My Community Project is a new NSW Government funding program, and Kerry Dickson of the Walcha Historical Society said she was told there is $260,000 allocated to the Walcha region.

The Regional NSW Department of Premier and Cabinet website says My Community Project is all about local ideas, local projects and local decisions.

The program enables individuals to put forward ideas for projects in their area, and a public vote will show which projects have the most community support to receive funding. Successful projects will receive funding between $20,000 and $200,000.

People can nominate projects together with the support of a local organisation as the project sponsor. Community groups may sponsor projects - maybe you or someone else in your group has a project idea that the community group is willing to sponsor. Your group may also be approached by people within your community to support their ideas.

Some examples of projects that could be funded include playgrounds, community transport services, public gardens, upgrades to local sporting or community facilities, public art, cultural festivals, programs for youth and health initiatives.

Project applications opened on April 2 and will close on 15 May - there need to be at least two applications for projects in Walcha for the voting process for our allocation to go ahead.

The public vote will be open for four weeks from 15 July to 15 August, and the projects which receive the most support in the community vote will be funded.

The program guidelines and fact sheets together with more information about the program are available at nsw.gov.au/mycommunityproject.