Community-based groups, small businesses, and early childhood centres in Mogale City are invited to submit applications for financial support.

Mogale City head of corporate communications Adrian Amod said the Grant-in-Aid programme aims to assist local organisations that align with the municipality’s mission to enhance the quality of life in local communities while advancing Integrated Development Plan goals.

Amod added that the funding rollout is guided by the newly approved Grant-in-Aid Policy.

Sectors eligible for assistance include special focus groups such as women, children, youth, elderly people, and persons with disabilities. Programmes covering HIV/ Aids, poverty alleviation, job creation, SMME development, tourism, arts and culture, environmental sustainability, crime prevention, skills training, and sports development are also eligible.

Application forms are available on weekdays between 07:30 and 16:00 at the Community Development Services Offices on the corner of Commissioner and Fountain Street, or at the Central Clinic in the Jack Smidt Building.

Submissions close on Wednesday, December 9, and no late applications will be accepted.

A municipal committee will evaluate all submissions, and completing the application does not guarantee funding approval.