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National Binge Drinking Strategy Community Level Initiative (CLI) Third Grants Round recipients

The successful applicants in the third round of CLI grants have been announced.

Almost $10 million had been allocated nation-wide to projects designed to combat binge drinking by young people aged 12 to 24 years in this third round of CLI grants- part of the National Binge Drinking Strategy.

The successful applicants in this round are listed below.

Location of Project Project

Alice Springs Gap Youth Centre Aboriginal Corporation (NT) – $500,000 for the Off The Street project. The project will provide a safe alcohol-free entertainment venue for young people on Saturday nights in Alice Springs.

Balga, Kwinana, Mandurah, Bunbury, Northam, Katanning, Kellerberrin David Wirrpanda Foundation Inc. (WA) – $500,000 for the Gwabba Yorga – Gabba Warra project. The program is aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls 12-17 years engaged through netball competitions in Perth and a number of regional Western Australian towns.

Melbourne The Salvation Army Melbourne Project 614 (VIC) – $495,000 for the Youth Street Teams project. The project will employ a multi-faceted early intervention approach to address high-risk activities and the harms associated with young people binge drinking in Melbourne’s Central Business District.

Palmerston, Darwin Anglicare NT (NT) – $300,000 for the Imagine, Create, Inspire project. The project is an innovative youth engagement and awareness project using peer education strategies and social media to encourage healthier behaviours in Darwin and Palmerston.

Normanton and Karumba Carpentaria Shire Council (QLD) – $493,000 for the Carpentaria Shire Interagency Binge Drinking Working Group – Community Initiative to Combat Binge Drinking in Youth project. The project will strengthen agency and community networks in Normanton and Karumba to increase participation in social, cultural and sporting activities.

Victoria wide Incolink (VIC) – $300,000 for the Drink Safe Mate project. The project will target 8,000 young workers in the Victorian building and construction industry through health education and capacity building approaches.

Cape York, Napranum, Mapoon, Aurukun, Doomadgee and Mornington Island, Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw, Hopevale, Lockhart River, Wujal, Wujal Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media Aboriginal Corporation (QLD) – $255,610 for the In Our Own Words: young people working together to address binge drinking in remote Aboriginal communities in Queensland project. The project will being young Indigenous people from remote Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria communities together to produce a series of radio programs for their local communities addressing the issues of binge drinking.

Cities of Marion and Onkaparinga Re-Engage Youth Services (SA) – $497,445 for the Southern Collaborative Response to Binge Drinking project. The project will provide alcohol-free events and use social media to deliver health promotion messages in the communities of Marion and Onkaparinga.

Mitchell Shire LGA, Broadford, Wallan, Seymour Mitchell Community Health Service (VIC) – $500,000 for the Whenever You’re Likely To Drink project. The project aims to develop a coordinated community response to raise awareness of the health risks caused by binge drinking in the Hume communities of Broadford, Wallan and Seymour.

Melton, Taylors Hill Melton Shire Council (VIC) – $287,282 for the Saturday Nights!! Live!! project. The program will provide a weekly range of alcohol-free events for young people in the Melton and Taylors Hill communities while using peer educators to raise awareness of the harms associated with binge drinking.

Kingston, Manuka, Canberra City, Braddon, Dickson, Belconnen and Woden The Youth Coalition of the ACT (ACT) – $490,594 for the Champions ACT project. The project will increase awareness of alcohol related harm in young people who access entertainment precincts and licensed venues across Canberra.

Kalgoorlie - Boulder Eastern Goldfields YMCA Inc (WA) – $424,879 for the Stronger Communities project. The project will provide a whole of community preventive approach to binge drinking in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.

Mareeba Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre (QLD) – $280,908 for the Mareeba Young and Awesome: makin’ music, makin’ moves, makin’ over and makin’ out project. The project will provide a wide range of community activities and skills development for young Indigenous Australians in this rural Queensland community.

Wyndham Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation (WA) – $300,000 for the Wyndham Youth Reconnect project. The project will target at-risk local youth by providing health education programs and alternative recreation activities.

Kelso, Bathurst and surrounding areas Bathurst Regional Council (NSW) – $495,071 for the SMARTS – Smashed Arts project. The program will engage young people in the Bathurst region by providing health education messages and alternative entertainment opportunities.

St Marys, Penrith, Mount Druitt CuriousWorks (NSW) – $95,439 for the Western Sydney Alcohol Awareness Video Initiative project. The project will provide education and skills training for young people in the Penrith area as they develop and produce videos promoting the harms of binge drinking for their peers.

Adelaide CBD (West End) Adelaide City Council (SA) – $151,018 for the Green Team West End Youth project. The project will extend the voluntary street outreach program currently conducted during Schoolies Week at Victor Harbour to a Saturday night presence in Adelaide’s CBD.

