COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM

Strengthening community capacity;Addressing the needs ofethnic communities;Combating disadvantage;Promoting communitycohesion and harmony; andInclusive to the whole community and demonstrate the value of Victoria’s rich multicultural heritage.

OBJECTIVES

ELIGIBILITY

ABN Incorporation

Not for Profit

Other Option:Auspice

20+ members

FUNDS AVAILABLE

$2.4M Organisational Support including Seniors

$850K Strengthening Multicultural Communities

$140K Community Language Schools

$300K Buildings and Facilities

$1.3M Multicultural Festivals and Events

$400K Multifaith and Interfaith

ORGANISATIONAL SUPPORT CATEGORY

Organisational Support and Seniors Citizens Organisational SupportGrants of up to $5,000 to support the general running costs and regular activities of community based multicultural organisationsGroups with 60% of members born overseasand over the age of 60 are eligible forSeniors Citizens Organisational Support.Seniors groups can also access publicliability insurance

Supports out-of-hours, not-for profit community language schools within Victoria. There are four subcategories available:

Support for new and existing community languageschools – Grants of up to $5,000 are available tocommunity language schools, NOT funded under theDepartment of Education and Early ChildhoodDevelopment’s Community Language SchoolsProgram, to assist with establishment and operatingcosts.

Professional Development of Teachers – Grants ofup to $10,000 are available to support groups ofcommunity language schools develop languagespecific teaching and learning materials.

COMMUNITY  LANGUAGE  SCHOOL  PROGRAMS

Student in-country study toursGrants of up to $2,500 to support community language schools provide short-term, overseas student-in-country study programs.

Materials DevelopmentGrants of up to $5,000 to support groups of community language schools develop language specific teaching and learning materials.

COMMUNITY  LANGUAGE  PROGRAMS:  CONTINUED

Multifaith activitiesGrants of up to $10,000 to bring together different faiths and community groups, or continued projects by established interfaith networks

Interfaith NetworksGrants of up to $20,000 for projects that assist in the establishment of new interfaith networks, or build capacity and sustainability in existing interfaith networks

MULTIFAITH  AND  INTERFAITH  NETWORKS  CATEGORY

Grants of up to $20,000 are available for projects that address the unmet needs of Victoria’s culturally and linguistically diverse communities.

Activities that increase capacity within emergingcommunities and multicultural networks to self-manage and engage in community life.Provision of assistance to migrant and refugee womenand/or young people.Heritage projects documenting the contribution ofmigrants and refugees in Victoria.Activities addressing disadvantages and/or provideinformation and service.

STRENGTHENING MULTICULTURAL COMMUNITIES

Participation:

Reaching out to the broader

community, youth, seniors.

Focus on inclusiveness.

Cultural Heritage:

Preserving and sharing cultural

heritage with the next

generation.

Cross-Cultural:

Bringing together diverse cultures where

possible.

Respect:

Differences are ok.

Demonstrating positive impact

of culture on Victoria.

MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

A festival is an occasion for celebration that occurs ona one-off or semi-regular basis, such as once a year.It’s about culture first and foremost.Municipal councils cannot apply (however, can auspice).Grant requests over $10,000 should contact the VMC.

Examples include:National Day Celebrations involving the broadercommunity;Cultural Day celebrations including performances;Conferences relating to culture; andPerformances of culture.

MULTICULTURAL FESTIVALS AND EVENTS

Open to the whole community:

Multi-use facilities

Improves Health and Safety:

Disability Access and Usability

No previous funding in 2013-14:

Building must be owned or leased from a not-for-profit organisation, and not a place of worship

BUILDINGS AND FACILITIES IMPROVEMENTS CATEGORY

WHAT WILL NOT BE FUNDED?

For Profit GamblingRetrospective

Funding

Competitions Political Fund raising

Transport Interstate Buying Land Overdue

Reports

The online grant system can be accessed through:

www.multicultural.vic.gov.au

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS

Key points to remember:Make sure you enter your email address correctly-emails about the grants process may be sent to you;Continually save your work as you go so you don’t lose your work when the system times out after 60 minutes;Read each section carefully and fill out all relevant fields.Stick to the word limit- it is generally 250 words; Make sure you SUBMIT your application at the end by pressing the SUBMIT button; andYou will receive an email copy of your application- if you don’t, there has been a problem.

ONLINE APPLICATION PROCESS

Major Grants Round:Grant Round Opens – mid-October Grant Round Closes – mid-DecemberAssessment Period - January to MayFunding Announcements - Late JuneGrants Distributed – July

Festivals and Events February for Round OneJuly for Round Two

KEY DATES

Debbie DarnellDeborah.darnell@vmc.vic.gov.au03 9651 0641 orDavid Bomforddavid.bomford@dpc.vic.gov.au03 9651 0602 orLaura Duncanlaura.ducnan@dpc.vic.gov.au03 9651 0653

To apply online for grants visitwww.multicultural.vic.gov.au

COMMUNITY GRANTS PROGRAM

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