UOW gives $50,000 funding to community projects
4 Sep 2008 | Kate McIlwain
Six far-reaching community projects will be presented with $50,000 worth of grants from the University of Wollongong on Friday (September 5).
UOW’s Community Engagement Grants Scheme (CEGS) will fund the diverse projects, which include a resource kit to help children with cerebral palsy, a symposium for indigenous writers and the development of a large-scale children’s mural which will be Australia’s only contribution an important global peace exhibition.
The projects also include a partnership between students living on-campus and refugees, research looking at the impact of train fines on young people, and a project creating links between the Graduate School of Medicine and community volunteers.
The grants are awarded for University projects that are collaborative - working with a community partner – and that have a clear community benefit.
CEGS was introduced in 2005 to encourage and support these projects. Staff and students of UOW can apply and funding is awarded on a competitive basis.
The winning recipients will share in a total amount of funding of $50,000 administered by the University’s Office of Community & Partnerships. A total of $170,500 has been awarded to 23 projects since 2005.
At the presentation the award winners will give a short talk about their project and highlight their project’s community benefits.
The winning CEGS projects are:
- Supporting children with cerebral palsy – Dr Sim Kim Lau, Faculty of Informatics. Community partners: Wollongong Hospital, South East Sydney Illawarra Area Health Service (SESIAH), The Disability Trust
- Young people and the impact of government fines – Ms Debbie Langton, Faculty of Law. Community Partner: Illawarra Legal Centre.
- Establishing a representative community of patients in volunteer patient programs for medical education at the Graduate School of Medicine – Ms Isabelle Potter, GSM, Faculty of Health & Behavioural Sciences. Community Partners: Illawarra Women’s Health Centre, ALCO the Spanish and Latin-American Community Organisation
- Blakwrite Symposium – Dr Ernie Blackmore, Woolyungah Indigenous Centre. Community Partners: South Coast writers Centre
- Kids Guernica 15 years of peace – Associate Professor Ian Brown, Faculty of Education. Community Partners: Department of Education & Training, Bulli High School
- Creative Community Connections: International House and Strategic Community Assistance to Refugee Families (SCARF) – Dr Lindsay Oades, International House. Community Partner: SCARF Illawarra
Photo/filming opportunities
The presentation function will be held from 10.30am – 12.30pm in the UniCentre Conference Room 1 (Level 2, Building 11).
The best photo opportunities will be at 12 – 12.30pm after the presentation. At 10.30am there will also be photo opportunities during mingling and drinks before the presentation begins.
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