MP Funding

Even though inflation is down from post COVID-19 highs and there is some interest rate relief, as Sandy said in Parliament, at grass roots, the reality is we have overburdened not-for-profits and volunteers delivering everything from food to accommodation through…

Sandy has continued her pledge to distribute as much of her office operating budget back into the community as possible. Projects funded and assistance provided to local not-for-profit groups in the latest Noosa MP Quick Start grant program included for…

Per our August 2023 Noosa 360 update, in response to significant community concern regarding wildlife road injuries in the Noosa Electorate, Sandy commissioned local wildlife ecologist Dr Elizabeth Brunton to complete a wildlife study. She has been conducting research on…

Every year Sandy aims to contribute as much of our office operating budget back into the Noosa State Electorate as possible in the form of Noosa MP Funded Grants. Applications for the 2024 round will open February 5 for Quick…

Having previously provided a MP Funded ‘Seeds for Change’ grant for wildlife signage and data collection on McKinnon Drive and Cooroy-Noosa Road, in efforts to further reduce wildlife strikes in the Noosa Electorate, Noosa Independent MP Sandy Bolton has outlaid…

In response to community organisations experiencing hardships through increased costs and volunteer shortages, this year, we have used 30% of our office operating budget for QuickStart/Emergency Grants. In previous years our office has funded programs to assist our disadvantaged youth…

Further to previous updates regarding the trial we were funding ourselves to help with advocacy to State Government regarding the need for better transport assistance to Sunshine Coast University Hospital, we are pleased to update regarding the State Government funded…

BE (formally) COMLINK, are in the process of inducting volunteers for the SCUH Transport Pilot and it was a pleasure to join them at a meeting last week. This pilot, which is personally funded, aims to assist those in our…

COVID-19 has put a halt to the final operational details with the Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH) and ComLink regarding this initiative, and it is unknown at this stage when Regional Health will be able to revisit this with me.…

After 18 months of negotiations and ‘roundtables’ with Sunshine Coast University Hospital (SCUH), Commlink and other stakeholders which grew considerably to include to our northern and western neighbours, I have requested that we lead the way and kick off separately…