Grants to improve accessibility & cultural awareness handed out across Fremantle
South suburbs students will soon have new school shirts thanks to a federal grant.
Yangebup Primary School P&C was one of the 15 organizations that shared $ 150,000 from the fremant’s fremant’s federal voters’ more powerful communities program.
The first nations school will use $ 4250 for representative shirts.
Yangebup PS Manager Andrea Macfarlane said that students are looking forward to starting designing their new shirts.
“It will be an honor that the spirit of our school in these special shirts, as well as the people of our school, as well as the people of our school, who we live in the traditional territory, and the people of our school,” he said.
The projects designed to develop community participation and activities were given between 2500 and 20,000 dollars and supported volunteers and staff to increase accessibility, inclusion, participation, learning and cultural awareness.
Tuart Place $ 20,000, Fremantle Training Center, Wa Wildlife, Fremantle Park Sport & Community Center and Fremant with voluntary heritage guides each received $ 15,000, Cockburn Integrated Health 12,500 dollars and Freocast and Jandakot Junior Football Club took 10,000 dollars.
Beaconsfield Primary School received P&C 8250 dollars, East Fremaantle Bowling and Jandakot Senior Football Clubs each took $ 6000, Jandakot Park Senior Cricket Club 5500 dollars, Phoenix Park Small Athletics Club 5000 dollars and Coolbellup Amateur Football Club was given 2500 dollars.
A few projects involved to replace the upgrade of accessibility of class carpets, round house screens, a Podcast studio, Bush Tucker garden and wheelchair accessibility.
Fremantle Mhr Josh Wilson, “incredibly powerful” is a bid field, he said.
“This shows the devotion and commitment of our organizations, which are largely operated by volunteer, to make our wonderful community a better place to live our wonderful community.”
“To see the children, P&G and Personnel (in Yangebup PS) was a proud reminder that young people who were very energetic and excited about the continuation of the first nations shirt project were connected to the creativity and the legacy of the first nations.”
