The Brook Point Cook has finalised its 2017 community partnership program, with over $100,000 again distributed to community groups within the Wyndham region.
The Brook Point Cook has distributed cash grants totalling $60,000 to 13 community groups, and made a further contribution worth $52,310 through in-kind assistance.
“The Brook Point Cook is proud of its role within the region, in both assisting vital community groups fulfil projects that are important to them, and as an employer to 55 staff,” Geelong Cats chief commercial officer Justin Reeves said.
“The groups receiving these grants today have wonderful initiatives that we are proud to assist, as we have been over the years through the community partnership program. With $500,000 cash provided plus around the same through in-kind donations, we believe we have given back around $1 million since The Brook Point Cook opened.”
Successful applicants for cash grants in 2017 are:
| Recipients | Approved Initiative | Amount |
| Point Cook Soccer Club | Creating a sustainable all abilities area of our club to enable disabled kids participate in soccer | $5,000.00 |
| Point Cook Football Club | Women’s Jumpers branded to the new PCFC design | $2,700.00 |
| Iramoo Community Centre | Connect the Community - series of workshops enable then to reduce overall costs for the community to attend. The grant will cover costs of facilitators to conduct workshops | $2,300.00 |
| Jamison Way Community Centre | Learning for Life - upskill, to build employment opportunities | $5,000.00 |
| Western Region Umpires Association | Training of new umpires to cope with additional female clubs in the western FL | $5,000.00 |
| Laverton Football Club | Equipment football boots & club appeal for those unable to afford them to be able to participate in the club. This will also help with more players joining our club's continued re building | $5,000.00 |
| Point Cook College | Breakfast Program, Free cooking classes for parents, playgroup for families, bilingual book library | $5,000.00 |
| Featherbrook Primary School | Development of a productive Indigenous Garden | $5,000.00 |
| Lions Club of Point Cook | BBQ Box Trailer purchase. To enable more fundraising to assist community groups, domestic violence victims & vulnerable people | $5,000.00 |
| Alamanda College | Oval landscaping to enable a safer environment for children to play in | $5,000.00 |
| Sanctuary Lakes Sharks | Junior training equipment, bench jackets & replacement drink bottles | $5,000.00 |
| Sanctuary Lakes Netball | Learn and develop new skills with a coaching program | $5,000.00 |
| Point Cook Football Club | Club sponsorship for 2017 | $5,000.00 |
To be eligible for funding, an applicant must:
- Be a non-government, non-for-profit organisation (applications made by individuals cannot be accepted)
- Be either legally incorporated (including groups incorporated through an act of Government or similar instrument), or be auspiced by another incorporated group (the auspicing group will need to sign the funding agreement and is responsible for managing the project).
- Have a permanent presence in Wyndham
- Demonstrate effective and appropriately governed financial management systems
- Have the organisational capacity to manage and implement the proposed project
- All funding submissions must have a designated purpose that clearly provides benefit to the local community
- Sign the authorisation and declaration section of the application form
- Commit to providing a written and verbal report of the use of the funding allocation
The Brook Point Cook employs 55 full and part time staff, the overwhelming majority that reside within the Wyndham region. Since opening in 2009 the Brook Point Cook has become one of the most popular family destinations in the area.
