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Sponsorships

MEPAU supports the communities in which we operate by partnering with a range of not-for-profit organisations and funding locally driven initiatives that contribute to community development

Mid West Community Grants & Sponsorships

Sponsorships & Grants at MEPAU

Mitsui E&P Australia (MEPAU) supports communities in which we operate by partnering with, sponsoring and providing grants to a range of not-for-profit organisations and funding locally driven initiatives that contribute to community development in the Mid West, especially those in close proximity to the Waitsia Gas Field, including the Shires of Irwin, Coorow and Carnamah, and the City of Greater Geraldton.

Key Focus Areas

  • Education, skill development and training, and pre-employment training opportunities for the Mid West community - particularly in support of science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) topics;
  • Local community safety, health and fitness, and mental health wellbeing; and
  • Locally-based environmental and natural resource projects.

Sponsorships & Grants

What Types of Projects will MEPAU Support?

  • Projects that align with MEPAU's key focus areas
  • Projects and organisations providing benefits to the communities where we’re operating (e.g. Shire of Irwin)
  • Projects that provide local community skill enhancement, education and/or training
  • Activities which encourage community connection and promote a social environment of trust and respect
  • Locally based environment and natural resources based projects
  • Projects relating to improving local community safety, health and wellbeing

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Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2026)

Morawa Distright High School Parents and Citizens Association Incorporated

Mid West Community Grant: Op Shop Ball fundraiser for Morawa DHS shade structure installation

Amount:

$4,000

Coorow District Tennis Club

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting the Coorow Junior Tennis Coaching Program- Term 1 2026

Amount:

$3,409.09

Beyond Beats

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting the installation of wall mirrors in the studio

Amount:

$4,000

Wattandee Littlewell Aboriginal Corporation

Mid West Community Grant: Funding to support completion of Certificate III in conservation and ecosystem management for 10 Aboriginal participants

Amount:

$4,000

Central Regional TAFE

Major Award Sponsor – Graduation Evening

Amount:

$1,000

SHINE

Supporting young women’s educational support programs in the Mid West.

Amount:

$50,000

Desert Blue Connect

Funding International Women’s Day Quiz Night

Amount:

$500

Variety WA

Supporting fundraining event in for Variety WA Mid West.

Amount:

$2,500

Society of Petroleum Engineers WA

Sponsorship

Amount:

$5,500

Mid West Chamber of Commerce & Industry

2026 Mid West Economic Forum

Amount:

$9,000

Dongara Golf Club

2026 Oil & Gas Weekend – Corporate Sponsorship

Amount:

$1,000

Dongara Golf Club

Social Investment Grant: Dongara Golf Club

Amount:

$909.09

Coorow Community Resource Centre

Mid West Community: Community workshop.

Amount:

$4,000

Mullewa Playgroup

Mid West Community Grant: Purchase of play equipment and craft items to enhance playgroup engagement.

Amount:

$1,795.00

Dongara District High School Year 6 Camp

2026 Year 6 Camp Sponsorship.

Amount:

$5,000

The Event Team

Supporting the Backroads, Mid West Gravel Event.

Amount:

$5,000

Central Regional TAFE

Waitsia STEM Scholarship to support six students.

Amount:

$6,000

Shire of Irwin

Magic on Moreton 2025

Amount:

$6,000

Coorow Community Land Incorporated

Mid West Community Grant: Funding to assist in building an outdoor shelter over the outdoor dining area at Coorow Community

Amount:

$4,000

Denison Bowling Club Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Denison Bowling Club May Carnival.

Amount:

$2,273

Dongara District High School

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting the replacement of the swing set.

Amount:

$4,000

Eneabba Primary School

Mid West Community Grant: Funding for notebooks and desktop computers.

Amount:

$4,000

For A Better Chapman Valley Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting community music and movie nights.

Amount:

$2,940

Leeman Primary School

Mid West Community Grant: Funding for sport equipment to promote physical health and social engagement.

Amount:

$4,000

Regional Sounds Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Mentorship program connecting emerging musicians with professional musicians.

Amount:

$4,000

Shire of Coorow

Emergency Services Grant: Upgrading emergency vehicles with satellite communications technology.

