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 needed infrastructure, research, education, equipment and business supports, all the way to sporting kits for our youngsters.
The 2025 program outlined provision for applications to be made for a small helping hand grant or a larger project or initiative, with thirty-one, listed below, successful in receiving funding.
| Recipient | Type of grant |
| Noosa Salvos | Project |
| Tide and Place | Project |
| Marcus Beach Bushcare Association | Project |
| Tewantin State School P&C | Project |
| Noosa First Nations Allies | Helping hand |
| Noosa Combined Probus Club | Helping hand |
| Making Lives Matter | Project |
| Urban Wildlife Gardens | Helping hand |
| Noosa Integrated Catchment Association | Project |
| Cooroy Badminton Club | Project |
| Tewantin Noosa Tennis Club | Project |
| Wildlife Noosa | Project |
| Walk with Wisdom | Project |
| Rise & Thrive Co | Project |
| Tewantin Netball Club | Helping hand |
| Zonta Club of Noosa | Project |
| Noosa FM | Project |
| Noosa Women’s Shed | Helping hand |
| Plastic Free Noosa | Project |
| Noosa Lions Football Club | Project |
| Cooran Organic Garden | Helping hand |
| Noosa Masters Swimming Club | Helping hand |
| Cooroy Pomona Lions Club | Helping hand |
| Noosa Chorale | Project |
| Noosa Shire Arts and Crafts | Helping hand |
| St Vincent de Paul Noosa-Tewantin | Project |
| Noosa Alive! | Project |
| Noosa District Rugby Union Club | Project |
| Business Mentoring Noosa | Project |
| Permaculture Noosa | Project |
| Sunshine Butterflies | Project |
| Sunshine Coast Screen Collective | Project |
Sandy thanks all who applied with more applications received than ever before. Please keep an eye on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/SandyBoltonNoosa or subscribe to our newsletter at www.sandybolton.com/newsletters so you are notified when new rounds open, and we welcome any suggestions to inform the criteria for future applications via noosa@parliament.qld.gov.au.
Further Information
For Noosa 360 updates on other MP funded initiatives and grants, please visit www.sandybolton.com/category/mp-funding