BELCONNEN Bowling Club will be able to open its kitchen for the first time in more than three years after being allocated ACT government funding today (April 13).
The club is one of seven community clubs to receive funding as part of the $632,811 “Diversification and Sustainability Support Fund” that plans to help business models move away from gambling-based revenue.
Belconnen Bowling Club had already decreased its poker machines when the ACT government reduced the number of poker machine licences in Canberra.
- The Murrumbidgee Country Club, which will be given $25,000 to assist with the construction of a shed to store golf carts;
- Belconnen Soccer Club will get $100,000 to develop an early learning centre at the club’s McKellar site;
- Canberra Irish Club will get $99,093 to install a solar grid system;
- Canberra Southern Cross Club will receive $101,518 to install solar panels, an electric vehicle charging station and solar light fittings at its Canberra Yacht Club venue;
- Eastlake Football Club will receive $52,200 for the development of a diversification strategy and implementation plan;
- Hellenic Club of Canberra will get $100,000 to contribute to the funding to engage a consultant to conduct a full appraisal and risk analysis to inform the applicant about redevelopment options for the club’s main site in Woden.
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