Participatory Budgeting / Grants Allocation

FUNDING REQUIRED $25000

The Urban Gallery is a concept in which anybody can display and sell their artwork at any participating businesses, community and public centres. The public will benefit from experiencing a more attractive, environment and being able to purchase a range of local, unique artworks while participating artists and businesses will benefit from increased exposure to the public and sales commission. This will be facilitated by a dedicated team and website which will facilitate the exchange of artworks and online sales.

There are many amateur artists and art students in the City of Melville who produce art yet lack outlets to showcase their pieces. Existing art galleries and exhibitions are visited predominately by people who already have an interest in art. There is a lack of outlets which target new customers. What is required is a more holistic and sustainable approach.

The Urban Gallery seeks to do just that by cooperating with local businesses, community and public centres to use existing City of Melville infrastructure to display and facilitate the sale of art to the public. Local amateur artists and art students can gain widespread exposure, public recognition and boosted career prospects. Local businesses and community groups involved can gain increased exposure to an online audience, an enhanced reputation, and benefit from a more aesthetically pleasing environment which everyone can appreciate.

To establish this there must be a functioning website, team of volunteers, advertising, and provisions such as storage space, plinths, signage, and coin boxes. The estimated cost for this is $1500.

FUNDING REQUIRED $19500

Since the days of old man hath need for sustenance and caffeination…

BEHOLD LITTLE STOVE. Community dwellers travel from far and near to imbibe, indulge and commune at our humblest of cafes. They bring their furry canine companions, energetic offspring and, sometimes, two-wheeled transportation. Since the demise of the horse and cart, we’ve been plagued by an excess of petroleum guzzling dragons jostling for space. We are champions of lycra-clad knights, Lululemon yummy mummies, pram-pushing parents and dog-walkers of all shapes and sizes – of any and all who choose ambulatory transport over combustion propulsion.

We wish to build a community space that encourages our patronage to leave their monstrous fire-breathing beasts at home and to walk, ride, run, skate, scooter or skip to Little Stove. The people are in NEED! A water fountain (for humans and dogs), a few benches to rest their weary legs and racks for storing their two legged steeds. Please help us in our quest for a fitter, cleaner and more connected community.

FUNDING REQUIRED $13,000

We are magicians and alchemists turning green beans into golden coffee, fighting against the darkness with every caffeinated chalice and hand-crafted doughnut. We practice our mystic arts surrounded by houses of ill repute, dark alleys and dumpsters.

Unfortunately with darkness comes vice and we are plagued by delinquents and those who would seek to destroy our livelihoods and steal our gold. We have secured our fortress with alarms and bars but alas security is not enough. We wish to speak to the people through the art they call their own.

We have searched far and wide to find an artistic champion to transform an ugly brick wall into a bastion of community engagement. We seek to create a place shared and respected by all that brings together the fiefdom of McCoy Street.

FUNDING REQUIRED $12,500

Our vision is to complete reticulation to the rear and eastern sides of the building (to be fed from an existing bore), and on the eastern side of the building adjacent to Maclennan Road, create an attractive grassed area with seating, nature play elements, and ultimately art pieces and perhaps a drinking fountain for passer byes and their pets. The area would attract adults to linger and enjoy, children to explore and play.

FUNDING REQUIRED $15,000

We'd like to create and nurture a small patch of bush for birds in Mt. Pleasant; just behind the Glenelg Street Fish and Chip shop. The surrounding area is home to Wattle birds, Black Cockatoos, Red Capped parrots and a beautiful, mournful sounding Boobook Owl. Many of these birds are losing their homes as urban infill sees the clearance of established trees - some of which predate European settlement in Perth. Our aim is to transform Harry Bridle Park - now a sandy old stormwater drain - into a fragrant and dense home for local bird life, which could also be a pleasant place for people to relax and learn more about our local bird and insect community.

FUNDING REQUIRED $8,000

George Humes Park commemorates George Humes, an Indigenous man who promoted reconciliation in the area in the 1940s. He would be delighted to know that our project will invite participation from the whole of community to make it happen and benefit the whole community.

The park, next to Willagee Library, needs cheering up and making more user friendly. We would like to start by having a water fountain installed there, as there is nowhere for all the kids, parents and others to get a drink of fresh water, while there. The fountain would have a splash bowl, so dogs out for a walk can have a drink too. Once it is installed, our local community will do some landscaping around it to make the fountain look terrific!

We would also like to install some robust solar lighting. There are many people still around central Willagee after sunset, visiting the nearby library, Community Centre and dance studios and we want them to feel safe when sitting in or moving around their park. On hot summer evenings, the park is a pleasant place to rest, and the lighting will improve both the look and safety of the park.

Please vote for our project. Thank you!

FUNDING REQUIRED $10,000

The church is directly opposite the Applecross Primary School and the grounds on the Maclennan Road side (currently sandy undeveloped areas) are used by parents and children as a thoroughfare for morning and afternoon pick-ups. The building is a local icon and has been in continuous use since the 1930’s for numerous civic and community building activities. As well as church services, it is currently used by many community groups including Jiayin Chinese Chorus Group, Society of Model and Experimental Engineers, Gamblers Anonymous, Penguin Club, Mother’s Union and Indian Orthodox Christian Church. It is also used as a morning tea stop for groups of seniors from local retirement homes making heritage tours of Applecross Primary.

FUNDING REQUIRED $10,000

The members of St Georges Anglican church in Applecross are seeking funds to finish landscaping by making its grounds more community friendly and accessible to hall users, passer byes and local residents.

FUNDING REQUIRED $22000

The idea in essence is to take an unused area to the side of the oval at 'Caralee Community School' which lacks any character and establish a nature-play environment of logs, rocks, tyres and other recycled materials. It will be where the school children can be creative and explore, safely, the outside world in which they live. The project has full P&C commitment, with our motivated fundraising committee on standby to raise more funds, and a lot of strong, determined parents to team together and do the ground work ourselves. We are fortunate enough to have a lot of the parents at our school which were involved in the nature play at Webber Reserve, so we have a built in network of experience - Vote for us, Nature-Play all the way!!