Community Sponsorship Program
APPICATIONS FOR OUR 2024 COMMUNITY SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM
Our Community Sponsorship Program will be open for applications Between 21 February 2024 – 31 March 2024.
To apply, please complete the application form below and email to sebsworth@lockmore.com.au or drop into our 3 branches.
Application Form – here
FAQS – here
Rochester Flood Relief Grants Program (for organisations)
We are so proud to offer our Rochester Flood Relief Grants Program (for organisations) to provide a helping hand to the local community groups that were affected by the October 2022 flood event. This program is designed to assist these groups to replace and repair property and equipment that was damaged by the floods. It also supports events & projects aimed at assisting in our town’s recovery and bringing our locals back together again.
We know that flood recovery is progressing different for everyone, so this program will remain open until further notice. We also have developed a simplified application process for this program – as we know our locals are sick of paperwork.
For further information, please contact our Executive Officer Lauren Ross on 0413 417 055 or Lross@lockmore.com.au.
Application Form – here.
Rochester Community Access Flood Relief Fund (for individuals)
Immediately following the October 2022 floods, the team at Rochester Community House established a flood recovery bank account to collect donation funds to be distributed to flood-affected residents. In June 2023, the team announced the launch of the Rochester Community Access Flood Relief Fund to distribute these funds and we at Community Bank Elmore, Lockington and Rochester were so proud to provide an additional $250,000 towards this program, matching the funds that had been raised.
Further to this, an extra $150,000 was committed to allow an additional payment to applicants that bank with Community Bank Elmore, Lockington and Rochester – helping to acknowledge that it’s these individuals that make community support like this possible. Bendigo Bank’s charitable arm – the Community Enterprise Foundation – also pitched in $50,000 to allow a partnership with Australian Neighbourhood Houses and Centres Association to assist with the distribution of funds and management of the program.
For more information and to apply for this program, visit: https://www.anhca.org/rochesterfloodrelieffund
University & TAFE Scholarships
APPLICATIONS FOR OUR 2023 UNIVERSITY & TAFE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM ARE NOW CLOSED
We first launched our University & TAFE Scholarship Program in 2023. It exists to support local first year Uni & TAFE Students with start-up costs associated with their studies – such as travel accommodation & school supplies.
Whilst we committed to providing 4 scholarships in 2023, we received applications from 8 outstanding locals. Each of these locals is intelligent, passionate about their community, motivated to succeed… and each of them was severely affected by the 2022 floods. Due to the extenuating circumstances, we were so proud to support them all with a full scholarship of $3,000 each. Meet our 2023 recipients below.