Community

2011 Projects

For the third and final round of the Magellan Community Fund, ten Esperance community organisations were selected to receive a total of $236,861.

Successful 2011 Projects:

  • $50,000 for the Esperance Soccer Association to build and cable four lighting towers.
  • $50,000 to Parents of Esperance Active for Child Health (PEACH) to fund a sensory playground.
  • $50,000 to Pink Lake Urban Rural Fire Brigade for the upgrade of their existing facilities as part of the station’s expansion.
  • $20,000 to Esperance Bay Yacht Club for the purchase of an inflatable boat for training and rescues.
  • $15,000 to Esperance Bay Historical Society to develop a Seal Skin Maritime Display.
  • $15,000 to Esperance Lions Club for the installation of six pieces of outdoor gym equipment as well as soft fall and landscaping in the new Lions Park outdoor exercise area.
  • $13,700 to the Esperance Music Festival Committee to build 12 musical marimba instruments for local children and the broader community.
  • $10,631 to St John Ambulance’s Esperance Sub-branch for the purchase of new medical equipment,including a defibrillator and five Sager Splints.
  • $6,500 to Esperance Goldfields Surf Lifesaving Club for the design and engineering of their clubfacilities’ extension and upgrades.
  • $6,000 to the Esperance Toy Library for their three-year toy renewal program, including replacing and updating broken and outdated toys, games and puzzles.

Magellan also announced that the residual funds of approximately $70,000 from the Fund would be donated to the Shire of Esperance for the proposed Esperance Foreshore development,  which was identified by Community Fund Committee members as a high priority project for the Esperance community. The Shire will consult with Magellan on exactly how the money is to be spent but it is likely to be put towards a piece of public art or a lookout feature.

Esperance Bay Yacht Club

Photo courtesy of the Esperance Express: Magellan Metals Managing Director Rob Scargill (L) and Esperance Bay Yacht Club Vice Commodore Stewart Wallace (R) at the launch of the new training vessel. The Magellan Community Fund donated $20,000 to Esperance Bay Yacht Club for the purchase of the boat.