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Community grants
Through ClubGRANTS and direct support, Club Forster and Sporties Tuncurry gave more than $750,000 in cash and in-kind help to organisations across the Great Lakes over the past year.
$750k+
Cash and in-kind support from both clubs over the past year
10 groups
Funded at the 2026 ClubGRANTS presentation
9 Feb – 31 May
When the 2026 round took applications
Early July
When the Board announced its 2026 decisions
Two ways to apply
Welfare and community services
For local projects and services that improve living standards for low-income and disadvantaged people. A ClubGRANTS Local Committee sets the local priorities each year.
Apply through the ClubGRANTS website during the yearly round. Read the official guidelines.
Find the local roundSport, schools, arts and fundraising
For projects that don't fit Category 1. The pool is small because the clubs already commit heavily to local sport, education and in-kind help, so not every request can be funded.
Write to the Board of Directors at least 8 weeks before you need the funding.
Write to the BoardWho we funded
in 2026
Ten local organisations shared $138,690 at the ClubGRANTS morning tea, each presented by a member of the Board.
Great Lakes Women's Shelter Inc.
$50,000
Forster Neighbourhood Centre
$40,000
CatholicCare Social Services Hunter-Manning
$10,000
Little Wings
$10,000
Great Lakes Manning Stroke Recovery
$5,690
Early Connections, Manning & Great Lakes
$5,000
Forster Tuncurry Men's Shed
$5,000
Helping Hands (Community Resources Ltd)
$5,000
MNC Muay Thai Anti Bullying Confident Kids
$5,000
Ronald McDonald Charities, Red Gum House
$3,000
Need a raffle prize or a room?
Vouchers for auctions and raffles, cash donations and in-kind support go through a separate request form.
Under ClubGRANTS Guidelines 2.3.4, support outside NSW only counts for genuine cross-border activities or national organisations with a presence in NSW.