Applications for round two funding of Helping Communities Rebound are now open

The Valley Community Recovery Committee. Picture: ON FILE

The applications for the round two funding of Helping Communities Rebound are now open. Applications for grants of up to $10,000 are invited for submission from local community groups.

The Valley Community Recovery Committee are running free information sessions with a sausage sizzle this weekend. The sessions will assist community groups with the application processes.

Sessions run on Saturday 4 February, 9am to 11.30am at the Yarra Glen Centre, near the IGA supermarket.

Then another on Sunday 5 February, 9am to 1pm at the Healesville Community Market, River Street, Healesville.

The program is administered by the Community Enterprise Foundation and funded by the Yarra Ranges Council to support Covid-19 pandemic and June storm recovery.

If you have a community group that provides support to the following townships : Badger Creek, Chum Creek, Dixons Creek, Gruyere, Healesville, Steels Creek, Yarra Glen, and Yering, you are encouraged to apply.

Round two closes on February 28, 2023