Shepparton to receive funding to honour veteran community

The funding is being distributed through three grant programs focused on veterans and their families.

State Member for Northern Victoria Jaclyn Symes has announced that Greater Shepparton City Council will be receiving over $10,000 through the program for the Calder Woodburn Memorial Avenue name plates project.

Ms Symes said the money would help to ensure this project was completed and would honour the veterans in the community.

“This funding will help ensure we continue to honour the service and sacrifice of the veteran community in Greater Shepparton,” she said.

“I commend Nathalia/Picola RSL and Greater Shepparton City Council for their important work.”

Thirteen organisations will also be sharing in the more than $324,000 of funding through the Restoring Community War Memorials and Avenues of Honour Grant Program, which funds projects that restore or improve war memorials, honour rolls and avenues of honour across Victoria.

There are also 11 organisations that will receive funding through the Victoria Remembers Grant Program, which provides grants of up to $30,000 for projects honouring veterans’ service or educating Victorians about the contributions that veterans and their families have made.

Applications for Victoria Remembers are accessed by the Victorian Veterans Council, an independent body that provides advice to the government on issues affecting the Victorian veteran community.