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Title: Red Tape Busters – Volunteering Sunny Coast


1
Red Tape Busters
  • Delivered by
  • Shane Bowering
  • Director
  • Red Tape Busters Pty Ltd

2
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

3
Evolving Services
  • Started as Lobbyists and writing Job Applications
  • Moved into Grant Writing
  • Then Business/Strategic Plans
  • Now Organisational Development and
  • Tenders

4
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

5
Secrets to Grant Writing
  • Professional Organisation
  • Strategic Plans
  • Develop Projects
  • Project Plans/Business Cases
  • Partnering
  • Identify Grant Opportunities
  • Match Grants to Projects
  • Submission Writing

6
Secrets to Grant Writing
  • Acquittal
  • Reports

7
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

8
Professional Organisation
  • Regular Committee Meetings which report on
    outcomes and actions
  • Policies and Procedures in place
  • Regular review of Strategic Plan and strategic
    direction

9
Strategic Plan
  • What information should be included in a
    Strategic Plan?

10
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

11
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?

12
Project Foci
  • Disability
  • Women
  • ATSI
  • CALD
  • Arts/Culture
  • Sport/Rec
  • Health
  • Children

13
Project Foci
  • Disadvantage
  • Youth
  • Homelessness

14
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

15
Identifying Grant Opportunities
  • Local Council
  • State Government - www.qld.gov.au/grants/
  • Federal Government www.grantslink.gov.au

16
Identifying Grant Opportunities
  • Our Community www.ourcommunity.com.au
  • Philanthropy Online - www.philanthropy.org.au
  • Newspapers (Sat and Wed)
  • State and Federal Members

17
Identify Grant Opportunities
  • Networking
  • Corporate grants ie McDonalds/Telstra/Comm Bank
  • Must identify ALL possible grant opportunities

18
Matching Projects to Programs
  • Matching programs projects
  • Criteria to consider
  • Geographic location
  • Purpose of funding
  • Eligibility requirements
  • Target groups

19
Matching Projects to Programs
  • Funding type
  • Amount available
  • Allowable expenditure
  • Excluded expenditure
  • Timelines
  • Accountability

20
Matching Projects to Programs
  • Match projects to most suitable funding program
  • Prepare Matrix forward plan over next 6 months
    at least

21
Submission Writing
  • What are the key aspects of successful submission
    writing?

22
Submission Writing
  • Guidelines read the guidelines, read the
    guidelines read the guidelines
  • Audience
  • No Acronyms
  • Consider font, format, space/character/word
    limits

23
Submission Writing
  • Know the funding organisation
  • Deconstruct the question
  • Talk the talk align language
  • Clear succinct

24
Submission Writing
  • Reference to other documents
  • Dot point, figures, abbreviations
  • Draft, refine, draft, refine
  • Write with passion but be fair dinkum

25
Acquittal
  • Invoices receipts
  • Bank statements
  • Financial records
  • Profit loss
  • Insurance certificates
  • Treasurers report
  • Audited financial statement
  • Letters from suppliers
  • Letters of thanks

26
Reports
  • Prepare reports as required by Fund Manager
  • Keep them informed throughout
  • Ensure any changes/obstacles/problems are
    communicated and endorsed as appropriate

27
Twitter/Facebook/Website
  • Please follow us on-
  • Twitter RedTapeBusters
  • Facebook Red Tape Busters
  • Website www.redtapebusters.com
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