DTE Community Development Fund
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.
The following objectives of the CDF are:
- to provide funding to community groups who may not be able to access it through existing local channels
- to extend funding opportunities to groups in the areas surrounding both Woorooma and Bylands properties
- to increase awareness of the CDF amongst the DTE/Confest community and local geographical communities surrounding DTE properties
- to place the decision of how CDF money is spent with representatives from the aforementioned communities
- to encourage communication and cooperation between representatives from the aforementioned communities
The funding project aims to foster connection within local communities through the sharing of knowledge, the bringing together of people and through creating small changes within the community.
Grants up to $2000 in value will be considered.