Council Grants
Council provides grants for community groups and non-profit organisations, as well as grants for art and history, environment and sustainability, schools, crime prevention, Men’s Sheds and seniors.
You can view a full list of current Council grants on the Brisbane City Council website.
Environment and Sustainability Grants
I am happy to provide Letters of Support to organisations within Tennyson Ward to assist with securing Council, State and Federal grants. Please allow at least two weeks for Letters of Support to be returned. The following information is required when requesting a letter of support:
- the organisation name and brief history including number of members and location;
- the name of the grant being applied to and the closing date;
- dollar value;
- what the project will be and how it will benefit the community/organisation; and
- how the funds will be allocated.
Lord Mayor’s Community Fund Recipients – Financial Year 2023-24
Western Districts Netball Association — part funding to purchase a defibrillator — $1000
Annerley Stephens History Group Inc — hall and equipment hire for local history conference — $1000
Sherwood Afternoon Stamp Society — hall hire for annual stamp fair — $550
Graceville State School P&C — equipment hire for 2023 School Fair — $1000
Corinda State School P&C — equipment hire for 2023 Festival of Nations — $1000
Tennyson Ward Office — catering for Oxley Corridor Chaplaincy Trivia Night — $250
Yeronga Park Kindergarten Association — ride hire for community fete — $500
Graceville Bowls Club — honour board maintenance — $300
Sherwood Community Festival — part funding for children’s rides hire — $1000
The Combined Probus Club of Sherwood — catering and entertainment for Probus Month and Christmas celebration — $550
Southside Community Craft Circle — yarn to make items for vulnerable people in our community — $450
St Sebastian’s Primary School P&F Association — children’s rides and entertainment hire for school fete — $1000
Friends of Sherwood Arboretum Association — signage and branding to raise awareness of Sherwood Arboretum volunteering — $550
Annerley Junction Fest — footpath permit, equipment hire and musician hire for community festival — $1000
Sherwood 1 Neighbourhood Watch — part funding for catering and equipment hire for community BBQ — $500
Yeronga State High School — funding for Yeronga Celebrates community event cultural workshops — $1100
Fairfield Christian Family Church — part funding for amusement and portaloo hire — $1200
Graceville Croquet Club — repairs to Club’s lawn maintenance system — $607.75
Stephens Croquet Club — commemorative centenary gates — $909.09
Sherwood Indooroopilly RSL Sub Branch — repair/replacement of taps in Sub-Branch kitchen and bathrooms — $1055
Oxley Uniting Church — stage, sound and lighting hire for Oxley Community Carols — $1000
Yeronga Hyde Rd Kindergarten — historical displays, memorabilia printing and equipment hire for 75th anniversary celebration — $500
Yeronga Meals on Wheels — catering for volunteers Christmas lunch — $500
Tennyson Ward Office — movie screening for Graceville Movie in the Park — $3000
Tennyson Ward Office — community morning tea for Annerley seniors group — $250
Oxley State School P&C Association — event toilet hire and face painters for Car Boot Sale fundraiser —$1000
Stephens RSL Sub Branch — PA and sound technician hire for ANZAC Day Memorial Service 2024 — $550
The Lions Club of Brisbane Moorooka — catering for Australia Day 2024 Citizenship Ceremony — $550
Tennyson Ward Office — children’s rides hire for Diwali in Oxley event — $350
Oxley Community Festival — face painting for Festival — $500
Sherwood Community Kindergarten — Kindy mural project — $500
Annerley Conference of St Vincent De Paul Society — food relief hampers — $500
Tennyson Ward Office — movie screening for Annerley Movie in the Park — $1500
Riverside Christian Church — sound and lighting equipment and entertainment hire for community Christmas carols event — $1000
Corinda Community Kindergarten — kindy signage — $509.08
Yeronga Anglican Church — catering for community Christmas dinner — $500
St Joseph’s Netball Club — new netballs and netball bags — $550
Barrett Adolescent Centre Special School P&C — venue and catering —$250
Tennyson Ward Office — movie screening for Corinda Movie in the Park — $3000
Milpera State High School P&C — funding to support breakfast for migrant and refugee students — $1100
Annerley Baptist Church — food relief for vulnerable families — $500
Tennyson Ward Office — catering for Australia Day community service awards and citizenship ceremonies at Oxley — $600
Graceville Presbyterian Church — part funding for stage hire for community carols — $280
Tennyson Ward Office — production materials for Oxley Chelmer History Group research and signage project to celebrate the centenary of the Sherwood Shire and beginning of Brisbane City Council — $500
Women’s Legal Service Queensland — part funding for wristbands and awards for fundraising walk — $370
Sherwood State School P&C — Sherwood State School Fete — $1000
Benarrawa Community Development Association — flood resilience planning project — $250
Junction Park State School P&C — equipment hire for Junction Park State School Fete — $500