DTE Community Development Fund 2023/24

Background:

Confest is an alternative lifestyles festival held annually each Easter, at Woorooma, near Moulamein NSW. Down to Earth Cooperative (DTE) is a force for social change, and the organisation responsible for Confest. DTE also has a property between Deniliquin and Mathoura (Bylands), which is currently home to an ecology project. More information about Confest, DTE, and the Bylands project can be found at www.dte.coop and www.confest.org.au.

The DTE Community Development Fund (CDF) was founded in the spirit of saying thank you to the local community in the places where DTE’s projects are facilitated. The project aims to support community groups located within a 100km radius of either of the Down to Earth properties to develop and achieve their goals for their local community. Using the CDF, we aim to foster connection within local communities through the sharing of knowledge, the bringing together of people, and through creating small changes within the community.

Process:

 The board approved the donations fir 2324