Anglo American community funding up for grabs

Applications for Anglo American’s 2025 Community Grants Program are now open, with last year’s winners receiving a portion of $500,000 in funding.

Anglo will be accepting applications from central Queensland community groups including the Moranbah, Middlemount, Moura, Banana and Theodore areas until March 31 2025.

Anglo American Australia head of sustainability and corporate affairs Kate du Preez said the Community Grants Program was designed to invest in the future of the local communities where the miner operates.

“We are passionate about ensuring mining benefits reach the people and places that make our regions unique now and for generations to come,” she said.

“Our Community Grants Program is just one of the ways we invest in the future of our local communities with a focus on education, environment, wellbeing, and skill building.”

In 2024, 57 groups across Anglo American’s operational footprint in Queensland shared in almost $500,000 in community grants funding for local sustainable development initiatives.

Middlemount Community School was among those recipients, receiving $34,000 toward furniture and musical equipment – as well as funding for the annual Dux and Anglo American All Rounder awards.

School principal Sarah Quinn said the school had used the Anglo American grant to buy a piano as well as hire state-of-the-art sound equipment to deliver school musical Wizard of Oz for the local community.

“In recent years, schools across the country have faced significant challenges in maintaining their arts programs, with music education often taking the brunt of budget cuts,” she said.

“The grant funding provided by Anglo American has been instrumental in revitalising our school arts program, offering students a unique opportunity to engage with the arts and express their creativity.”

Successful projects will align with one or more of Anglo American’s key priority areas: