Six local health and wellbeing projects have been chosen for funding through the Wee Waa Collaborative Care Small Grants initiative, after the community cast more than 400 votes over a two week voting period to select their favourite ideas.
The community-inspired projects will benefit young and old alike. They include a community garden, fun and practical workshops for young people, and free local events that build social connection and create opportunities for different generations to connect.
The initiative offered small grants of up to $5,000 for community ideas that support health, wellbeing and social connection in Wee Waa, with a total of $23,000 to be distributed across the six successful projects.
The successful applicants, listed in alphabetical order, are the Country Women’s Association, the Northern Slopes Landcare Association, RiverBank Youth Works, the Wee Waa High School Wellbeing Team, the Wee Waa Men’s Shed and Wee Waa Public School.
The Country Women’s Association will run “Sweets and treats”, a series of multi-generational wellbeing connection workshops. The Northern Slopes Landcare Association’s “Building connections” project will install bird boxes for wellbeing and wildlife. RiverBank Youth Works will deliver “Skills to thrive”, a health and wellbeing program, while the Wee Waa High School Wellbeing Team’s project is called “Girl power”. The Wee Waa Men’s Shed will host a “Shed for all ages” open house initiative, and Wee Waa Public School’s project, “Green space, fresh air, connection”, will create green space for the school community.
The winning groups have until 30 April 2027 to complete their projects.
Organisers said many high-quality grant applications were submitted, and while not every idea could be funded, the Wee Waa Collaborative Care project group thanked everyone who applied for the small grants funding.
The Collaborative Care program is facilitated by RDN Health in partnership with the NSW Ministry of Health, local health providers and community organisations.
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