LOCAL COMMUNITIES TO BENEFIT FROM ROAD SAFETY GRANTS
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Member for Cootamundra Steph Cooke today announced that the Cootamundra Electorate will share in Community Road Safety Grants worth a total of $435,375 to fund local road safety awareness projects in NSW.
The Georgina Josephine Foundation is one of 29 community groups which has benefited from a grant worth $4500 to continue creating information resources raising awareness of low speed vehicle accidents.
Ms Cooke said the program has provided the Georgina Josephine Foundation with the opportunity to run a local project that will support safer road use.
“This fifth round of funding was the most competitive to date and 30 projects from 29 applicants have been successful in being granted funding,” Ms Cooke said.
“There was certainly a high calibre of candidates and I congratulate The Georgina Josephine Foundation on their successful proposal.
“Community groups are well placed to connect with their local community on local road safety issues and are able to reinforce our road safety messages in targeted ways that can make a real difference in encouraging people to be safer road users.” Ms Cooke said.
The funding of up to $5,000 for small projects and up to $30,000 for larger initiatives has been awarded for local community road safety projects, such as educational programs to increase road safety awareness in communities across the state.
Emma and Peter Cockburn, established the Georgina Josephine Foundation after they tragically lost their 15 month old daughter to a low-speed vehicle accident. They have worked tirelessly to raise awareness, and have obtained over $128,000 in grants from the NSW government since 2017.
Mrs Cockburn said that these grants are a great boost for the Foundation.
“The larger of these two grants ($19,360) will help us to get the message out through radio station 2SM across NSW.” Mrs Emma Cockburn said.
“The smaller grant of $4,500 will go toward translating our pamphlets into other languages, to spread the message further with people who have non-English speaking backgrounds.”
The Community Road Safety Grants program has now funded 137 projects since 2015 and is an important contributor to efforts to drive the road toll towards zero and reduce injuries from road crashes.
Other projects funded around the state include technology to prevent collisions with wildlife; road safety education for refugees, seniors and Aboriginal communities; support for learner driver mentoring programs; workshops for culturally and linguistically diverse communities and people with intellectual disabilities; and an initiative to discourage young surfers from texting and driving.
For more information about the Community Road Safety Grants and the full list of projects please visit: http://roadsafety.transport.nsw.gov.au/aboutthecentre/communitygrants/index.html
