The City of Melbourne provides training for local community organisations to build their capacity to better manage and run their organisations.
Current courses
Grant writing
Grant writing – project planning and evaluation
Grant writing – building a project budget
Venue, eligibility and booking details
Grant writing
Course outline
- Where to look for grants
- How to understand what grant bodies are looking for
- Common questions and how to approach them
- Preparing your grant budget
- Responsibilities when managing your grant
Dates:
Friday 16 March 2012, 10am to 4pm
or
Thursday 17 May 2012, 10am to 4pm
Grant writing – project planning and evaluation
Course outline
Bring your project to life. This workshop will focus on taking your project from the idea phase to on-the-ground implementation to evaluation.
Learn some practical tips on how to:
- get the community involved
- engage partners
- evaluate the success of your project.
Date:
Thursday 22 March 2012, 10am to 1pm
or
Thursday 24 May 2012, 5.30pm to 8.30pm
Grant writing – building a project budget
Course outline
Come along and prepare a budget fit for any funding application.
Learn all there is to know about the many components of building a project budget, including:
- Income
- Expenditure
- Salary breakdown
- In-kind support
- What to do if you don’t receive all the money you asked for
Dates:
Thursday 29 March 2012, 10am to noon
or
Thursday 31 May 2012, 5.30pm to 7.30pm
Venue:
Adult Multicultural Education Service
Multicultural Hub
506 Elizabeth Street
Melbourne
VIC 3000
Eligibility:
To be eligible to attend this training you must be from:
- A not-for-profit community organisation; and
- An organisation that is located in or provides services to City of Melbourne community.
Cost:
Free, refreshments and light lunch provided.
Who should attend:Community organisation representatives (committee members, workers and volunteers) that have not had much experience in applying for grants, for example sports clubs, multicultural groups, resident groups, service organisations and arts organisations and agencies.
Bookings:
- Bookings are essential as particpant numbers to all sessions are limited.
- People who have not booked will not be allowed entry.
- There is a maximum of two (2) participants per organisation per course.
- Please state at the time of booking if an interpreter is required.
- If there is not adequate interest in the sessions they may be cancelled. If there is adequate interest there may be additional sessions held.
RSVP by email or phone on (03) 9658 9986.
Sponsored membership at Hub Melbourne
The City of Melbourne has joined forces with Hub Melbourne and has provided sponsored membership for eight organisations to Hub Melbourne.
An expression of interest process opened to the community in June this year. Interested organisations submitted information about why they wanted to become members and what difference a membership would make to their organisation, their nominated project and the local community.
The City of Melbourne reviewed applications and offered membership to organisations that had a focus on community strengthening, social inclusion or sustainability. Here’s a full list of organisations that have been offered sponsorship:
This partnership is a pilot and the City of Melbourne will evaluate the collaborations and assess the value-add that the exposure provided during the six month memberships.
The City of Melbourne hopes to share the outcomes and be able to demonstrate and possibly quantify what has been gained by connecting widely, across all sectors be they private, public, not for profit or academic.
So stay tuned – by March 2012, we will have some interesting stories to tell.
To find out more about Hub Melbourne, visit the Hub Melbourne website
If you have questions, please contact Voula Sarhanis, Community Development Grants and Sponsorship Officer on 03 9658 9658 or email commstrength@melbourne.vic.gov.au