Local community groups and charities this week received a combined $167,436.30 in funding for projects and initiatives through the 2025 ClubGRANTS scheme.
The ClubGRANTS scheme is a state-wide initiative that provides the framework for registered clubs to directly fund local priority projects and services.
Wagga Wagga City Council coordinates the local ClubGRANTS committee comprising of representatives from Wagga RSL Club, Rules Club Wagga and the Department of Communities and Justice.
Director Community Janice Summerhayes said the funds will be shared between 20 successful recipients.
"The funding provided through the ClubGRANTS scheme assists groups that may not have been able to secure financial assistance through other means," Ms Summerhayes said.
"It helps to ensure that valued services and projects continue to be delivered throughout the community."
Clubs that earn more than $1 million annually in gaming machine revenue provide funding for community projects and services, and, in turn, receive dollar-for-dollar gaming tax deductions.
The 2025 recipients and successful projects are:
- Ashmont Public School – Breakfast program
- The Shepherd Centre – For Deaf Children – Listen and Learn Program - life changing therapy for deaf children and their families
- Carevan Wagga Inc –Purchase of an automated external defibrillator
- Foodbank NSW & ACT –Essential food relief for regional families in need
- The Northcott Society – Healthy for Life: Improving physical and mental health outcomes for young people with disability in Wagga Wagga
- SHINE for Kids Co-Operative Ltd –Connecting Kids program
- Royal Life Saving NSW –Community Pulse program
- Playgroup NSW –Ngurra Strong: Connecting families through culture, care and learning
- Solve-TAD Limited – Freedom Wheels – Wagga Wagga
- Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) – Sensory resources for students on the autism spectrum at Aspect Riverina School classroom in Wagga Wagga
- Stewart House – Supporting vulnerable public school children in the Wagga Wagga LGA to attend Stewart House
- Rotary Club of Wagga Wagga Sunrise – Safe and secure service provision
- Clontarf Foundation – Engage and support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young men to complete school and transition into employment or study
- NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS) – Refugee healing through artistic expression
- Boys to the Bush Ltd – Wagga Wagga Boys to the Bush school program
- Little Wings Limited – Little Wings children's hospital flight program
- Riverina Veteran and Family Hub – Riverina veteran gaming club free gaming, modelling and painting
- Cancer Council – Relay for Life
- Willans Hill School – Bus and transportation
The presentation of the 2025 ClubGRANTS to these 20 successful recipients was held at the Wagga RSL Club on Thursday 21 August 2025.