Victoria Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (VIC) – $492,267 for the Healthy Lives, Health Futures project. The project takes a community development approach across Victoria to improve the capacity of young people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds to reduce their risk of alcohol-related harm.

Cloncurry, Mt Isa Cloncurry PCYC (QLD) – $278,981 for the Chill Out project. The project will provide a local solution to binge drinking in Cloncurry and Mt Isa through health awareness sessions and sporting and recreation activities.

National Mushroom Marketing Pty Ltd (National) – $500,000 for the Live Solution – Have A Better Time With Live Music project. The project will promote the enjoyment of a better live music experience by avoiding binge drinking.

Miranda and Hurstville Shire Wide Youth Services Inc (NSW) – $500,000 for the Be A Smarty When You Party project. The project aims to reduce binge drinking through the provision of street outreach, alcohol free activities and events, and drop-in support services in the Sutherland and St George areas.

Sydney Metropolitan, Hunter Region and Far Northern NSW Youthsafe (NSW) – $356,678 for the resilience building approach to the prevention and management of binge drinking among young workers project. The project will develop, deliver and evaluate a resilience-based binge drinking program of preventive resources and training to support apprentices and trainees in both work and community settings across Sydney, the Hunter and Far Northern NSW.

Palm Island, Barcaldine and Magnetic Island Australian Red Cross (QLD) – $300,000 for the Binge on Life program. The program aims to provide alternative arts activities for youth on Palm Island and Central West communities to tackle the issue of binge drinking.

Grafton, South Grafton, Copmanhurst, Coutts Crossing, Yamba and Wooli Clarence Valley Council (NSW) – $497,790 for the Eyes Wide project. The project will bring together young people, local service providers and health agenices in a model responsive to a dispersed population with limited youth services in Grafton and the regional towns of the Clarence Valley.

Leeton, Griffith, Narrandera Leeton Shire Council (NSW) – $440,462 for the Bidgee Binge project. The project is an interactive, multi-faceted program aimed at reducing binge drinking among young people in the Leeton, Griffith and Narrandera areas.

Glenorchy (with national applicability) Glenorchy City Council (TAS) – $248,637 for the Interactive Online project. The project will use social media to inform and education young people on the risks and consequences of bring drinking.

