Grant funding is an important tool that makes the Bean community a better place to live.

Below are the recipients of the 2022 Volunteer Grants for Bean, which I recently had the privilege of informing of their success. We have been able to award over $136,000 of Volunteer Grants in Bean.

I have highlighted below many of the Volunteer Grant recipients recently awarded. These great local organisations play an vital role in supporting our life across Bean and I am pleased to have been able to support their volunteers through the grants program.

2022 Bean Volunteer Grant recipients

Tuggeranong

• Vikings Bowls Club Inc - Training for members to be able to officiate games
• Diversity ACT Community Services - Training, improve garden, volunteer recruitment, motion camera, shelf top oven, small car trailer
• Lake Tuggeranong Sea Scouts - Training, safety qualifications, defray volunteer costs
• Tuggeranong Valley Band Inc - Covered Trailer
• Kambah Tennis Club - Vacuum, coffee machine, vacuum & conference table & chairs
• Tuggeranong Bushrangers Rugby League Club - Equipment to transport canteen and football gear
• Al-Haadi Welfare Association of Australia Inc - Volunteer fuel and transport costs
• Girls Brigade ACT Inc - Youth Mental Health First Aid training, electronics
• Tuggeranong Men's Shed Inc - tools and materials for workship, fuel reimbursement
• Tuggeranong Valley Australian Football Club - defibrillator and storage, fuel reimbursement, training
• Gilmore Church Inc - Computer, audio & heating equipment, transport costs

Woden

• Woden Blues AFNC - Scoring technology, jackets & beanies, "Buy a Volunteer a coffee program" & coaching courses
• Self Help Organisations United Together (SHOUT) - Gardening equipment, potting area, plastic greenhouse, marquee & garden chairs
• The Arthur Shakespear Foundation for Scouting - St John's medical equipment, heavy-duty box trailer (7 x 5) with spare tyre and jockey wheel
• Judo Federation of Australia ACT Inc - event management training, training and upskilling referees, subsidise training travel costs
• Days for Girls - Tuggeranong ACT Team - Two overlockers and two pull up banners
• ACT Companion Dog Club Inc - portable voice amplifying equipment, professional development, update club library
  Bosom Buddies ACT Inc - Promotion material

Weston

• Boxing ACT Inc - New laptop
• Parentline ACT Incorporated - Training, fuel/travel reimbursement, computer equipment
• Sakya Losal Choe Dzong Tibetan Buddhist Society of Canberra - Funding for board members who bare costs, laptop
• Weston Creek Wildcats Junior Australian Football Club Inc - Mobile BBQ and a defibrillator
• Fetherston Gardens Friends - Wheelbarrows, hotpots, coffee utensils, hand tools, sunscreen, hand snitiser, insect repellent, shelving units, storage buckets, trolley
• Technology for Ageing and Disability ACT (TADACT) - Tools to repair and construct disability equipment
• Weston Creek Tennis Club - 6x tennis court mats
• Weston Scout Group - safety and hiking/camping equipment, first aid kit, GPS
• Ethnic Broadcasters' Council of the ACT & Surrounding Districts Inc - leadership and skills training, volunteer training
• Perinatal Wellbeing Centre Inc - volunteer drive, computer equipment, training
• Weston Creek Bonsai Group - engage a registered tutor

Molonglo Valley

• Molonglo Valley Community Forum - Offer training courses for volunteers
• Multi-cultural Association of Canberra INC - Fuel voucher reimbursement
• Hindu Council of Australia - Electronics, first aid training, transport costs, printing & PPE

Norfolk Island

• Norfolk Island Touch Football - Alignment to Touch Football Australia
• Norfolk Island Girls Guide Association - learning material + fuel money
• Norfolk Island RSL Sub-Branch Memorial Club Inc - office storage, computer facilities, fuel vouchers, small kitchen items, cleaning items, furniture
• Norfolk Island Amateur Sports & Commonwealth Games Assoc - waterblaster, vacuum cleaner and hot water urn
• Norfolk Island Junior Rugby League - training & playing equipment, training for officials, seating for vulnerable spectators
• Norfolk Island Men's Shed Inc - project materials: tools, H&S equipment
• Norfolk Island Red Cross - training courses