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Eastern Community Legal Centre (ECLC)
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Improving Access to Justice in the Yarra Ranges
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ECLC seeks to improve access to justice in the Yarra Ranges with a focus on those experiencing significant vulnerability. The fundamental operation of the centre will be the provision of professional legal information, advice and education through our office and outreach locations and development of our partnerships with complementary services. This will include the conversion of the successful Monbulk outreach pilot to a permanent service.
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$20,000
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$20,000
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$20,000
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$20,000
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Healesville Indigenous Community Services Association (HICSA)
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Healesville Belonging Place - Phase 2
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During Phase 2 'Healesville Belonging Place' project will expand and strengthen HICSA’s culturally safe and welcoming place for delivery of a range of integrated services and programs. It will work to increase the capacity of Community to identify and refer people with personal health and socio- economic issues.
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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LinC Church Services Network Yarra Valley Inc (LinC)
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Wellbeing Access and Fresh Start
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LinC seeks to expand its mission, empowering those in the community to achieve their full social and economic potential through access to support/services where often there is no other form of support readily available. LinC’s mission is care and love irrespective of circumstance in direct ways that have sustainable outcomes for people. A primary focus will be evolving emergency relief to have greater impact on community members seeking help to reduce recurrent reliance on support.
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$20,000
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$20,000
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$20,000
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$20,000
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Healesville Interchurch Community Care Incorporated (HICCI)
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Provision and Development of HICCI Services
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To continue and develop HICCI’s three main programs: (1) emergency relief, (2) volunteer community transport and (3) a weekly community meal called Dinner@Darrons. Recently an interest free loans scheme has been started. Emergency relief provides assistance in the form of fresh food, food parcels, vouchers, fuel vouchers, utility and other bill assistance. Volunteer transport assists frail, aged and isolated people, and people with disabilities with transport. A dedicated team of volunteers, transport people to shopping, social outings, medical and allied health appointments, visiting family and friends.
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$40,000
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$40,000
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$40,000
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$40,000
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Lilydale Assist
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Lilydale Assist - Strengthening and Future Proofing Place- based Support Services
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This project aims to enable a trusted, long-serving local agency to deliver enhanced and responsive information and support services to the local community. If funded in full, the project will allow Lilydale Assist to transform and reach its potential - building capacity of the organisation to grow and diversify its funding, service offerings and capacity of the workforce. Core services will be maintained; emergency relief, advocacy and referral, personal counselling, tourist information and secretariat for local emergency relief network.
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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Dandenong Ranges Emergency Services (DRES)
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Ranges Emergency Relief
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The partnership with Yarra Ranges Council will enable DRERS to continue to provide a quality emergency relief service to our community through funding that would assist DRERS to meet operational expenses, administrative costs and employ a manager to oversee the services and programs. We propose to continue to provide programs in the areas of emergency relief, a drop in centre, school breakfasts, Christmas gifts for underprivileged children, and fresh garden produce. We will provide a range of services designed to alleviate food insecurity to the most vulnerable, disadvantaged and marginalised people in our community.
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$25,000
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$25,000
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$25,000
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$25,000
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Yarra Valley ECOSS
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Yarra Valley ECOSS
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Yarra Valley ECOSS is a multi faceted, growing Community Environment Hub. They host Work for the Dole, Cire Community School (twice weekly), Interchange, Wesley Mission, general schools program and general community volunteers. All the participants of the program have options of areas of involvement, including: gardening, horticulture, maintenance, earth building, and specific projects. Wesley Mission are currently building a Native Bee Wall, CIRE students have just completed a bio filtration project, and earth ship style seat, and are undertaking various other hands- on learning projects.
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$15,000
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$15,000
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$15,000
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$15,000
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Melba Support Services Inc.
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Our Healthy Communities
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Working with schools in the Yarra Ranges, Melba will develop and deliver a series of collaborative healthy-eating workshops in schools. Students will work alongside people with complex physical and intellectual disabilities, participating in tasks such as growing, harvesting, preparing and cooking fresh produce to create a delicious meal.
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$15,000
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$15,000
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$15,000
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$15,000
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Anchor Inc
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Rapid Response Pilot
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This partnership proposal brings services together in a timely manner to respond effectively to rough sleepers at their place of location. Our Rapid Response Pilot (RRP) recognises geographical isolation as a significant barrier for rough sleepers in accessing services. Our assertive outreach approach is an integral part of Anchor's RRP design that aims to reduce barriers to accessing support by providing a tailored response.
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$30,000
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Monbulk and District Community Opportunities Working Group (MADCOW)
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Developing Monbulk & District Communities Capacity for a connected, healthy & sustainable future.
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MADCOW is looking to deepen its capacity to support the townships of Monbulk, Silvan and The Patch Districts by becoming part of the National Network of ABCDE (Asset Based Community Driven Efforts) Learning sites. The intent of becoming an ABCDE Learning Site is to harness and strengthen the work that MADCOW has done over the past few years to allow it to deliver programs and initiatives that result in a flourishing and connected community.
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$8,800
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$8,800
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$8,800
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$8,800
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Koha Community Cafe Inc
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Koha Community Cafe
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This project will continue to provide 70-100 healthy freshly made vegetarian three course meals once a week. It will offer a safe, welcoming environment for many people including those who are isolated, people with mental health issues or physical disabilities, struggling young families, those who can benefit from Koha through volunteering to develop their confidence and skills and potentially skills to gain employment.
