The Hunter New England and Central Coast Primary Health Network event will have organisations giving a Shark Tank-like spiel on their program they’d like to fund.

Strategics initiatives manager Kevin Rigby said 50 groups had downloaded the information pack, but he didn’t expect entries to come in until the last few days.

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“It’s not a big submission [but] if you’re looking at something in terms of between $40,000 and $50,000 of funding, for a small grassroots organisation it can make the world of difference.”

Groups with an Aboriginal health focus are urge to apply by 2pm on Monday, February 26.

The Tamworth event will take place on April 12 and is the second such event.

Invited audience members will have a certain amount to pledge to whichever organisation they feel has a deserving idea.

The first was held in Newcastle in August of last year, and resulted in Moree’s Pius X taking away the second-largest pot of funding of the four “pitchers”, at $47,500 of a possible $162,900.