Red Tape Busters – Volunteering Sunny Coast

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Red Tape Busters

• Delivered by
• Shane Bowering
• Director
• Red Tape Busters Pty Ltd

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From Little things Bigger Things Grow

• Created Opportunity to leave Public Sector
• Started Planning Business (TCATS)
• Job Application/PT Consultants
• Asked to lobby QT
• Brisbane Extra
• ACA
• Sunday Mail
• Talk Back Radio/ABC
• Rest is History

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Evolving Services

• Started as Lobbyists and writing Job Applications
  
• Moved into Grant Writing
• Then Business/Strategic Plans
• Now Organisational Development and
• Tenders

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Successes

• Lobbying rezonings, resumptions, banks,
  telecommunications, Government, Councils.
• Grants - 21.7 million for hospital project, 4.9
  million for disability accommodation, 1million
  in funding for agricultural peak body, 600k for
  translation services, 470k for a respite
  service, 400k for museum display, 340k for
  farming enterprise, 220k for abattoir
• Tenders - 13 million Woolworths tender, 6.4
  million for construction project

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Secrets to Grant Writing

• Professional Organisation
• Strategic Plans
• Develop Projects
• Project Plans/Business Cases
• Partnering
• Identify Grant Opportunities
• Match Grants to Projects
• Submission Writing

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Secrets to Grant Writing

• Acquittal
• Reports

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Professional Organisation

• Constitution
• Defined and Publicised Aims/Goals/Objectives
• Smooth Functioning Committee
• Skilled Committee Members
• Defined Roles and Responsibilities
• Volunteer/Support Base
• Strategic Plan
• Project Plans

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Professional Organisation

• Regular Committee Meetings which report on
  outcomes and actions
• Policies and Procedures in place
• Regular review of Strategic Plan and strategic
  direction

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Strategic Plan

• What information should be included in a
  Strategic Plan?

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Strategic Plan

• Strategic Plans should include the following-
• Overview/History of Organisation
• Goals/Objectives/Projects for the next three to
  five years
• SWOT Analysis
• Financial Information
• Supported by a yearly Operational Plan

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Project Planning

• Ability to deliver time, skills
• Cost
• Does project support overall objectives and
  direction?
• Can we partner?
• Is project fundable?
• Can we incorporate different project foci?
• Where might funding come from?
• What outcomes will the project realise?

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Project Foci

• Disability
• Women
• ATSI
• CALD
• Arts/Culture
• Sport/Rec
• Health
• Children

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Project Foci

• Disadvantage
• Youth
• Homelessness

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Project Plans/Business Cases

• Project Plans/Business Cases should be developed
  for complex projects
• Used to give direction and to manage projects
• Used to support funding submissions -RDA
• Spells out timelines/tasks/responsibilities
• Provides rational and evidence for need for
  project
• Details costings/budget and cost/benefit

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Identifying Grant Opportunities

• Local Council
• State Government - www.qld.gov.au/grants/
• Federal Government www.grantslink.gov.au

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Identifying Grant Opportunities

• Our Community www.ourcommunity.com.au
• Philanthropy Online - www.philanthropy.org.au
• Newspapers (Sat and Wed)
• State and Federal Members

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Identify Grant Opportunities

• Networking
• Corporate grants ie McDonalds/Telstra/Comm Bank
• Must identify ALL possible grant opportunities

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Matching Projects to Programs

• Matching programs projects
• Criteria to consider
• Geographic location
• Purpose of funding
• Eligibility requirements
• Target groups

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Matching Projects to Programs

• Funding type
• Amount available
• Allowable expenditure
• Excluded expenditure
• Timelines
• Accountability

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Matching Projects to Programs

• Match projects to most suitable funding program
• Prepare Matrix forward plan over next 6 months
  at least

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Submission Writing

• What are the key aspects of successful submission
  writing?

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Submission Writing

• Guidelines read the guidelines, read the
  guidelines read the guidelines
• Audience
• No Acronyms
• Consider font, format, space/character/word
  limits

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Submission Writing

• Know the funding organisation
• Deconstruct the question
• Talk the talk align language
• Clear succinct

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Submission Writing

• Reference to other documents
• Dot point, figures, abbreviations
• Draft, refine, draft, refine
• Write with passion but be fair dinkum

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Acquittal

• Invoices receipts
• Bank statements
• Financial records
• Profit loss
• Insurance certificates
• Treasurers report
• Audited financial statement
• Letters from suppliers
• Letters of thanks

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Reports

• Prepare reports as required by Fund Manager
• Keep them informed throughout
• Ensure any changes/obstacles/problems are
  communicated and endorsed as appropriate

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Twitter/Facebook/Website

• Please follow us on-
• Twitter RedTapeBusters
• Facebook Red Tape Busters
• Website www.redtapebusters.com