General News
24 July, 2023
Asteria Services participants to get out on the tennis court
Local disability support service, Asteria is set to receive funding of more than $7000 — allowing it to scale up exercising opportunities for its participants. As one of the recipients of this year’s Bank Australia Customer Community Grant, the...
Local disability support service, Asteria is set to receive funding of more than $7000 — allowing it to scale up exercising opportunities for its participants.
As one of the recipients of this year’s Bank Australia Customer Community Grant, the organisation will receive $7217 which it will use to deliver a 12 week tennis program tailored for people with disability.
The bank’s grant program which started in 2016, works towards financing community initiatives that have a positive social, environmental or economic impact — in areas such as disability inclusion, climate action or affordable housing.
With 16 beneficiaries in 2023, the program has provided a total of approximately $300,000 in funding across the board and Asteria Services CEO Annie Constable said they were thankful for the bank’s assistance.
“The ability to provide our tennis program with this grant will be a great chance to support people with a disability in Maryborough access physical activity opportunities in a fun and welcoming environment,” she said.
“We’re very grateful to Bank Australia for their support and for helping us remove barriers and maximise opportunities for people with disability.”
Bank Australia head of impact management Jane Kern said the program is central to the bank’s goal of supporting customer not-for-profit and social enterprises.
“We’re proud that on behalf of our customers we can support Asteria Services continue their important work.
“Our customers tell us disability inclusion is important to them and we’re committed to supporting organisations in this space as part of our 12 impact priority areas.
“We believe that banking can be used to create a world where people and planet thrive, and our Customer Community Grants program is just one of the ways we’re doing that.”