Sponsorships
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
Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2025)
Dongara Bush Fire Brigade
Amount:
$5,500
Centacare Family Services
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.
Amount:
$4,000
Dongara Horseriding Club Inc
Amount:
$4,000
Irwin District Charity Ball
Amount:
$4,000
Morawa District High School Parents and Citizens Association Inc.
Amount:
$4,000
WA Centre for Rural Health
Amount:
$4,000
Dongara District High School Year 6 Camp
2025 Year 6 Camp Sponsorship.
Amount:
$5,000
Dongara Junior Football Club
Amount:
$5,000
Dongara Golf Club
Amount:
$10,000
Mid West Chamber of Commerce and Industry
Amount:
$8,500
Rural Regional Remote Network
Amount:
$15,000
Spokes Cycle Club
Funding the Strada Rosa cycling event (east of Walkaway)
Amount:
$160,000
Lions Club of Dongara Denison Inc.
Amount:
$75,000
SHINE
Amount:
$50,000
Northern Agricultural Catchment Council (NACC)
Amount:
$130,000
Chapman Valley Agriculture Society Inc.
Amount:
$4,000
MEPAU Corporate Sponsorships (2025)
Yamatji Southern Regional Corporation (YSRC)
Amount:
$30,000
Dongara Golf Club
2025 Oil & Gas Weekend – Corporate Sponsorship
Amount:
$1,000
Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2024)
Royal Life Saving Soceity of WA
Amount:
$100,000
Clontarf Foundation (Geraldton Academies)
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
Amount:
$2,940
Irwin Districts Historical Society
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
Amount:
$4,000
Dongara Police Legacy
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)
Amount:
$1,000
Champion Bay Senior High School (Geraldton)
High School STEM Grant: supporting purchase of virtual reality headsets.
$1,000
Shire of Irwin
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
Amount:
$10,000
Coorow Primary School
Playground extension and upgrade
Amount:
$20,000
Central Regional TAFE
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
MEPAU Corporate Sponsorships (2024)
Dongara Bush Fire Brigade
Donation to the Dongara Bush Fire Brigade in support of their activities.
Amount:
$3,000
Dongara Golf Club
Amount:
$1,000
Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute
GCCSI Conference sponsorship
Amount:
$5,000
Society of Petroleum Engineers WA
Sponsorship
Amount:
$4,500
Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2023)
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
MEPAU Corporate Sponsorships (2023)
West Midlands Group
Research support.
Amount:
$5,000
Mid West Community Grant Recipients (2023)
Breezes Netball Club
Support for club uniforms.
Amount:
$4,000
Coorow Community
Coorow Community Christmas Tree event
Amount:
$3,000
Desert Blue Connect
To host a Community Wellbeing Project in the Shire of Morawa
Amount:
$4,000
Eneabba Community Playgroup
Fence materials for playground.
Amount:
$4,000
Foodbank of Western Australia
To deliver a ‘Learn. Cook. Share.’ nutrition program in Geraldton
Amount:
$4,000
Green Head Coast Care
Installation of steps to provide safe access to Anchorage Bay
Amount:
$2,750
Green Head Sporting Club Inc.
Replacement of corroded fence and gate at Green Head Tennis Club.
Amount:
$3,950
Green Head Sporting Club
Installation of concrete floor in the tennis shed.
Amount:
$2,772
Horrocks Town Team / Northampton Shire
Supporting the building of a footbridge at the new Horrocks Town Lookout.
Amount:
$4,000
Irwin District Sub Centre St John Ambulance
To host a youth workshop for First Aid training, and support a ‘thank you’ event for volunteers.
Amount:
$4,000
Morawa Golf & Bowling Club
Replace function room chairs
Amount:
$4,000
High School STEM Grants (2023)
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
Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2022)
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:
$2,500
Dongara Men in Sheds
Memorial Park lighting project
Amount:
$8,090
Energy Club WA
Next Generation Schools Program
Amount:
$7,000
Irwin District Sub Centre St John Ambulance
Support for Heart Starter campaign
Amount:
$500
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
MEPAU Corporate Sponsorships (2022)
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
Waitsia Joint Venture Sponsorship Recipients (2021)
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
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