- Funding grants up to $250,000 available to upgrade and maintain CaLD community facilities
- CaLD facilities essential to foster cultural and essential services to support multicultural community groups
- Funding also provides a boost to local building businesses
The Cook Government has opened applications for culturally and linguistically diverse (CaLD) community groups to access funding grants to improve their facilities.
Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Minister Dr Tony Buti says the Government has allocated a total of $3 million to support community groups through the CaLD Community Capital Works Fund.
These one-off grants, of up to $250,000, can be used to support individual projects that involve capital works for maintenance, refurbishment, upgrades, or extensions of existing facilities.
Administered by the Office of Multicultural Interests, this funding program provides support for CaLD community groups to upgrade, maintain and diversify community infrastructure.
Funding will support these community associations to better meet the needs of their members by helping ensure that facilities are culturally appropriate, accessible and can accommodate the growth in services that are being offered.
The funding will also provide a boost to local businesses and tradespeople with applicants being asked to 'go local' in their projects.
Applications close at 4:00 pm on Monday, 23 October 2023.
More information and application material can be found at www.omi.wa.gov.au
As stated by Citizenship and Multicultural Interests Minister Dr Tony Buti:
"The facilities of culturally and linguistically diverse associations are not just buildings they are community hubs where people come together to celebrate their culture and essential services are delivered.
"Often run and staffed by volunteers, many of these facilities are struggling to cope with the growing and diversifying requirements necessary to meet the needs of communities.
"This funding will ensure CaLD community associations continue to foster social connections, meet cultural requirements and enhance services to the community.
"The funding will also be a boost for local businesses and tradies by providing a steady stream of building activities over the next year."
