The Burdekin Community Association (BCA) is the worthy recipient of a $20,000 donation from the CommBank Staff Foundation’s 2024 Community Grants program, in its most significant funding year yet.
The Ayr organisation received funding from CommBank to help drive positive change and CEO of BCA, Debra Cochran, couldn’t be more delighted.
“It was fantastic, first to get nominated and then win. It was quite unbelievable because I thought, oh my gosh, our little place. We were amazed and very grateful. It means a lot,” Debra says.
The BCA was nominated for their Rural Health Centre and Rehabilitation Services. The centre employs five staff and serves around 60 clients daily, offering free rehabilitation for adults and children, including those recovering from cancer, strokes, and living with diabetes. The BCA also provides mental health services, tele-health, and hires out rooms to allied health professionals, ensuring local access to essential services.
Commonwealth Bank staff can elect to donate part of their wages to the CommBank Staff Foundation, which has been operating since 1917. The foundation provides annual and smaller grants to various organisations.
Becky Love (CommBank Agri Business Analyst), nominated BCA because, she loved what they do for the community.
“I'm living in a small town and I think sometimes they get forgotten or missed. I chose the Burdekin Community Association, because I know it, from people I know that work here, or have volunteered here,” Becky says.
“They have such a wide scope of services, from Centre for Rural Health, the Community Rehabilitation Centre, the information centre, and BCA Support Centre. It's not one thing. It has a very wide and big impact,” she adds.
“We’re all about keeping people as healthy as possible and helping them with all sorts of rehabilitation. The main aim is to keep them at home, not into hospital and keeping them out of residential care. With this grant, we can now do even more to achieve that,” Debra concludes.
Pictured left to right: Debra Cochran (CEO, Burdekin Community Association), Becky Love CommBank Agri Business Analyst), and Kim Brosnan (Commonwealth Bank Branch Manager)
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