General News
8 October, 2022
Grants grow the paddock
HEALTH and education projects celebrating “paddock produce” have been funded in the latest round of Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal grants. Dingee Pre-school will spruce up the building’s entrance with a mural Art Magic to the Paddock...
HEALTH and education projects celebrating “paddock produce” have been funded in the latest round of Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal grants.
Dingee Pre-school will spruce up the building’s entrance with a mural Art Magic to the Paddock with funding of $2400.
And Inglewood and District Health Services has received $10,000 for its kitchen garden that CEO Dallas Coghill hopes will became part of a “paddock to plate program for our residents”.
“This program will ensure that residents are involved in all stages from planting to harvesting to cooking and consumption of the food,” he said.
“Being from a rural community many of our residents have come from farming backgrounds and we wanted to recreate that with this program. The FRRR funds will specifically provide opportunities for our residents to access this garden by creating safer paths, purchase of outdoor furniture and some excavation works to our site.”
Dingee Pre-school committee president Melissa Phillips said the mural would “create a positive piece of art and make our entrance welcoming”.
Melissa said parents were working with local artist Jo Guthrie on early designs and a start was expected to be made later this year.
“We’re drawing a lot of inspiration from children’s book George the Farmer for the mural that will be a perfect way to illustrate our district and its history.
Dingee’s grant was part of FRRR’s small and vital program and IDHS under the COVID recovery stream.
The local projects are among 30 projects across remote, rural and regional Australia share in $1,663,531 of grants.