Page 4639 - Week 13 - Wednesday, 27 November 2019
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MR GUPTA: Can the minister outline some of the organisations that received funding in the seniors grants round?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Mr Gupta for the supplementary question. I am absolutely delighted to outline at least a few of the highlights funded through this grant round. Legal Aid has received $10,000 for their legal topics for older people diary 2020. This will provide information, advice and referrals to older Canberrans for issues they specifically face and will be an important resource to help supplement the OPALS service. I look forward to launching this later this year.
COTA ACT based in Hughes has received $10,000 for their seniors cafe hub. The program will enable Canberra seniors to access the services, information and social inclusion that COTA ACT has to offer regardless of their geographic location. There are two key components to the project: a seniors community hub located in Hughes at the new men’s shed and there is also an outreach seniors community hub cafe model which will operate on a monthly basis from various sites across Canberra.
The Tuggeranong Arts Centre has been granted $10,000 for their hot air choir. This participatory arts program will see local musicians working with senior Canberrans to form a community choir.
The Forrest Men’s Shed received over $1,600 to help refurbish their meeting room and kitchen to improve the facilities available to men attending the shed. The money will help with the installation of a vertical cabinet, a dual sink and cupboards to improve safety for members who attend the weekly meetings at that venue.
MS CODY: Minister, can you outline some of the organisations that received funding
in the veterans grants round, particularly those on the south side of Canberra?
MR RAMSAY: I thank Ms Cody for her interest in veterans and for her strong support for the south side of Canberra. The Woden Valley sub-branch of the RSL has received over $5,700 for their veterans social arts program. Art therapy and arts engagement are gaining prominence in the serving and veteran communities by addressing and supporting the mental, social and physical health and wellbeing of veterans and their families. This project will see the delivery of a social art program for veterans over a six-week period, with the courses teaching skills in colour mixing, brush and palette knife techniques and the development of individual styles.
The South Canberra Veterans Shed received $9,000 to enhance the workshop equipment and purchase additional workshop safety equipment, which will increase the capacity and capability of the South Canberra Veterans Shed.
The Cuppacumbalong Foundation received almost $10,000 for their forging families—garden sculpture for veterans with young families. This builds on their previous programs to facilitate a profound experience for veterans and their families that will increase the resilience of inter-family bonds through engagement with welding and cold-metalsmithing to create a large garden sculpture.
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