- Broome CIRCLE to receive $69,000 State
Government grant
- Funding to support the organisation's Kimberley flood
response
- Volunteer involving organisations currently managing
increased demand following Ex-Tropical Cyclone Ellie
Volunteering Minister Stephen Dawson has awarded a grant of almost $70,000
to Broome CIRCLE to support the organisation's response to Ex-Tropical Cyclone
Ellie.
The funding will bolster the organisation's capacity to support volunteer
services, which are helping the community to recover from January's
unprecedented floods in the Fitzroy Valley.
Founded in 1982, Broome CIRCLE has provided community services and social
support in the Kimberley for more than four decades.
In recent years, the organisation has also hosted the Broome Volunteer
Resource Service, which supports volunteers and agencies across the region.
This new funding will help the Broome Volunteer Resource Centre to
increase its operations to meet the heightened demand for services, and support
communities to recover from the devastation caused by the floods.
Comments attributed to Volunteering
Minister Stephen Dawson:
"We
know volunteer-involving organisations are experiencing heightened demand for
help in the wake of the floods.
"That's
why the State Government is providing funding to help Broome CIRCLE build the
capacity of these groups.
"It
will take everyone pitching in to rebuild our communities and this grant will help
volunteer-involving organisations to meet the needs of locals."
Comments
attributed to Member for Kimberley Divina D'Anna:
"From
day one, volunteers have played a huge role in the flood recovery journey –
whether that be volunteers cleaning out impacted homes, community groups
managing donations or locals providing social support to their neighbours.
"It
is fantastic to see the community stepping up to support one another as they
recover."
Minister's office - 6552 5800
