Gladstone charities to benefit from Australia’s largest rail freight company

Gladstone Women’s Health Centre, Endeavour Foundation, Australia Street Aid Project and Kalapa and District Rural Fire Brigade were among 23 recipients to receive Aurizon’s Community Giving Fund.

Gladstone Women's Health Centre, Endeavour Foundation, Australia Street Aid Project and Kalapa and District Rural Fire Brigade were among 23 recipients to receive Aurizon's Community Giving Fund, a bi-annual funding boost which provides grants up to $20,000.Â

Four Central Queensland charities have benefited from the latest round of Aurizon’s Community Giving Fund.

Gladstone Women’s Health Centre, Endeavour Foundation, Australia Street Aid Project and Kalapa and District Rural Fire Brigade were among 23 recipients to receive Aurizon’s Community Giving Fund, a biannual funding boost which provides grants up to $20,000.

Aurizon managing director and chief executive officer Andrew Harding said the Giving Fund enables Aurizon to give back to the local communities in which they live and worked.

“All recipients are delivering meaningful projects in their respective communities and we are delighted to be able to support them in their fantastic efforts through our grants,” Mr Harding said.

“Demand for many services provided by these organisations continues to grow especially with the additional challenges presented by COVID-19.”

Gladstone Women’s Health Centre has benefited from Aurizon’s Community Giving Fund.

Mr Harding said the 23 projects were spread across Aurizon’s national footprint with the majority in regional areas of Australia where more than 85 per cent of Aurizon’s employees live and work.

“Each and every year we get so many worthwhile projects submitted for consideration. I would like to thank each and every one of those community groups for the time and effort they took to apply,” he said.

Endeavour Foundation worker Racquel Nugest.

The next round of applications for the Community Giving Fund will open in September 2021.

For more information about the Community Giving Fund visit www.aurizon.com.au/community

Australian Street Aid Project founder Kayleigh Brewster. Picture: Melanie Whiting

What each CQ services will use the funding for:

There were four Central Queensland winners which are shown below.

Gladstone Women‘s Health Centre will receive funding that will go towards the opening of new premises as it looks to expand its free counselling and community education services.

Endeavour Foundation will receive funding that will go towards the purchase of gym equipment for their Learning and Lifestyle Centre in Gladstone where they plan to establish a gym and activity space for people with disability.

Australian Street Aid Project will receive funding to employ people who are disadvantaged by homelessness at Chances Café in Mackay. The program seeks to assist them to gain long-term employment, sustainable accommodation, upskilling opportunities and support services.

Kalapa and District Rural Fire Brigade will use the funding to purchase and install a high flow water tank and stand to supply quick fill water to the Rural Fire Trucks and trailers for the event of a wildfire.

Originally published as Gladstone charities to benefit from Australia’s largest rail freight company