Good afternoon staff, please find attached current grant updates, including opportunities, community notices and your responsibilities as applicants of previous grant rounds.

Please find attached November’s grant opportunities, sourced from Our Community grant’s newsletter, Grants Network Bulletin and other grant subscriptions. The latest Easy Grants Bulletin is also available from the Grant opportunities page which has great ideas for Council staff, as well as grant ideas for your local community, not for profit groups and networks. Many grants that Council cannot apply for, we can auspice or partner with a local community group and acquire funds that way. Feel free to discuss ideas you have with me if you need a sounding board. The latest Our Community Matters newsletter is also in, with interesting articles such as “Seven rules for work-life balance” (page 1) Workplace giving to charities (page 9), and Energy efficient loans on page 10 (bank loans used to purchase products or equipment that will save energy and/or lower carbon emissions).

Send grant updates to: grants@darebin.vic.gov.au or Julia Cirillo on 8470 8121

The Collaborative Council – Sustainability Fund Partnership Program Round 3 involves a total of $300,000 (proposals will be funded up
to $75,000) being provided to Victorian
councils working in partnership groups
to develop business cases or ndertake
feasibility studies. The program aims to encourage councils to work together to find environmentally friendly solutions which also reduce costs for councils and their communities.

The closing date for the next round of the Program funding is 31 January 2017.
Round 4 will close 30 June 2017.

Joint proposals from groups of councils that meet the program criteria (outlined in
the application form) will be funded up to $75,000 to develop a business case or
feasibility study, with the group to match 50 per cent of the funded amount by
in-kind services or financial contribution. More details are at:
http://www.delwp.vic.gov.au/collaborative-councils. Layton Vivian, the coordinator
of the program can be contacted on 9948 8533.