Soul Hub awarded $500,000

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00:00 But thank you Minister Moriarty for this approval of the Newcastle Port grant of half a million

00:11 dollars towards the fit out of our new facility that's been provided rent free for a decade

00:18 by the Iain Shirley Norman Foundation.

00:21 A total game changer.

00:23 Soul Hub is a grassroots community response to some deep community needs.

00:28 There's a lot of pain in our community and it revolves around a meal and a conversation

00:33 and then a wrap around of a convergence of help, offering services, advocacy and practical

00:40 help.

00:44 Staffed by over 200 volunteers it truly is a community response.

00:49 Some months ago we put out a bit of a campaign, the big ask, donate 1.8 to, donate to 1.8

00:58 the big ask campaign as we went on this deal to raise the finance to fit out a purpose

01:04 designed facility.

01:07 And I want to say on behalf of everyone at Soul, the community response has been phenomenal.

01:16 We acknowledge we can't do that and great communities rally together and we have a great

01:22 community here.

01:23 And so on behalf of us all thank you for your generous response to what has been for us

01:29 a bold ask to raise this support and these finances.

01:35 We will be in there this year in December.

01:38 Right now our principal builder Ian, sorry our principal builder Insight Building Services

01:44 are hard at work along with multiple trades pushing deadlines and to ensure that we are

01:50 in there this December.

01:53 So on behalf of our trustees, our team, our 200 plus volunteers, perhaps more importantly

02:04 on behalf of the guests that we serve every day I want to say thank you Minister Moriarty,

02:11 Newcastle Port for choosing us amongst many other worthy causes in this city to ensure

02:20 that we get into this facility that will see us in a new future able to do more than we've

02:26 ever done.

02:27 Thank you and God bless you all.

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