100 community groups around Australia have been awarded $10,000 each under Telstra’s Everyone Connected program which aims to help them better access technology.

 

CEO David Thodey said the grant recipients included groups focused on education, indigenous development and helping those with a disability better connect to technology.

 

One hundred organisations in every Australian state and territory are among grant recipients including the Darwin-based Mungoorbada Aboriginal Corporation, the Geeveston Community Centre south of Hobart, the Cerebral Palsy Alliance north of Sydney and Youth Futures WA near Perth.

 

Mr Thodey said each of the  Everyone Connected grant recipients had been endorsed by a Telstra employee.

 

“Telstra team members are involved in many of our community development and sustainability programs including Telstra’s Kids Fund, matched payroll giving and employee volunteering,” Mr Thodey said.