Lotterywest contributes $271.3 million to community

Lotterywest contributed a total of $271.3 million in the 2013/14 financial year to thousands of Western Australian organisations and community groups.

Western Australian Premier Colin Barnett has announced that in the past year Lotterywest contributed $124.5million given in direct grants to 1,197 community and charitable organisations, $14.7million to arts organisations and $14.7million to sport and recreation organisations. (The rest of the funds, $117.4 million, went to Western Australian hospitals)

Premier Barnett stated “it is very pleasing to see that both small and large organisations receive Lotterywest grants,” he said.

“Grants in the past year ranged from $1,000 to the Busselton Camera Club to help them buy photography equipment for community workshops through to multi-million dollar grants that went to big organisations such as Foodbank which received a grant of $2million towards a new warehouse.”

Premier Barnett thanked the Lotterywest chairman, John Atkins, the board and staff for their work over the past year and acknowledged the contribution of the Lotterywest retail network which achieved sales of $797million in 2013/14.

Lotterywest is the only lottery in Australia where proceeds are distributed directly to the community. 

For a full list of grants recommended by the Lotterywest board and approved by the Western Australian Premier, visit www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au

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