Pearcedale and Cranbourne community groups with their Bendigo Bank grants. 68948
By Danielle Galvin
WORTHWHILE community groups and not-for-profit organisations are being supported by the Bendigo Bank’s community branches.
On 9 August, the community company hosted a grantpresentation evening to handout cheques to clubs, sporting reserves and groups from Tooradin, Cranbourne and Pearcedale.
The Cranbourne Lions Choir and Beyond Disability were successful in their grant applications.
CEO of Beyond Disability Richard Stubbs said that the grant will go a long way.
“We have been supported by Bendigo Community bank for many years both locally and from Rye since we help housebound physically disabled all over the peninsula,” he said.
The funds are profits generated from the community bank branches in Lang Lang, Pearcedale, Koo- weerup, Narre Warren South and Tooradin.
“This current funding willhelp us to sponsor locals who cannot afford a computer or the internet as disabled people have much higher living, medical and transport costs.”
Mr Stubbs said the rest of the funding will go towards training and reimbursing volunteers as well as upgrading some of the equipment.
Pearcedale Recreation Res-erve and Tooradin Sports Club have also been given funding to buy automatic defibrillators, training packages on how to use the machines as well as triple zero registration.
In total, 61 community and sporting groups from Casey and Cardinia shire shared in just over $278,000.
