Singleton Bushfire Community Wellbeing + Connectedness Fund Workshop (All welcome)

SINGLETON BUSHFIRE COMMUNITY WELLBEING AND CONNECTEDNESS FUND and WORKSHOPS

The 2019/20 bushfires and drought has had a massive impact on our community.

To support our local community groups at this time Singleton Council has developed a Singleton Bushfire Community Wellbeing and Connectedness Fund community to bring the community back together and support their wellbeing, health, recovery and disaster readiness. Community Groups will be able to apply to the grant fund for amounts between $2,500 - $5,000 for initiatives including:

1. Social events and community connect initiatives that bring impacted communities back together by way of support, engagement or education.
2. Community events that educate or seek to develop disaster recovery plans for future preparedness.
3. Community initiatives that support the social wellbeing and/or disaster preparedness of the group.

Apply for the Singleton Bushfire Community Wellbeing and Connectedness Fund

This fund provides grants of up to $5,000 available to Singleton LGA community groups to support projects that bring the community back together and support their wellbeing, health, recovery and disaster readiness.

Closing date 9 November 2021, projects to be completed by 30 June 2022. Apply Now! If you need more information or support come along to a workshop. You are invited to come along and find out more about applying, meet other applicants, even form a collaboration!

Who do we want to hear from? Any community group, association or business wanting to improve collaboration to increase disaster preparedness and wellbeing in Singleton LGA: • Neighbourhoods and villages • Peer groups or advocacy groups such as elders, youth, people experiencing homelessness, people with disability, GLBTQI folks, culturally diverse people • Emergency services • Essential and community services such as health providers, pharmacies, schools, childcare, aged care providers, disability providers, housing services, community centres, supermarkets, logistics, water, waste, telecommunications and electricity • Accommodation providers and groups such as Airbnb, caravan parks, tourist associations • Industries and groups that wouldn’t normally participate in collaborative emergency preparedness for example liquor, and those who encourage resilience such as Business Associations • Farmers and livestock managers • Aboriginal organisations or training groups • Landscape managers such as mines, farmers, Aboriginal cultural burning groups and Landcare • Researchers • Media

Workshop format

Introduction to the Fund

Q&A

Project ideas

Breakout discussions: develop projects and swap details

Wrap-up