Location of Project	Project
Alice Springs	Gap Youth Centre Aboriginal Corporation (NT) – $500,000 for the Off The Street project. The project will provide a safe alcohol-free entertainment venue for young people on Saturday nights in Alice Springs.
Balga, Kwinana, Mandurah, Bunbury, Northam, Katanning, Kellerberrin	David Wirrpanda Foundation Inc. (WA) – $500,000 for the Gwabba Yorga – Gabba Warra project. The program is aimed at Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander girls 12-17 years engaged through netball competitions in Perth and a number of regional Western Australian towns.
Melbourne	The Salvation Army Melbourne Project 614 (VIC) – $495,000 for the Youth Street Teams project. The project will employ a multi-faceted early intervention approach to address high-risk activities and the harms associated with young people binge drinking in Melbourne’s Central Business District.
Palmerston, Darwin	Anglicare NT (NT) – $300,000 for the Imagine, Create, Inspire project. The project is an innovative youth engagement and awareness project using peer education strategies and social media to encourage healthier behaviours in Darwin and Palmerston.
Normanton and Karumba	Carpentaria Shire Council (QLD) – $493,000 for the Carpentaria Shire Interagency Binge Drinking Working Group – Community Initiative to Combat Binge Drinking in Youth project. The project will strengthen agency and community networks in Normanton and Karumba to increase participation in social, cultural and sporting activities.
Victoria wide	Incolink (VIC) – $300,000 for the Drink Safe Mate project. The project will target 8,000 young workers in the Victorian building and construction industry through health education and capacity building approaches.
Cape York, Napranum, Mapoon, Aurukun, Doomadgee and Mornington Island, Kowanyama, Pormpuraaw, Hopevale, Lockhart River, Wujal, Wujal	Queensland Remote Aboriginal Media Aboriginal Corporation (QLD) – $255,610 for the In Our Own Words: young people working together to address binge drinking in remote Aboriginal communities in Queensland project. The project will being young Indigenous people from remote Cape York and Gulf of Carpentaria communities together to produce a series of radio programs for their local communities addressing the issues of binge drinking.
Cities of Marion and Onkaparinga	Re-Engage Youth Services (SA) – $497,445 for the Southern Collaborative Response to Binge Drinking project. The project will provide alcohol-free events and use social media to deliver health promotion messages in the communities of Marion and Onkaparinga.
Mitchell Shire LGA, Broadford, Wallan, Seymour	Mitchell Community Health Service (VIC) – $500,000 for the Whenever You’re Likely To Drink project. The project aims to develop a coordinated community response to raise awareness of the health risks caused by binge drinking in the Hume communities of Broadford, Wallan and Seymour.
Melton, Taylors Hill	Melton Shire Council (VIC) – $287,282 for the Saturday Nights!! Live!! project. The program will provide a weekly range of alcohol-free events for young people in the Melton and Taylors Hill communities while using peer educators to raise awareness of the harms associated with binge drinking.
Kingston, Manuka, Canberra City, Braddon, Dickson, Belconnen and Woden	The Youth Coalition of the ACT (ACT) – $490,594 for the Champions ACT project. The project will increase awareness of alcohol related harm in young people who access entertainment precincts and licensed venues across Canberra.
Kalgoorlie - Boulder	Eastern Goldfields YMCA Inc (WA) – $424,879 for the Stronger Communities project. The project will provide a whole of community preventive approach to binge drinking in Kalgoorlie-Boulder.
Mareeba	Mulungu Aboriginal Corporation Medical Centre (QLD) – $280,908 for the Mareeba Young and Awesome: makin’ music, makin’ moves, makin’ over and makin’ out project. The project will provide a wide range of community activities and skills development for young Indigenous Australians in this rural Queensland community.
Wyndham	Ngnowar Aerwah Aboriginal Corporation (WA) – $300,000 for the Wyndham Youth Reconnect project. The project will target at-risk local youth by providing health education programs and alternative recreation activities.
Kelso, Bathurst and surrounding areas	Bathurst Regional Council (NSW) – $495,071 for the SMARTS – Smashed Arts project. The program will engage young people in the Bathurst region by providing health education messages and alternative entertainment opportunities.
St Marys, Penrith, Mount Druitt	CuriousWorks (NSW) – $95,439 for the Western Sydney Alcohol Awareness Video Initiative project. The project will provide education and skills training for young people in the Penrith area as they develop and produce videos promoting the harms of binge drinking for their peers.
Adelaide CBD (West End)	Adelaide City Council (SA) – $151,018 for the Green Team West End Youth project. The project will extend the voluntary street outreach program currently conducted during Schoolies Week at Victor Harbour to a Saturday night presence in Adelaide’s CBD.
Victoria	Multicultural Centre for Women’s Health (VIC) – $492,267 for the Healthy Lives, Health Futures project. The project takes a community development approach across Victoria to improve the capacity of young people from immigrant and refugee backgrounds to reduce their risk of alcohol-related harm.
Cloncurry, Mt Isa	Cloncurry PCYC (QLD) – $278,981 for the Chill Out project. The project will provide a local solution to binge drinking in Cloncurry and Mt Isa through health awareness sessions and sporting and recreation activities.
National	Mushroom Marketing Pty Ltd (National) – $500,000 for the Live Solution – Have A Better Time With Live Music project. The project will promote the enjoyment of a better live music experience by avoiding binge drinking.
Miranda and Hurstville	Shire Wide Youth Services Inc (NSW) – $500,000 for the Be A Smarty When You Party project. The project aims to reduce binge drinking through the provision of street outreach, alcohol free activities and events, and drop-in support services in the Sutherland and St George areas.
Sydney Metropolitan, Hunter Region and Far Northern NSW	Youthsafe (NSW) – $356,678 for the resilience building approach to the prevention and management of binge drinking among young workers project. The project will develop, deliver and evaluate a resilience-based binge drinking program of preventive resources and training to support apprentices and trainees in both work and community settings across Sydney, the Hunter and Far Northern NSW.
Palm Island, Barcaldine and Magnetic Island	Australian Red Cross (QLD) – $300,000 for the Binge on Life program. The program aims to provide alternative arts activities for youth on Palm Island and Central West communities to tackle the issue of binge drinking.
Grafton, South Grafton, Copmanhurst, Coutts Crossing, Yamba and Wooli	Clarence Valley Council (NSW) – $497,790 for the Eyes Wide project. The project will bring together young people, local service providers and health agenices in a model responsive to a dispersed population with limited youth services in Grafton and the regional towns of the Clarence Valley.
Leeton, Griffith, Narrandera	Leeton Shire Council (NSW) – $440,462 for the Bidgee Binge project. The project is an interactive, multi-faceted program aimed at reducing binge drinking among young people in the Leeton, Griffith and Narrandera areas.
Glenorchy (with national applicability)	Glenorchy City Council (TAS) – $248,637 for the Interactive Online project. The project will use social media to inform and education young people on the risks and consequences of bring drinking.

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