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A wide range of local organisations benefited when the Hibiscus and Bays Local Board handed out grants.
Successful applications in the Local Grants (Round Two), Multi-board Grants and Facilities Grants were confirmed at last month’s local board meeting.
Major Hibiscus Coast beneficiaries include Centrestage Theatre in Ōrewa, granted $10,000 towards the purchase of microphones – theatre manager Ross McKellar says that amount will cover eight radio microphones. The theatre is working towards eventually obtaining a full set of 20.
Hibiscus Coast Association Football Club was given $20,000 towards a feasibility study as it works towards renovating and expanding its Stanmore Bay clubrooms.
Also focused on its clubroom rebuild is Ōrewa Surf Lifesaving Club, which was granted $4025 towards a feasibility study for its redevelopment. In 2017, the club received $20,000 for a feasibility report for the same project. Club spokesperson John Chapman says the latest grant is needed because that original study must be updated – the project has been in the pipeline for many years.
The Hibiscus Coast Men’s Shed got $7000 towards the community kitchen that will be part of its new facility being built in Silverdale, and Hibiscus Coast Raiders’ clubrooms will be warmer after the league club received $4000 towards two heat pumps.
Ōrewa Croquet was granted $5000 towards the replacement of its front gate and fences.
Member Gary Holmes was instrumental in getting Silverdale Business the full $10,000 it asked for, to be used for printing brochures, and business coordinator and database manager salaries. The money was sought as the business association begins the process of seeking to become a Business Improvement District.
Local food rescue charity Love Soup requested $10,000 towards the costs of its foodbank services, and received $5000.
Money to reduce pests
Pest Free Hibiscus Coast has been supported to the tune of $62,000, through an Auckland Council Community Coordination and Facilitation Grant. Coordinator of the pest free project, Jenny Hanwell, says the money will contribute towards further expansion of the organisation’s work, including continuing to supply backyard rat traps to residents throughout the Coast and delivering an education programme in local schools.
