As the economic and social impacts of the coronavirus pandemic continue, Hydro Tasmania is following its annual Community Grant Program with the launch of a new series of COVID-19 Community Grants.
Firstly, as part of its largest Community Grant Program funding round yet, Hydro Tasmania is providing up to $5000 to 11 recipients, all of them either small community or volunteer groups and not-for-profit organisations that are active throughout the state.
Secondly, applications are now invited for COVID-19 Community Grants of up to $10,000 for community groups who are dealing with the ongoing impacts of the current pandemic.
Hydro Tasmania CEO Steve Davy said the business is here to make life better for every Tasmanian.
âOur clean energy powers the economy and with projects like Battery of the Nation weâre building the stateâs future prosperity, but we also want to make direct contributions to the community that will really make an immediate difference,â Mr Davy said.
âWhether itâs helping the most disadvantaged among us or just putting a smile on someoneâs face, Hydro Tasmania is proud to support the people who support their fellow Tasmanians.
âWhen we launched the fourth year of our Community Grant Program obviously none of us could have predicted what 2020 would be like, so weâre announcing this new one-off round of COVID-19 Community Grants to provide additional support.â
âOur wish is that both our annual Community Grant Program and the new COVID-19 Community Grants will help to keep Tasmanians not only safe, but united with a sense of hope for their future,â Mr Davy said.
The 11 recipients and projects in the 2020 Hydro Tasmania Community Grants are as follows.
Applications for Hydro Tasmaniaâs new COVID-19 Community Grants are open from 25 May and will close on 5 June. More information and application forms are available from: hydro.com.au/community-grants.
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