Clubs NSW Club of the Year Awards.

The Armidale City Bowling Club is regarded

$8

million Regional Development Australia Fund Grant

as it has taken years of work by local members

Freeman House in Armidale, a St Vincent de

commitment to including the less able

members of the community.

Paul Society Special Work, services clients

within the hospitality and event services industry. A testament to this is the
as a leader

across NSW and delivers specialist homelessness

and personnel of Matthew lalbot Homeless Services to deveiop this project. lt will provide improved infrastructure and the ability to
provide homelessness and rehabilitation services

The Bowlo's major achievement has been the four Clubs NSW Club of the Year Awards, with three consecutive awards crowning it a club of excellence

and drug and alcohol rehabilitation services.

Freeman House was recently successful in the

many accolades the Club has achreved this

year for the Armidale community. The Club recently received a water

Australian Government's Regional Development Australia Fund, receiving an $B million grant. Kerry Muir, President, Armidale Central Council,
says that the re-development of Freeman House will provide a safe, quality environment in which

to the marginalised and disadvantaged, " says

Muir. The new Freeman House facility will ensure

- the first

conservation award in NSW tidy towns

awards for its commitment to sustainability

Club in NSW to receive this honour. The key to this success is definitely the loyal support

that the excellent results already achieved

in

addressing rural homelessness will continue well

and a disability access award for its

of its members and the community.

clients can heal and achieve their goals.

"We are very excited to receive thts funding,

into the future. Construction of the state-ofthe-art facility will commence in early 2012.