The successful applicants in the Upper Hunter included Gloucester Public School ($100,000 to modernise playground equipment); Amaroo Park, Scone ($121,220 for a spray pad for children to play in the park); and James Theatre, Dungog ($50,000 to improve the facilities in the theatre).

Upper Hunter MP Michael Johnsen said the electorate would benefit from the projects, voted on by their local communities, which will now be funded by the NSW Government's My Community Project program.

"I would like to thank all our local applicants and sponsors for taking the time and effort to develop their ideas and promote their projects along with the members of our communities who voted," he stated.

"My Community Project captured the imagination of the Upper Hunter with people putting a lot of work into their ideas.

"It was great to see them get behind the projects that matter to them.

"These projects came from the community and were voted on by our communities.

"I now look forward to seeing applicants and sponsors getting on with the job of rolling out these projects and the benefits they will provide to those local communities."

More than $24 million was made available, spread across the entire state, for projects valued between $20,000 and $200,000 that would make communities more liveable, cultural, accessible, safe, revitalised or healthy.

"My Community Project is a great example of real grassroots democracy in action and the projects chosen to receive funding reflected the wishes of the people," Mr Johnsen said.

"I congratulate all of our successful project applicants and urge those projects that were unsuccessful to see if they could be eligible to apply for other NSW Government funding from programs such as Community Building Partnerships, which is now open.

"My Community Project was made possible by the NSW Generations Fund, a sovereign wealth fund that helps maintain debt at sustainable levels, while sharing the benefits of its returns with our local communities across NSW."

For further information, visit www.nsw.gov.au/mycommunityproject