Coal & Allied Community Development Fund
The Coal & Allied Community Development Fund (previously called the Coal & Allied Community Trust) was established in 1999 to support communities in the Hunter Valley to build community capacity to address development challenges and take advantage of emerging opportunities.
In late 2008, Coal & Allied announced the continuation of the fund and has committed $3 million to distribute to eligible projects between January 2009 and December 2011. The aim of the fund is to support projects and programmes that will create opportunities and foster new ideas that will provide a long lasting benefit to the wider community.
In 2009 the Coal & Allied Community Development Fund continued its long running contributions to building capacity in the Hunter Valley.
This year the Fund celebrated its 10th anniversary, and in 2009 invested more than $1.2 million to deliver 14 partnerships with community groups and businesses. An additional $1.3 million has also been committed over the next three years to support projects which will help the Fund deliver long term sustainability in the Hunter.
Projects funded during 2009:
Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza
Upper Hunter Beef Bonanza Inc $35,000
Hunter Region Business Enterprise Centre
Hunter Region Business Enterprise Centre $34,100
Regional Grants Officers - $275,000
Upper Hunter Science and Engineering Challenge 2009-2011
The University of Newcastle $9,640.00
The Phoenix Project
Singleton State High School $114,311
Hunter Youth Challenge
The Australian Outward Bound Development Fund $69,030
Community and Harmony at School
The Song Room $133,080
Celebrate Ability Activities Coordinator
Uniting Care Singleton Disability Respite Services $30,000
Hunter Training Initiative
Pegasus $154,150
Upper Hunter Education Foundation
Country Education Foundation of Australia $10,000
University of Newcastle Leadership Award - $3,000
River Paramedics
Conservation Volunteers Australia (CVA) $122,080
The Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids community program
Hunter Medical Research Institute $174,819
Living with Memory Loss
Alzheimers Australia $8,400