I welcome funding from the Community Building Partnership to support community organisations in the Sydney electorate. This grants round will fund:

~ upgrading dorm rooms at Matthew Talbot Hostel Woolloomooloo

~ a new community transport bus for Holdsworth Community Centre Woollahra

~ upgrading kitchenettes at William Booth House Surry Hills

~ upgrading health facilities at Wayside Chapel Potts Point

~ equipment for City North Men’s Shed Millers Point

~ a new van for PlateItForward’s food donation program

~ a new vehicle for Bobby Goldsmith Foundation’s for people with HIV/AIDS

~ roof repairs Australian Chinese Community Association Surry Hills

~ weatherproof equipment for Canice’s Kitchen Rushcutters Bay.

I congratulate the successful organisations and hope the funding will help them provide direct benefit to the local community and people in need.