Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Grant Announced
Options Theatre Company has received a $50,000 grant from Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation in their Special Round of Community Funding for Covid-19 Recovery.
Supporting our community when and where it’s needed most, Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation announced 13 new grant recipients for projects that will address specific community hardship as a result of COVID-19.
These new grants will enable our charity partners to adapt their operations and help create wider access to vital support services across our focus areas of health, social well-being and young people.
SEE VIDEO ANNOUNCEMENT: https://www.facebook.com/charitablefoundation/videos/316249502813527/
Options Theatre Company is delighted to be announced as a recipient of this grant from Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation which will be used to purchase cameras, computers, microphones as well as video and sound editing technology. This equipment will allow us to to set up a Professional Film studio so we can offer our participants valuable training in the delivery of new online programs.
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation have been long-term supporters of Options Theatre Company. Members of the NPCF Board and Management Team regularly attend our shows.
Here’s an extract of a recent message they posted on our Facebook Page…
….we are so proud to continue our support of OTC, every minute we spend with the theatre company is an uplifting experience. The OTC crew has taught us so much so much about inclusion, empowerment and opportunity for people to pursue dreams and we are so excited that OTC’s new projects will make this experience available to even more people.
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation Chair, Phil Neat recently retired after 17 years of service and he will be certainly be missed by all of us at Options Theatre Company. Phil was one of the Founding Directors of the Charitable Foundation and contributed to 483 projects funded across regional NSW. We sent Phil a very special video ‘thank you’ from our cast and crew.
Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation have welcomed their new Chair, Jennifer Leslie, who has worked on their Board since 2016. We wish Jennifer all the best in her now role.
