive social, recreational and economic outcomes,” he said.
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