Financial Assistance
for KU Services and Projects
KU services and special projects rely substantially upon financial support from various Commonwealth and State Government
Departments. KU also benefits from the generosity of its own centres, from individuals, organisations and businesses.
This assistance ensures we continue to provide high quality services to children and their families.
Commonwealth
• Centacare Grant - KU Kingfisher
Preschool – (Community Parenting
Program)
Department of Families Community
Services and Indigenous Affairs
• Benevolent Society – Partnerships in
Early Childhood Project
• Inclusion Support Agencies
• Inclusion Support Subsidy
• Macarthur Parenting Project
• Early Language and Literacy Initiative
(ELLI)
• Various capital grants to KU’s
community-based long day care centes
Department of Education, Science and
Training
• Indigenous Education Strategic
Initiative Program (for preschools with
indigenous children)
States and Territories
New South Wales
Department of Ageing, Disability and Home
Care
• Children’s Therapy (Speech Pathology
Service, Eastern and Inner City centres)
• KU Starting Points – Macarthur and
Penrith
Department of Community Services
• Advisers Project
• Funding for preschools:
- Operational Funding
- Fee Relief Funding
- Supporting Children with Additional
Needs (SCAN) Program
• Preschool & Investment Reform Plan
(PIRP)
- One-off Emergency Funding for
Preschools
- Viability Funding for 33 preschools
• Various one-off grants in a number of
KU preschools
• Funding for long day care centres
• Northern Sydney SCAN Supporting
Children with Additional Needs
• Families NSW Inner West Play & Chat
- Supported Playgroups with the
Benevolent Society
• Families NSW Northern Sydney
Supported Playgroups - Speech
Pathology
Outreach Pilot
• Families NSW Northern Sydney
Supported Playgroups
• Families NSW South – East Sydney
- Enhancing Early Development Project
• Early Intervention Therapeutic Child
Care Places – Bankstown
• Families NSW – Inner Newcastle
- Supported Playgroups
• South West Sydney ICS SCAN
Partnership (Consultancy) Support for
KU Services
NSW Department of Education and Training
• Intervention Support Program: Special
Education Support Program
• KU Starting Points – Macarthur
and Penrith
(playground upgrade)
• Leichhardt City Council (Fathers’
Information Sessions, Inner West Play
and Chat)
• Penrith City Council (Family Days KU
Starting Points – Penrith)
• Wollongong City Council to:
- KU Wombarra and KU Bulli Preschools
(contribution for expenses)
- KU Gwynneville and KU Corrimal
Preschools (donation towards rates)
NSW Clubs
Community Development and Support
Expenditure Scheme (CDSE)
Grants under this scheme include:
• Revesby Workers’ Club – KU Georges
Hall Preschool (computers)
• Rooty Hill RSL Committee – KU
Hebersham Preschool (speech
pathologist)
• Windale Gateshead Bowling Club – KU
Windale Preschool (outdoor equipment )
• Wingecarribee Community Assistance
Scheme – KU Moss Vale Children’s
Centre (flooring)
Other
• Christie Foundation to KU James Cahill
Preschool – Attachment Matters Project
• IBM Kidsmart Project
• Intervention Support Program – various
including capital grants • IBM Donation of laptop computers to
five KU centres
Victoria
Department of Human Services • Nors Odd – Robbins Music Therapy
Centre (music therapy sessions KU
Starting Points – Penrith)
• Alfred Child Care Centre and Emerald
Hill Child Care Centre – Preschool
Funding
Councils
• City of Sydney - Accommodation Grants
Program 2007
• City of Sydney Grants (water tanks)
• City of Sydney – KU Lance PS&CCC
• Telstra Kids Fund Grant Committee
- Dem School Kids Care (“IT
Opportunities for Children”)
- KU Wombarra Preschool (computer,
printer & software)
- KU Cammeray Preschool (“IT
Opportunities for Children”)
A special thanks to the following Councils which have also assisted KU centres in the past year in a variety of ways:
• Ashfield Municipal Council • Baulkham Hills Shire Council • Bankstown City Council • Blacktown City Council • Blue Mountains
City Council • Camden Council • Campbelltown City Council • Canada Bay Council • Fairfield City Council • Holroyd City Council •
Hornsby Shire Council • City of Sydney • Ku-ring-gai Council • Lane Cove Council • Liverpool City Council • Leichhardt City Council •
Marrickville Council • Mosman Council • North Sydney Council • Penrith City Council • Pittwater Council • Randwick City Council • Ryde
City Council • Sutherland Shire Council • Wagga Wagga City Council • Warringah Council • Willoughby City Council • Wingecarribee
Shire Council • Wollondilly Shire Council • Wollongong City Council • Woollahra Municipal Council • City of Melbourne
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