I AM delighted to report that Newcastle City Council will support a project to teach young musicians how to play The Last Post among a range of other community-building events and initiatives as part of the Council’s annual grants and sponsorship program.
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Twenty-two different sporting, cultural and charity groups will share in a total of $68,000 provided under Council's 2017/18 community assistance grants.
From last Sunday's highly successful Wallsend Winter Fair and a women's cricket competition next Summer to a computer course for seniors and OzHarvest's great work, this year's recipients represent the best of Newcastle.
Together with our economic development, events and recreational facilities grants and sponsorships, Council is part funding projects and events for some 205,000 people with an expected economic benefit of more than $14.2 million.
Newcastle RSL Sub-Branch was awarded a $5000 community assistance grant for a program to teach young musicians how to play the military bugle.
This will ensure the city's future Anzac Day commemorations enjoy stirring live renditions of The Last Post rather than comparatively insipid recordings.
The program will be offered at various high schools across the Newcastle district and delivered through the Australian Army Band at the Newcastle Conservatorium of Music.
Another initiative supported by a community assistance grant of $3000 will celebrate Newcastle's cultural diversity in conjunction with Refugee Week next June.
Displaying the best of our refugee and multicultural community through performances, workshops, stalls and food, the Unity in Diversity Festival, held in Hamilton's Gregson Park, will offer diverse community members a chance to connect with the wider Newcastle public.
Finally, I'd like to congratulate all of this year's recipients for helping make our great city even greater.