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$6,000
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$6,000
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$6,000
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$6,000
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Mt Evelyn Township Group
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Provide Funding for Township Group activities and projects via the Network
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The Township Groups which make up the Yarra Ranges Township Group Network (YRTGN) are volunteer organisations. Members have an ongoing burden of financial commitments to provide an infrastructure for their volunteers' considerable commitment of time, effort and personal skills.
Raising funds for administrative and project costs imposes additional strain on their resources. The YRTGN has determined that small amounts of money in a timely fashion when they are needed can make a difference between a group's demise, survival and encouragement to grow.
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$6,150
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$6,150
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$6,150
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$6,150
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Caladenia Dementia Care
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Caladenia Dementia Specific Carer Support
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Caladenia has provided support and information to carers as well as hosting a monthly support group for over 30 years. This group is the only dementia specific support group in the Shire of Yarra Ranges, and is unfunded under our current funding agreements. With the support of Council we have been able to not only continue to provide these services - but the services to carers have been able to grow and expand to meet the growing need in the area.
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$8,000
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$8,000
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$8,000
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$8,000
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Migrant Information Centre (Eastern Melbourne)
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Engaging Refugee Families and Children in Education
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The project will engage a bilingual Hakha Chin project officer who will together work with local preschools to engage refugee families in their children's learning. The project will enable the preschools and primary schools to share information with parents more effectively, encourage parent involvement in school and parent committees, identify issues and topics for information sessions or training such as training on enrolment requirements, communications apps and undertake excursions to school/preschool, open days and orientation days.
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$10,000
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$10,000
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$10,000
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$10,000
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Healesville Environment Watch Inc (HEWI)
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Protecting Plants, People, Place
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HEWI will continue practical community engagement supporting Council’s goals: 1) Active and engaged communities; 2) Protected and enhanced environment. The scope of work will include, but not limited to, (i) water watch projects, (ii) protecting platypus, (iii) orchid surveys, (iv) community education workshops run in partnership with partnering organisations.
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$5,000
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$4,500
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$4,000
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$3,500
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The Hills Food Frontier
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THFF: Changing the world one bite at a time
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The Hills Food Frontier (THFF) is known in the Hills for its ability to 'make it happen' by utilising the generous nature of volunteer members as well as our expertise in collaborating with local communities. THFF currently have four projects underway: Tecoma FLAME Community Garden and Food Forest, Food is Free Tecoma (FIFT), The Ridge Community Good Food Project and the Proserpina Community Educational Hub. THFF would like to develop more projects such as a demonstration Nature Strip Food Garden. The diverse THFF Program will provide: Good Food Growing, Good Food Eating, Good Food Promotion, Good Food Learning.
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$6,000
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$6,000
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$6,000
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$6,000
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Yarra Ranges Enterprise Centres Ltd (YREC)
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Nurturing Great Ideas - Growing Small Business
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This proposal aims to consolidate YREC's successful business incubation model and expand this model to increase the delivery of YREC's services across the Yarra Ranges region. YREC has established an excellent and well recognised business incubation model within the local community of Warburton and surrounding area. Using this model as a base, YREC now aims to launch from this model and expand over the next four years.
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$30,000
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$30,000
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$28,000
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$28,000
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Wandoon Estate Aboriginal Corporation
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Coranderrk Visitor Program
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The aim of this project is to develop and implement a visitor program for Coranderrk Aboriginal Station to enable the stories of Coranderrk to be shared with all community members. It will be completed by a team comprising a project sub committee of Wandoon Estate Aboriginal
Corporation and consultants as required. The project will draw on research from Nicola Stairmand’s State Library of Victoria Fellowship to guide the development of a visitor program framework suitable for self-guided tours, with audiences including community and specialist groups such as Coranderrk descendants and agricultural groups.
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$7,000
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$7,000
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$7,000
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$7,000
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Outer East Foodshare
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Building Food Relief Capacity in the Yarra Ranges
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Outer East Foodshare will undertake a raft of activities, not limited to: (i) increasing the amount of protein delivered per month to food relief agencies, (ii) increasing the number of services provided to agencies e.g. food delivery, workshops, mentoring and coaching, and (iii) providing fresher food, reduce the amount of wasted and support local growers and to reduce the amount of food that is wasted, reduce food miles.
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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Holy Fools Inc
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Taking Hope, Grace and Love to the Streets
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Holy Fools plans to refine and provide operational resources to deliver: (i) outreach services operate all hours, and locations, other services don’t service, (ii) an education program that increases comprehension of local issues of poverty and homelessness and invite support for the vulnerable,
(iii) advocacy programs to assist individuals as well as championing for change at a political level, and (iv) research with partners to count rough sleepers throughout the Yarra Ranges.
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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Mountain District Radio (3MDR)
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3MDR - Unlocking The Potential
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This is an organisational partnership covering all aspects of operations undertaken by community radio 3MDR. This partnership will enable 3MDR to increase its staffing levels, providing the capacity for the station to greatly expand its operations regarding broadcasting, community engagement, student placements, education & training, live music, on-site events, fundraising initiatives, support for local arts, culture & the environment and emergency alerts.
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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$5,000
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Agribusiness Yarra Valley (AgYV)
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Growing and Supporting Successful Agribusinesses
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A vibrant agricultural sector is critical to health and wellbeing of the Yarra Ranges community. AgYV’s strength lies in our ability to establish and develop partnerships, leverage skills and exchange information with industry and government stakeholders. These partnerships support agriculture in the region by providing information on a variety of topics and the opportunity to network cross sector industries. We also participate in collaborative projects that assist growers to be innovative and sustainable.
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$8,000
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$8,000
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$8,000
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$8,000
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Totals
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$334,950
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$334,450
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$331,950
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$331,450
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