WORKING TOGETHER: Bill Sykes (MLA, Benalla) met with Bright Adult Education Centre and Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre’s (from left) Anne Howell, Lyndall Grose, Frances Walsh and Shaaron Moore to present funding of $19,800 that will benefit both towns.

Funding boosts learning opportunities in towns

FUNDING of almost $20,000 will help residents in Bright and Myrtleford who are eager to learn new skills.

The State Government grant of $19,800 is for the Bright Adult Education Centre, however, it will benefit both towns, who are working together to increase learning opportunities for locals.

Bright Adult Education Centre committee member, Marg McCallum, and Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre coordinator, Jill Graham, welcomed the funding.

In a joint statement the pair said that Bright Adult Education and Myrtleford Neighbourhood Centre had partnered together in a project named Alpine Futures.

The project will focus on developing complementary strategic plans for the next three years, clearly outlining both organisations’ visions for the future.

The development of financial and business plans will also help to improve the viability of each organisation and assist in making both sustainable and relevant within the Alpine Shire and the local community.

Bright Adult Community Education Centre is one of 60 Learn Local organisations across Victoria to receive grants totalling $2.3 million, provided through round three of the State Government’s Adult, Community and Further Education (ACFE) Board Capacity and Innovation Fund.

Bill Sykes (MLA, Benalla) welcomed the funding for the Bright Adult Education Centre as a way to help it better serve the needs of learners in the region.

"This funding will greatly benefit the communities of Bright and Myrtleford and provide learning opportunities in the areas of aged care and the ski industry in particular," he said.

"Through these funds, the Learn Local organisations in our region are further enhanced to help supply this education and training."