Amount:

$29,156.60

Hollomby Foundation (Geraldton Universities Centre)

Supporting three scholarship recipients

Amount:

$6,000

Energy Club Western Australia

Supporting the Next Generation Schools Program in the Mid West

Amount:

$10,000

Carnamah Bowling Club

Carnamah Bowling Club Open Weekend Major Sponsor

Amount:

$4,000

St John Ambulance WA – Geraldton

Mid West Community Grant: Funding volunteer abulance officer training equipment

Amount:

$3,506.31

Dongara Bush Fire Brigade

Funding the DBFB’s emergency services trailer upgrade.

Amount:

$5,500

Centacare Family Services

Sponsoring the Centacare Community Gala in support of community services fundraising.

Amount:

$7,500

Tourism Geraldton Mid West Co-operative Ltd

Sponsoring the Shore Leave Festival event, presenting ‘Midwest Paddock to Plate’.

Amount:

$40,000

Spokes Cycle Club

Funding the Mingenew to Greenough Classic’s traffic management (cycling event)

Amount:

$2,000

WA PCYC

Carnamah and Coorow Blue Light Event sponsorship.

Amount:

$1,000

Desert Blue Connect Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting International Rural Women’s Day dinner event.

Amount:

$4,000

Dongara Horseriding Club Inc

Mid West Community Grant: Funding the materials to build new horse yards.

Amount:

$4,000

Irwin District Charity Ball

Mid West Community Grant: Support for the Long Table Dinner at The Grange in Irwin to raise money for the

Amount:

$4,000

Morawa District High School Parents and Citizens Association Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Supporting the ‘Op Shop Ball’ fundraiser.

Amount:

$4,000

WA Centre for Rural Health

Mid West Community Grant: Funding for the Healthy Minds, Healthy Eating Project.

Amount:

$4,000

Dongara District High School Year 6 Camp

2025 Year 6 Camp Sponsorship.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara Junior Football Club

Football Club sponsorship.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara Golf Club

Funding the club’s reticulation upgrade.

Amount:

$10,000

Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry

Mid West Economic Forum, Dinner Sponsor.

Amount:

$8,500

Rural Regional Remote Network

Supporting a two-day short course, ‘Designing Your Life’, as part of the collaborative Career Ready in the Regions Program.

Amount:

$15,000

Spokes Cycle Club

Funding the Strada Rosa cycling event (east of Walkaway)

Amount:

$160,000

Lions Club of Dongara Denison Inc.

Funding the enhancement of facilities at Shire of Irwin skate park and pump track Dongara Denison.

Amount:

$75,000

SHINE

Supporting young women’s educational support programs in the Mid West.

Amount:

$50,000

Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC)

Support of the NACC NRM Environmental Project.

Amount:

$130,000

Chapman Valley Agriculture Society Inc.

Mid West Community Grant: Funding the Interactive climbing frame t at the Chapman Valley Agricultural Society 75th Rural Agricultural show.

Amount:

$4,000

Society of Petroleum Engineers WA

Sponsorship

Amount:

$4,500

Dongara Golf Club

2025 Oil & Gas Weekend – Corporate Sponsorship

Amount:

$1,000

Yamatji Southern Regional Corporation (YSRC)

NAIDOC Community Event Light Up The Skies

Amount:

$30,000

Royal Life Saving Soceity of WA

Funding the RLSSWA’s Swim n Survive program for the Mid West.

Amount:

$100,000

Clontarf Foundation (Geraldton Academies)

Sponsoring the Clontarf Foundation’s two Academies based in Geraldton, WA.

Amount:

$50,000

Eneabba Primary School

Mid West Community Grant: Support for the Eneabba Primary School’s new playground build.

Amount:

$4,000

For A Better Chapman Valley

Mid West Community Grant: funding for the ‘2024/2025 Music & Movie Nights’

Amount:

$2,940

Irwin Districts Historical Society

Mid West Community Grant: support for the 2024 State History Conference being histed by IDHS in September 2024.

Amount:

$2,852

Morawa Community Resource Centre (CRC)

Mid West Community Grant: funding the purchase of ten gazebos and sides to help community outdoor events.

Amount:

$4,000

Shire of Coorow

Mid West Community Grant: funding dog agility equipment for the dog exercise area at Rotary Park, Coorow.

Amount:

$4,000

Dongara Police Legacy

Dongara Police Legacy and Community Golf Day

Amount:

$1,000

Carnamah Bowling Club

Carnamah Bowling Club Open Days – 21 and 22 September 2024

Amount:

$5,000

Mullewa District High School

High School STEM Grant: supporting the installation of school garden.

