Source: Northern Territory Police and Fire Services
Additional funding will help community organisations to continue assisting Canberrans.
A new ACT Government funding package will give a one-off financial boost to non-government health sector organisations.
This will help community organisations that face financial pressures. These may be because of increased costs or service demand.
The extra funding will support these organisations to deliver vital services over the next year.
Organisations receiving funding include:
- Arthritis ACT
- Asthma ACT
- Australian Breastfeeding organisation
- Capital Region Cancer Relief
- Companion House
- Diabetes Australia
- Directions Health Care
- Epilepsy ACT
- Gugan Gulwan Youth Aboriginal Corporation
- Haemophilia Foundation
- Interchange Health Co-op
- KidSafe ACT
- MSI Australia
- Palliative Care ACT
- RSI Overuse Foundation
- Women’s Health Matters.
Community Assistance and Temporary Supports program
This package also includes more funding for the Community Assistance and Temporary Supports (CATS) program.
The program provides support for people experiencing difficulties with daily living. These could be due to a short-term health issue, illness or injury.
Organisations included in funding for CATS include:
- ADACAS
- Anglicare
- Capital Region Community Services
- Carers ACT
- Community Services #1
- Life without Barriers
- Northside Community Services.
Chifley Health and Wellbeing Centre
More funding will help ensure gym services to continue at the Chifley Health and Wellbeing Centre.
The gym closed in April 2024. Since then, the government has worked to find a new service provider to ensure this valued service can continue.
The government is speaking with the preferred providers and expects to announce a new service provider soon.
With this funding, the new provider will be able to re-establish the service as quickly as possible.
The ACT Government will continue to engage with the wider sector on the findings of previous reports and recommendations.
It continues to seek better understanding of community needs, the costs involved in delivering services to the community, and the cost pressures non-government organisations face in the ACT.
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