Tweed Clubs Recognised for Support of Unique Not-For-Profit

The fifth iteration of the ClubGRANTS advertising campaign has begun today, highlighting the generous support that nine clubs in the Tweed Shire provide to Shaping Outcomes. 

Shaping Outcomes offers early intervention services for children with a disability and/or developmental delays, as well as their families. Operating in the Tweed community since 1981, the organisation’s programs and services are consistent with early childhood education, inclusion and disability philosophies, utilising interaction through play and daily routines to promote growth and development in children.

Shaping Outcomes works closely with families and other team members such as therapists, communicating and sharing information, knowledge and skills in the child’s environments — including the family home, childcare centres, preschools or community areas.

Shaping Outcomes has received ClubGRANTS funding from clubs in the Tweed Shire for nearly a decade, amounting to a total of $320,000.

“ClubGRANTS support from the Tweed clubs has allowed us to deliver our First Steps program to over 350 children and families within our community that have chronic illness, developmental delays or disability,” said Shaping Outcomes CEO Colin Usher.

Under the Your local club banner, ClubsNSW has produced one 30-second and two 15-second ads promoting the relationship between Tweed clubs and Shaping Outcomes which will appear on Broadcast Video On Demand (BVOD), pre-roll video, YouTube and social media. 

Running over a period of eight weeks starting on Thursday, 20 June, this ClubGRANTS campaign will also include advertisements on the side of buses in and around the Tweed area.

“Tweed clubs are committed to supporting local families, which is why we proudly support Shaping Outcomes through ClubGRANTS,” said David Phillips, Tweed ClubGRANTS Committee Convener. 

Below are the Tweed clubs who support Shaping Outcomes:

• Cabarita Beach Bowls & Sports Club 
• Club Tweed 
• Kingscliff Beach Bowls Club 
• Murwillumbah Golf Club
• Murwillumbah Services Club
• Pottsville Beach Sports 
• Seagulls
• South Tweed Sports 
• Twin Towns Services Club.

As the NSW Government reviews the ClubGRANTS scheme, it presents an opportunity to highlight the incredible support that NSW clubs provide to the community, creating lasting positive impacts.

This ClubGRANTS campaign series will continue to focus on how clubs, through the ClubGRANTS scheme, provide immeasurable support to numerous initiatives that improve the lives of those in their communities, including:

• Wests Group Macarthur, Campbelltown Catholic Club and Ingleburn RSL, who have committed $600,000 over three years through the ClubGRANTS scheme to fund the purchase and installation of Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) in residences across the Macarthur region.
• The six clubs in the Illawarra & South Coast region that have committed a collective $80,000 to Lifeline South Coast through the ClubGRANTS program. 
• The 11 clubs on the Central Coast that have provided over $150,000 to local surf life saving clubs.
• The tens of millions of dollars’ worth of support that registered clubs provide to the game of rugby league every year through ClubGRANTS. 

More key areas will be highlighted in regions across the state. 

ClubGRANTS is one of Australia’s largest and most established grant programs and is a partnership between ClubsNSW and the NSW Government. It commenced in 1998 to formalise the longstanding practice of clubs responding and contributing to local community needs.  

In the past 12 months, a record $121 million in financial support for community services, projects and programs was provided through the ClubGRANTS program — that figure exceeded the mandatory contribution required under the ClubGRANTS Guidelines by over $50 million.  

If you have a ClubGRANTS story you want to highlight, email [email protected].