State Member for Lismore Janelle Saffin has congratulated 13 organisations sharing $450,000 in funding under the NSW Government’s 2025 Community Building Partnership Program (CBP).

Ms Saffin said the Government was investing in a variety of local infrastructure projects to help deliver much-needed improvements to facilities and build resilience within local communities across our Electorate of Lismore.

“I congratulate all the organisations that were successful with their detailed applications and look forward to seeing the positive outcomes on the ground, benefitting users for many years to come,” Ms Saffin said.

“For those applicants who missed out in this year’s round, take heart that the CBP 2026 round dates will be announced shortly. All good projects find their time to shine and perhaps some more ambitious ones can be done in stages.”

Please check the CBP website www.nsw.gov.au/cbp for more information. You may wish to sign up for alerts about the CBP program to be notified when information about the next round is confirmed. 

Successful 2025 projects include:

• Dunoon Preschool -- $90,000 for Collaborative Corner Project: Create a multi-functional space at the preschool to foster collaboration between educators, allied health professionals, and families away from the distraction of the everyday of the preschool. The newly created Collaborative Corner will strengthen community connections and support children’s development.

• Friends of Tenterfield Aerodrome (FOTA) Incorporated -- $70,890 towards improving the aerodrome’s disaster readiness capability: Reconstruction and sealing of the unsealed portion of the aircraft taxiways and parking area to improve suitability for use in emergencies. Project scope includes the installation of aircraft tiedowns.

• Tweed Shire Council -- $62,206 towards Kunghur Hall building restoration: Restore and upgrade the hall, which hosts a preschool and other community activities, by replacing the rusting roof and gutters, damaged ceiling panels and weatherboards, rotten ramp and panels and stumps. This ensures a safe, functional, and welcoming space, future-proofing this vital community asset.

• The Numulgi Hall Incorporated – $46,150 for Lifting Up Numulgi, restumping our community hall for a stronger, connected future: Numulgi Memorial Hall, damaged during the 2022 Lismore floods, will be restumped to ensure structural safety and longevity. This essential upgrade will benefit the community by preserving a vital hub for social gatherings, workshops, and support services, strengthening it as a resilient and inclusive space for connection and community-building.

• Lismore City Bowling and Recreation Club Limited -- $31,642 for kitchen refurbishment: The club was severely damaged by the 2022 floods, and this funding will enable the supply and installation of kitchen equipment to support the operation of the club.

• Rock Valley Hall Incorporated -- $27,019 for kitchen upgrade to support community participation and cohesion, especially in times of an emergency: Upgrading Rock Valley Hall’s kitchen to provide an efficient space with better access, lighting and hygienic food preparation areas. A functioning kitchen is essential in times of emergency. Developing support systems with our community, the Rural Fire Service, Red Cross and State Emergency Services, we are building community resilience.

• Federal School of Arts Association Incorporated -- $26,100 towards painting the exterior of Federal Hall: Clean and wash down the exterior of the building to remove mould, strip back loose and flaking paint, and fill gaps and minor repair works before repainting the hall. Required to halt the decay of the building.

• Our Plan C Incorporated, Goonellabah -- $20,497 towards future-proofing communities using Plan C’s emergency toolkit: Plan C seeks funds for UHF radios, portable power stations and laptops for two purposes -- (i) teach our existing training participants how to use them to improve their preparedness to disasters and (ii) ensue our staff and volunteers can quickly support communities during extreme weather or other emergencies.

• Co-Ordination Co-operative Limited -- $20,000 towards essential roof repairs to the Tuntable Falls Community Hall: The Tuntable Falls Community Hall is a much-loved, well-used historic community facility that needs major roof repairs. Work on the top section of the roof will enable the continued safe use of an iconic and crucial place of social and community connection for thousands of local people.

• Urbenville & District Bowling Club Limited -- $20,000 towards a kitchen upgrade for community use: Replacement of wall sheeting and re-running electrical cables, gas lines and plumbing. Also, new floor coverings.

• Mallanganee Public Hall Land Manager -- $14,850 for restoring charm to our heritage hall: Removal of existing roller door at the hall entry and reinstating it with a pair of traditional timber framed vertical jointed doors.

• Mummulgum Public Hall Reserve -- $11,396 for hall floor restoration: Resurfacing and sealing the hall floor to repair water damage.

• NSW Rural Fire Service Australia on behalf of Murwillumbah Rural Fire Brigade -- $9,250 for purchasing lockers to store personal protective clothing and helmets: Acquisition of 20 lockers to enable firefighters to store PPC, boots and helmets to allow easy access and safekeeping of PPC.

Lismore Electorate-wide total -- $450,000.