Celebrating our sponsored organisations at the Sponsorship Morning Teas

• In August, representatives of some of the organisations sponsored as a part of the community benefit sharing initiative for Mt Gellibrand and Mortlake South wind farms came together for morning tea celebrations with some of the ACCIONA staff.
• Each year, ACCIONA provides funding to local community groups and organisations as a part of our annual Sponsorship Program.
• The program is aimed at supporting initiatives that contribute to the sustainable development of the community.

Contributing to Community

This year, ACCIONA has committed over $100,000 in sponsorship funding across 30 organisations for the Mt Gellibrand Wind Farm, and $40,000 in funding across 14 organisations for Mortlake Wind Farm.

Almost $14,000 of the Mortlake funding went towards schools and repeat funding for multi-year projects that are creating long-term legacies for the community. $23,500 of the Mt Gellibrand funding was shared amongst local sporting groups, including funding to help launch the new AFL Indigenous Round game hosted by Birregurra Football Netball Club, which has now unfortunately been postponed to next season due to COVID-19 restrictions. Another $16,000 of the Mt Gellibrand funding was distributed among local healthcare and social support organisations.

ACCIONA  Energía Managing Director Brett Wickham said, “we are really pleased that we can continue supporting the groups and organisations that do such important work in the communities.”

“Over the past 18 months we have all witnessed first-hand the power of connections and coming together, so are extremely proud to be able to provide support for these important community initiatives to continue.”

“Our sponsorship and small grants program will run for the life of the wind farm and we are excited about what the future will bring.”

A list of successful organisations for Mt Gellibrand and Mortlake is listed below.