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Funding News
Upcoming Conference on New Trends in Volunteering
The 12th National Conference on Volunteering will be held from 3 ??? 5 September 2008 at the Radisson Resort Gold Coast, Queensland, with the theme of Catch the New Waves. This theme offers the opportunity to explore current and emerging trends in volunteering and discuss their relevance to social inclusion, community capacity building and corporate social responsibility.
For more info see www.volunteeringaustralia.org/conference.
South Australia Innovation and Investment Fund (SAIIF) - Industry Development Program
The A$30 million South Australia Innovation and Investment Fund (SAIIF) - Industry Development Program has been set up by the Australian and South Australian Governments to assist with industry development in South Australia following the decision of Mitsubishi Motors Australia Limited to cease manufacturing in Tonsley Park, Adelaide.
This discretionary grant program has total funding of $30 million (less administration costs) and is designed to fund innovative job creation projects to strengthen South Australia's manufacturing and technology base. All industry sectors are eligible to apply including the information technology and services sectors.
Funding will be provided for up to 50 per cent of the eligible capital costs of the investment proposals, primarily being for plant and equipment and excluding land, buildings and infrastructure with the maximum grant being $5 million. Applications involving capital investment of less than $500,000 will not be eligible and investment proposals resulting in the creation of new jobs in South Australia at the expense of jobs elsewhere in Australia will not be supported. The program will be focused on Adelaide's southern suburbs although projects from other areas within the state will be considered.
Fund Focus
Small Grants for Small Rural Communities
This is a useful grant for small community groups to benefit people in rural and remote communities as a collaborative program supported by grants from the William Buckland Foundation, Perpetual Trustees, The RE Ross Trust, The Pratt Foundation, The Myer Foundation, DoTaRS, the Ian Potter Foundation, The Yulgilbar Foundation and the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR). The next closing round is 30th of September 2008 so start preparing your applications now.
Not-for-profit Organisations can apply for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for communities living in small rural and remote locations in Australia, contributing to their development in social and community welfare, economic, environmental, health, education or cultural areas.
Applications from communities with a population of 10,000 or less will receive priority. Projects must be for a charitable purpose (benefit the whole community). As this a collaborative fund there are some funds which are restricted either to Deductible Gift Recipients (DGRs) or to within Victoria, though the greater portion of unrestricted funds are available for general charitable purposes. All applications for projects which are charitable will be received and considered. Organisations should also have an ABN. Organisations demonstrating Community Partnerships will be preferred to multiple applications from one community.
Currently, preference will be given to projects that support:
- Community hardship in drought effected areas;
- Community infrastructure;
- Resettlement of immigrants in rural Australia;
- Retention of young people in rural and regional Australia.
Grants will be made in amounts up to $5,000.
Funding Tips
A successful funding application generally has 75% of the effort and time put into the supporting materials, with 25% of time and effort directed to the actual writing of the funding application. Not only is it important to have good quality supporting materials, these materials also allow you to convey important points about your project that are difficult to fully explain within the funding application due to word limits.
Almost every funding program will require written quotes to be provided from suppliers, it is more effective if you include two or three quotes for each expense item. Other support material is highly dependant on the type of project you are undertaking but may include; architectural drawings (or at least floor plans, architectural illustrations or draftsman's impressions), business plans, likely schedules of events, likely booking sheets, feasibility studies and many more. Almost every funding application will also require letters of support. There are three types of letters of support, one is from those directly impacted by the problem you are overcoming, two are general community support letters from politicians and community members and the third is from those who will provide in-kind, cash or materials support to the project.
For help in developing high quality support materials for your funding applications see our sister company FundAssist at http://www.fundassist.com.au |
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