A $12,000 grant from Qantas will see Boort Men’s Shed helping residents needing short-term mobility assistance.
Shed co-ordinator Ray Stoman said the scooters would keep residents connected and engaged in the community.
“We’ve taken delivery of the two scooters and will be making them available for short-term use by people, seeing them overcome mobility challenges,” he said.
Mr Stoman said the shed applied through Boort Resource and Information Centre for a Qantas regional grant.
“One of our members, Graeme Moresi, made us aware of the grant program ... his son Roger works for Qantas in Sydney,” Mr Stoman said.
“Our application was one of 28 successful this year from among more than 1700 organisations  across Australia.”
This year’s Qantas program distributed $2 million.
More than 80 not-for-profit groups and projects across regional Australia have received a total $5 million in grants since the program launched in 2019.
Mr Stoman said Qantas badges would be fixed to the gophers to recognise the support from the airline for the local project.
“Our members are pleased that we are able to assist elderly residents and give them the ability to continue involvement in the community,” Mr Stoman said.