Our Objects

The MADCA was founded in Sept, 1990, as a result the amalgamation of the Mapleton and District Rate Payers Association and the Mapleton Farmers and Fruit Growers Progress Association. The constitution was updated in 2024. Our goals are described in our objects. They are to:

1. The association is established to be a charity whose purpose is to advance social or public welfare by providing:
   • inclusive community activities and events that celebrate the local environment and bring community members together;
   • grant funding to local not-for-profit community groups;
   • auspicing services to local not-for- profit community groups;
   • other support services to community groups and members.
2. The association is established to be a charity with a purpose of enhancing the natural environment of Australia by promoting sustainability and sustainable development and use of resources in the local area.
3. To promote community awareness of future developments by providing information, education and access to resources.
4. The association is established to be a charity with the purpose of enhancing the Mapleton area by advocating for additions and improvements to local infrastructure and amenities.
5. The association is established to be a charity with the purpose of advancing tourism in Australia, particularly in Mapleton and the surrounding area by:
   • organising and supporting events that will attract visitors to the area;
   • working with government at all levels to ensure that the interests of the tourism industry are represented in regard to the public decision-making process, and
   • providing a forum for all people engaged in the tourism industry to discuss best practice and enhancing the future of the industry.
6. To do such things as are incidental or conducive to the attainment of any or all of these objects