The Central West Women's Health Centre in Bathurst will use the funding to run the Express Yourself Youth Arts Program.

The program will help young girls and women who identify with the LGBTQIA community come together at the centre and "engage in a range of creative arts to build confidence, resilience and develop ongoing support, networks and friendships".

The $3000 for the centre in Bathurst is part of $18,911 in funding for seven small arts projects around the region announced in the 2020 round of the Country Arts Support Program (CASP).

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"These seven projects offer exciting opportunities to communities, arts-makers and audiences in the region," Arts OutWest executive director Tracey Callinan said.

"They also provide employment opportunities to local artists and arts workers."

She said the seven funded projects "will employ nearly two dozen local, professional arts practitioners and utilise hundreds of volunteer hours".

Arts NSW's Country Arts Support Program is a funding program administered by Regional Arts NSW and local regional arts organisations on behalf of the NSW Government. Applications are assessed locally by a panel.

Arts OutWest is the regional arts development organisation, servicing the 11 local government areas of Bathurst Region, Blayney, Cabonne, Cowra, Forbes, Lachlan, Lithgow, Oberon, Orange, Parkes and Weddin.