Fundraising...Building for the Next 50 Years

We are fortunate in that our foresighted founders purchased and converted an old bakery into the cosy theatre that has been our home for over 50 years. Time has taken its toll however, and now it is time to plan for refurbishment and extension to ensure the next generation enjoys all that Williamstown Little Theatre has to offer.

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Stage 1 was completed in December 2021, coinciding with our 75th anniversary. 

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We were fortunate to receive a grant for matched funding from the Federal Government's Stronger Communities Grant.  We now need to complete the renovation and upgrade of our premises. We're now seeking grants, sponsorships and turning to our loyal patrons to help this project. We are starting the planning for Stage 2!

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You can support WLT via donation...  a letter to our supporters:

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Williamstown Little Theatre has been successful in applying for Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) status through the ATO. That means we can now offer a tax deductible receipt for donations over $2.

 

The funds collected in our Gift Fund will not be used to run the company. Instead, they will be put toward the maintenance of our second greatest asset – our lovely little theatre (our greatest asset is definitely our volunteers!)

 

Owning our own facility is an amazing thing – but it also has its disadvantages. Community theatre companies that use a council owned space or a school auditorium have the benefit of having someone else responsible for the upkeep of the building. We don’t!

 

Remarkably, the refurbishment program we embarked on a few years ago – including our new foyer space, new dressing room facilities and indoor bathrooms - was pretty much entirely self-funded. We have lots of plans for what we’d like to do in phase two, but we need to restock the coffers in order to do that.

 

We hope that being able to offer tax deductibility on donations will not only offer our friends and members a more cost effective way to offer a gift, it will also mean we can be making a serious attempt at securing support from the corporate world and philanthropic grants.

 

Below you will find details of how to make a donation. Once it is received, we'll email a tax deductible receipt to you.

 

So if you’re looking for a great way to increase your deductions this tax time, we hope you’ll keep us in mind.

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• Donate via our website

• EFT donations to our Gift Account: BSB: 013-456 A/c No: 434491134 with reference "gift+your name"

• Cheques (payable Williamstown Little Theatre) mail to P.O. Box 35, Williamstown Vic 3016

• And of course please feed spare change into the Piggie at Front of House!

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Have you ever considered...remembering Williamstown Little Theatre in your Will?

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