Our AGM is fast approaching

MADRA members, please join us for our Annual General Meeting, which will be held at 7.00pm on Tuesday 16 August at the Mallacoota Golf & Country Club.

The AGM documents including the Agenda, nomination form and proxy form are all available to download from our website: https://madrecovery.com

Please come along to receive the Association’s Financial Report and Annual Report and help elect what we hope will be MADRA’s third committee.

Attendance by Zoom can be arranged - please email madra.3892@gmail.com by Monday 15 August to register your interest in attending by Zoom.

Light refreshments will be available after the conclusion of the meeting. We hope to see you there!

MADRA's 'new look' website

We're pleased to announce that our new website is now live. The website address is still the same: https://madrecovery.com

We think the MADRA website could be useful to other groups looking at community-led recovery after a natural disaster. With that in mind, we have a web page called MADRA Resources, where our Recovery Plan and other MADRA files, presentations and videos can be accessed, and another called Useful Links and Other Resources. We'd love to hear your ideas on extra content we could add that might be helpful to other communities, and any feedback about the rest of the site too.

Grants, grants and more grants ...

EGSC Grants

The application period for the EGSC grants has been extended. Go to https://www.eastgippsland.vic.gov.au/community/grants for more details.

FRRR Grants

FRRR (Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal)’s Strengthening Rural Communities program aims to give remote, rural and regional communities across Australia an opportunity to access funding to support broad community needs.

Three funding streams are available:

Rebuilding Regional Communities: grants up to $10,000
Bushfire Recovery: grants up to $25,000 for 2019/20 bushfire recovery
Small & Vital: grants up to $10,000 for broad initiatives that strengthen local people, places, and climate solutions

Round 14 grants are now open until 30 August 2022. For more details, go to: https://frrr.org.au/ funding

East Gippsland Community Foundation grants

2022 BUSHFIRE RECOVERY COMMUNITY GRANTS AVAILABLE

Opening on 1 September 2022, Community Bushfire Recovery Grants are available for projects that help East Gippsland recover from the Black Summer fires. Two grants are available. A youth focused grant (maximum $50,000) for projects and activities that support youth focused needs; and a small grant (maximum $5,000) for events, projects and minor capital purchases targeted at fire impacted community groups. Priority will be given to grassroot, community led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities within any of the themes:

Bushfire recovery
Community led capacity building
Disaster planning and preparedness
Positive youth outcomes (specific to youth grant)

For more information, go to: https://givetoeastgippsland.org.au/2022-bushfire-recovery-community-grants-available/

Last but not least ...

Home efficiency energy course - Thursday 18 August

The Gippsland Community Power Hub is holding Home Energy Efficiency Course on Thursday 18 August. Many of us live in residences where, apart from large changes, small, inexpensive energy efficiency improvements would be desirable and possible.

This is an opportunity to explore the options with an expert in the field as well as our neighbours. The workshop is open to everyone in Mallacoota and District - call Tricia Hiley on 0412 312 881 to book.

The cost is $25 per person and lunch and refreshments are included.

Thanks,

MADRA

MADRA News - August 2022