General News
2 June, 2023
Women's flood grants: pamper songs of recovery
QUICK response flood recovery grants totalling $90,000 have been distributed to groups by Women’s Health Loddon Mallee. Dingee Bush Nursing Centre has received funding for a women’s pamper day and its Dairy Queens project connecting rural women...
QUICK response flood recovery grants totalling $90,000 have been distributed to groups by Women’s Health Loddon Mallee.
Dingee Bush Nursing Centre has received funding for a women’s pamper day and its Dairy Queens project connecting rural women to support services. And Dingee CWA will use its grant for a weekend break trip by local women.
A weekly healthy minds and body class by the Durham Ox Farming Women’s Group is also being supported by the fund while Boort Resource and Information Centre will run a lino printing program. Dunolly Gilbert and Sullivan Society will run a Sassy Songstresses series for women singing G&S favourites.
Wedderburn Community House’s recent Mad Hatter’s Tea Party was funded by one of the grants.
“We heard from flood impacted women in the region, many of whom have been displaced, that they have lost access to vital resources and local supports that operated prior to the 2022 floods,” said WHLM CEO Tricia Currie These grants have been allocated across the region to community-based organisations that provide women with opportunities to regroup, reconnect, and recover.”