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Kimberley Development Commission
KDC Funding

Royalties for Regions - Kimberley Regional Grants Scheme 2008/09

The primary objective of the scheme is to improve economic and community infrastructure and services in the Kimberley Region through funding projects that will assist in attracting investment and increasing jobs or help to improve the quality of life in the region.

Funding is intended to support the development of resilient communities and contribute to regional areas being vibrant and interesting places to live.

Recipients of funding though the Kimberley Regional Grants Scheme for 2008/2009 are as follows:

Recipient Project Name
Grant Amount
Alan Duff Charitable Foundation for Books in Homes
Books in Kimberley Homes
$100,000
Ardyaloon Incorporated
Childcare Centre - Kitchen Upgrade
$33,400
Australia Youth Events
YOH Festival
$30,000
Bardina

'The Hub' Business Centre - Restaurant, Shop, Interpretive Centre / Artefact Gallery

$150,000
Learning Centre
Blank Page Summit on Suicide
$50,000
Broome Aged & Disabled Services
Breakfast Club: Brand Nue Dae Community Care Services
$50,000
Broome Historical Society
Sailmakers Shed Restoration
$100,000
Broome Speedway Club
Main Power Supply Upgrade
$120,000
Broome Visitor Centre
Promoting Indigenous Tourism Product
$42,500
Derby Media Aboriginal Corporation
Upgrade of Larrkardi Radio 6DBY premises & Development of Multi-Media Centre
$149,000
Derby Sportsman Club
Development Project Stage1
$50,000
East Kimberley Volunteer Marine Search & Rescue Association
Communicaitons & Radar Equipment / Vessel Storage
$130,000
EON Foundation
EON Edible Gardens - Dampier Peninsula
$67,345
Ewin Centre Children's Services
Sharing in Caring Project
$100,000
Karrayili Adult Education Centre
Facility Expansion Stage 1(a)
$300,000
Kimberley Division of Feneral Practice
SNAP into LIFE in the Kimberley
$65,000
Kimberley Group Training
Group Housing Development
$150,000
Kimberley Institute Limited
Wings to Fly: Our Place, Our World, Our Future
$40,000
Kimberley Land Council
Bardi Jawi Ranger Office
$55,000
Kimberley Regional Service Providers
Mobile Training Base
$60,000
Kimberley Stampede Rodeo Club
Redevelopment of Race Course / Rodeo Ground Facilities
$100,000
Kununurra Visitor Centre
Technology Upgrade
$20,000
Leaping Joey
Fitzroy Valley Men's Shed
$50,000
Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency
Feasibility Study for Gallery for Mangkaja Arts Centre
$19,800
Marnja Jarndu Womens Refuge
Child Support Facility
$18,000
Mowanjum Aboriginal Corporation
Mowanjum Art & Culture Centre
$200,000
Ngala Community Services
Ngala Online
$30,900
Public Trustee
Regional Visits - Drafting Wills & EPAs/Public Education & Stakeholder Relations
$18,300
Rewards Project Limited
Red Flesh Grapefruit Cold Disinfestation Protocol Verification
$100,000
Rotary Club of Kununurra
Rotary Centenary Park: Playground
$50,000
Shinju Matsuri
A Memorial to Women Pearl Divers
$35,000
Shire of Broome
Project Development Officer
$103,000
Shire of Derby West Kimberley
Derby Memorial Swimming Pool Redevelopment
$145,000
Shire of Halls Creek
Preparation for Civic Precinct Expansion
$50,000
Shire of Wyndham East Kimberley
East Kimberley Economic Development Package
$220,000
St Mary's College
Homework Centre / School Attendance & Retention Program
$50,000
St Mary's College
Playground Equipment for Primary Campus
$50,000
Tourism Council WA
Kimberley Tourism Accreditation Mentoring Project
$30,000
Tourism WA / Australia's North West Tourism
Promoting best practice Aboriginal Tourism in the Kimberley
$50,000
Warlayirti Artist Aboriginal Corporation
Investing in a Sustainable Future
$150,000
Warmun Community
Gija Total Health Project
$100,000
Wunan
Developing the Stepping Stone Housing Model
$90,000
Wunan
Upgrade & Fitout - Wunan Halls Creek Office
$45,000
Wunan
Headworks Burks Park Halls Creek
$450,000
Wyndham Community Club
Upgrade of Indoor/Outdoor Cricket Pitch
$50,880
Yawoorroong MG Group
Indentifying recreation & tourism opportunities on new conservation areas
$30,000

More information can be found in the following documents:

Media Release - pdf (42KB)

Kimberley Regional Grants Scheme 2008/09 Successful Applications - (PDF 107KB)

Kimberley Regional Grants Scheme 2008/09 Unsuccessful Applications - (PDF 109KB)

Kimberley Regional Development Scheme 2008/09 Succesful Applications - (PDF 63KB)

Kimberley Regional Development Scheme - web page

 

 
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