Talison is proud to announce the first round of significant community investment in Donnybrook as part of its expanded Community Investment Programme (CIP) approved by the Talison Board of Directors in June.
The first tranche of major projects to be supported by Talison includes $3 million (M) funding for the Donnybrook VC Mitchell Park project. This once in a lifetime project to rejuvenate sport and recreation facilities in Donnybrook will deliver social, health and economic benefits to people in the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup, and the broader South West region.
Talison has been engaging with Local Governments and community groups in recent months to review a number of substantive projects. The Talison funding, coupled with investment from the State Government and local sporting organisations, will support the current $10M plus stage of the VC Mitchell Park Master Plan to refresh ageing community sporting facilities and clubrooms and create a single integrated precinct to meet the varying needs of multiple sporting clubs and community organisations.
Included in the current stage of the Master Plan are upgrades to the existing tennis club pavilion, modifications to the Recreation Centre to accommodate basketball and netball, new passive recreation facilities and amenities, indoor and outdoor events space, lighting, landscaping, pedestrian access, parking, playgrounds and storage areas.
This project will see Government, industry and community work together to create a facility which will become a hub for the wider community and address long term requirements for sports, recreation and social engagement in the Shire of Donnybrook Balingup.
Sport is such an important part of all communities and having a first-class facility at Donnybrook will provide for the needs of the current generation and support growth in the population as the region expands.
Talison is expanding its operations to keep up with demand driven by the global clean energy transition and as Talison grows so too will the benefits that flow into the communities surrounding the Greenbushes Lithium Operation.
The Talison CIP is designed to provide larger funding opportunities to deliver strategic programs and projects to build social capital and local ownership by engaging multiple stakeholders including, but not necessarily limited to, incorporated not for profit community groups, local government, education and training providers.
The four pillars of Talison’s CIP are Quality Education, Sustainable Environments and Biodiversity Improvement, Health and Wellbeing, and Vibrant and Sustaining communities.
Other projects funded through the inaugural round of the CIP include:
$1.64M to support the Shire of Bridgetown-Greenbushes capital works program
$0.20M to fund the civil works to support an expansion of Geegeelup Village in Bridgetown; and
$0.19M to fund a refurbishment of the Greenbushes RSL Hall in Greenbushes.
Incorporated not for profit community groups, local government, education and training providers in the Warren-Blackwood area and surrounds that have ideas for projects which may fit the criteria for funding under the Talison CIP are encouraged to contact our Community Team via email: gbcontact@talisonlithium.com.