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Lord Mayor's Community Fund Recipients for 2024/25

Funding Community Groups

Lord Mayor's Community Fund (LMCF)

The Paddington Ward office has a small allocation of funding through the Lord Mayor’s Community Fund. This program is incredibly competitive, given that Ward offices generally receive far more eligible and worthy applications than we can afford to support. Over recent years the LNP-led council has unfortunately cut this spending from $75,000 to just $40,000.

If you'd like to learn more about the Lord Mayor's Community Fund, head to Brisbane City Council's webpage. If you're seeking funding for your community initiative, reach out to my office to discuss eligibility then apply at this link. 

LMCF Recipients for 2024/25

It was my pleasure to contibute 27 LMCF grants to the following community initiatives:
  • Bardon State School P&C for Bardon Mayfair 2025
  • Bring a Plate Dance for Dance Leads to Chaos
  • Brisbane Playback Theatre for improvised performance workshops
  • The BrisWest Centre for Youth Arts Activities
  • C&K QUT Kelvin Grove Childcare Centre for wall-mounted fans in the nursery area
  • Canticum Chamber Choir Inc. for Stabat Mater Music for Holy Week - Australian Premier
  • Children's Rights Alliance Inc. for Children's Week Launch Event
  • Communify Queensland for new outdoor furniture
  • Crowd Choir for Crowd Choir Carnival
  • Federation of Indian Communities of QLD for a domestic violence workshop
  • Goodstart Early Learning Red Hill for the Hearts Festival 2025
  • Iranian Society of QLD for NOWRUZ / Persian New Year Celebration
  • Ithaca Creek State School for a community BBQ
  • LatinOz QLD Inc. for Latin Kids Fiesta 2025
  • Magandjin 007s for Halloween Vogue Night
  • Milton Anglican Parish for Trans Christian Allies Breakfast
  • Milton State School P&C for Fair on the Green 2024
  • Muscular Dystrophy Queensland for MDQ Brisbane Mid-Winter Dinner 2026
  • Paddington 4064 Ltd. for Terraces by Twilight 2024
  • Play Matters Australia for storage cupboards
  • Polish Scouting Association for Andrzejki Latin Dance Party
  • Royal Queensland Art Society (Brisbane) for their Workshops Festival
  • Salute for Service Australia for Veteran and Family Wellbeing Workshop
  • St Vincent de Paul Society QLD for a new crisis hotline phone
  • The PIT music event
  • Toastmasters Area 15 for Area 15 Toastmasters Conference and Speech Competition
  • Village Mosaix for Kelvin Grove Community Carols and Christmas Markets

Here's a great video from the Crowd Choir Festival, which I funded through the LMCF. 

 

A dancer centre stage in front of a large crowd, dancing in a pink traditional outfit.

Donations and Sponsorships

In the 2024/25 financial year, I provided sponsorships and donations to support the following community groups:

  • Australian Scottish Community Inc. (QLD)
  • BrisWest Senior Citizens
  • Celtic Council of Australia (QLD)
  • Cre8tive Nations
  • Cyclone impacted residents
  • Cystric Fibrosis Queensland
  • Girl Guides QLD (Bardon)
  • Kelvin Grove State College P & C
  • Mater Dei Catholic School
  • Milton State School P & C
  • Paddington Probus
  • Petrie Terrace State School
  • Purtell Park
  • Rainworth State School P & C
  • Red Hill Special School P & C