Amount:

$1,000

Holland Street School (Geraldton)

High School STEM Grant: supporting purchase of STEM kits for school.

Amount:

$1,000

Champion Bay Senior High School (Geraldton)

High School STEM Grant: supporting purchase of virtual reality headsets.

Amount:

$1,000

Shire of Irwin

Milo Road Upgrade Project

Amount:

600,000

Dongara Denison Biggest Morning Tea

Cancer Council Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea

Amount:

$3,000

Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC)

Environmental Project: House and Home; Safeguarding Native Species

Amount:

$66,000

Dongara District High School P&C

Year 6 Camp Fundraising

Amount:

$5,000

Energy Club of Western Australia

Next Generation Schools Program (with Perth Basin expansion)

Amount:

$10,000

Coorow Primary School

Playground extension and upgrade

Amount:

$20,000

Central Regional TAFE

‘Waitsia Indigenous STEM Scholarship’

Amount:

$6,000

Tourism Geraldton Mid West

Shore Leave Festival partnership with Central Regional TAFE

Amount:

$5,000

Central Regional TAFE

Major Award Sponsor – Graduation & Awards Ceremony

Amount:

$1,000

Dongara Bush Fire Brigade

Donation to the Dongara Bush Fire Brigade in support of their activities.

Amount:

$3,000

Dongara Golf Club

Oil & Gas Golf Weekend

Amount:

$1,000

Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute

GCCSI Conference sponsorship

Amount:

$5,000

Society of Petroleum Engineers WA

Sponsorship

Amount:

$4,500

Central Regional TAFE

Scholarship: Indigenous Students in STEM Courses.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara Police

Police Legacy & Community Golf Day

Amount:

$1,000

Energy Club WA

Next Generation Schools Program, with Perth Basin expansion

Amount:

$10,000

Geraldton Universities Centre

Upgrade of two classroom smartboards

Amount:

$15,382

Irwin District Charity Ball

Silver Sponsorship

Amount:

$2,500

Shire of Coorow

Coorow Community ‘Have a Go Day’ and Grand Opening of Coorow Aquatic Centre event

Amount:

$3,000

Shire of Irwin

Shire of Irwin Industry Expo

Amount:

$2,500

Shire of Irwin

Magic on Moreton 2023 event

Amount:

$4,200

St John Ambulance WA

St John WA Ambulance Communications Upgrade Initiative.

Amount:

$117,000

West Midlands Group

Research support.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara District High School

Purchase of Cricut machine and accessories

Amount:

$974

Jurien Bay District High School

Support for student Solar Car Competition

Amount:

$1,000

Central Regional TAFE

Scholarship: Indigenous Students in STEM Courses.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara Police

Police Legacy & Community Golf Day

Amount:

$1,000

Dongara Osprey Girl Guides

Supporting the purchase of camping equipment for new guide unit.

Amount:

$200

Dongara Men in Sheds

Memorial Park lighting project

Amount:

$2,500

Energy Club WA

Next Generation Schools Program

Amount:

$8,090

Irwin District Sub Centre St John Ambulance

Support for Heart Starter campaign

Amount:

$7,000

Shire of Irwin

Magic on Moreton Event

Amount:

$4,400

Soroptimist International Group of Geraldton

‘Pink Up High Tea’ as a fundraising event for the ‘Pink Up Dongara Denison’ in support of the McGrath Foundation

Amount:

$2,750

West Australian Symphony Orchestra

Dongara Music Education Program – delivered to the students of Dongara District High School

Amount:

$15,000

Lifeline WA

Partnership

Amount:

$4,000

Lifeline WA

Support for ‘Light Up the Night’ fundraser

Amount:

$4,000

Mingenew Irwin Group

Research support

Amount:

$2,500

West Midlands Group

Research support

Amount:

$5,000

Central Regional TAFE

Scholarship: Indigenous Students in STEM Courses.

Amount:

$5,000

Dongara Golf Club

Oil & Gas Weekend

Amount:

$1,000

Dongara Junior Football Club

Contribution to complete the scoreboard installation

Amount:

$12,500

Energy Club of WA

Next Generation Schools Program

Amount:

$7,000