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Peel Community Foundation

Supporting

Our Community,

Our Environment,

Our Way of Life ...

For Peel to thrive and prosper, community members need to take steps to create strong and resilient communities in the region. Recent, rapid growth in Peel has highlighted the need for the community to invest in a sustainable, long-term future. The Peel Community Foundation is a local initiative, supported by Western Australian Community Foundation, providing individuals and businesses with an opportunity to contribute to a positive lasting legacy for the community. The Peel Community Foundation is able to:

understand the changing needs of the Peel community, making charitable giving more effective;
provide an easy mechanism for achieving the communities’ charitable giving objectives; and
provide an opportunity to work together, building an independent long-term resource for the Peel community.

The Peel Community Foundation strengthens the community by supporting worthwhile local projects; initiatives that enhance the long-term wellbeing of the region and its environment.

Local Advisory Committee

Western Australian Community Foundation has developed a structure using local advisory committees made up of community volunteers who make recommendations for the distribution of funds in their community. This ensures grass roots input and participation. No other community foundation in Australia shares this model. Peel Community Foundation local advisory committee members are:

Andy Gulliver		Ken Monson
Tanya Beechey (Observer)		Cheryl Song Loong
Paddi Creevey		John Gillingham
Peter Hick		John Bolton

Gift of Giving

Western Australian Community Foundation can accept contributions from individuals, businesses, government or community organisations on behalf of the Peel Community Foundation. Contributions can be in the form of tax-deductible donations and non-tax deductible philanthropic gifts, such as bequests. By supporting the Peel Community Foundation, donations and gifts build a local endowment, where the income earned is used to provide a reliable and regular source of funds for charitable grants within the community in perpetuity. Donate online today!

Thank you to George Weston Foods – Wandalup Farm, for its support as the Peel Community Foundation’s inaugural donor.

Fund Distribution

In 2008, eight local initiatives benefited from inaugural grants made from the Peel Community Foundation, being:

Dwellingup Volunteer Bushfire Brigade to support the purchase of new communications equipment;
Peel Health Campus Foundation to help build a dedicated children’s ward at Peel Health Campus;
Serpentine Jarrahdale Wellness to support the Mental Health Expo for seniors;
StreetNet Youth Outreach’s ‘Mystery Tour Project’, an educational program for young drivers;
Preston Beach Progress Association to support the telecentre for the local community;
Waroona Senior Citizen’s Welfare Inc for transport assistance;
Friends of the Reserves – Boddington to purchase library resources and equipment; and
Men of the Trees – Peel Branch to assist the improvement of facilities at Island Point.

Six community initiatives have received around $4,600 in grants in 2009 to date, as follows:

Fairbridge Village Pinjarra in support of ‘Enclave’, a program established to assist young people with a disability to gain new skills and participate in a supported pathway to employment;
Hotham Valley Tourist Railway to assist the ‘Reaching Out’ campaign promoting the resumption of tourist train services between Pinjarra and Dwellingup since restoration work following the 2007 bush fires is now complete;
Murray District Historical Society to assist in the establishment of the community group working towards the preservation of heritage within the District of Murray;
Peel-Harvey Catchment Council to support the Peel Yalgorup Ramsar Wetlands education program;
Peel Music Foundation to fund the development of a three year strategic business plan for the organisation; and
Pinjarra Senior High School to assist in the coordination of the Flexible Learning Education & Engagement Centre program, monitoring the wetlands on Wandalup Farms.

For further information on future funding opportunties contact Anne Jepkoech, Grants Coordinator, on ph (08) 9224 6000.

Together we can make a difference ...

Peel Community Foundation (1.25 Mb)
Information Brochure

09/06/2009 - Media Release (153.34 kb)
Six Peel Projects Successful

02/09/2008 - Media Release (50.84 kb)
Peel Community to Prosper

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