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Money, funding, grants, submission, wealth, success, Townsville, Gerard Byrne, Gerard, Motivation, Australia, ourcommunity, Townsville Enterprise Limited, Great Barrier Reef, Wet Tropics, Towsville Chamber of Commerce
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Charters Towers, Saturday, 10 September 2012
Presentedby
Gerard Byrne
Charters Towers Regional Council Volunteering North Queensland
Blueprint for the Bush
Some housekeeping to start with -
Evacuation – main exits in an orderly fashionMobile Phones – please turn off or silent modeAmenities – at the end of the buildingBreaks – Lunch at middayFinish – before 2pm
Your presenter today – Gerard Byrne
20 years experience in submission writingCo-author, Grants Management in AustraliaChair, NQ Community Supporting PoliceNational Not for Profit AdvisorServed on numerous boards, committeesTownsville based
What will we cover today?
How to turn your great idea into a winning submission in 2012
Where to find the facts and figures in Charters Towers (and elsewhere) to support your case
Building successful partnerships in Charters Towers and beyond
What do you want covered today?
Pair up with the person on your left
Agree on one thing you want to take home from
today
We will write it up on the whiteboard
At the end of the session, we will check that it
has been covered
Some assumptions?
Familiarity with writing grants applications and
submissions
Comfortable using computers and the internet
Understand research methods
Some established networks in Charters Towers
Submission Writing 2012
Why do you want to write a submission
Partner another organisation, attract a patron
Gain Council Support and / or resources
Access Government and Private Grants
Gain Corporate Support and / or sponsorship
Submission Writing 2012
How to turn your idea into a successful submission
Purpose
Pitch
Planning
Submission Writing 2012
Project Title – Purpose and Pitch
Charters Towers Youth Project
A project to provide Charters Towers youth with work
skills for the job market in 2020.
Submission Writing 2012
WHAT DO WE MEAN BY PLANNING?
Ten Point Plan
1. Plan Ahead
2. READ the Guidelines – use highlighter
3. PHONE the contact person
4. Be realistic
5. Do your homework
6. Gather your evidence
7. Collaboration
8. How can you measure your outcomes
9. Tailor your grant application to the criteria
10. Always proofread your own work
Submission Writing 2012
Project Planning Checklist
The Project Planning Checklist is prepared and revised
regularly.
The Project Planning List forms the basis of future
submissions.
Not all the information is needed in every application.
Have others comment on the checklist.
Submission Writing 2012
Project Planning Checklist
What is your project?
Complete the first page with the person beside you.
What are the facts and figures you need?
What resources / people do you need.
Any Questions?
(Short Break)
Submission Writing 2012
How to prepare a budget?
What is a budget?
Refer to the Ourcommunity website?
Use the Westpac Treasurer’s Guide
Treating in-kind
Submission Writing 2012
How to use Wikipedia?
What is Wikipedia?
What to use, what not to use?
Checking References
Cross checking multiple entries in Wikipedia
Submission Writing 2012
How to use Social Media?
Facebook? Consider having a “Page” (photos)
Is Twitter for you? Using alerts in Twitter.
Linkedin to contact content experts
Promoting events: Alerts and Photos
Submission Writing 2012
How to use Google/Search Engines?
Be as specifc as possible
Specify pages from Australia
Link off the Ourcommunity website for links
Google Alerts, Google+, Docs
Submission Writing 2012
How to make your submission stand out
Catchy Title
Facts Figures and Faces (3 F Rule)
Primacy and Immediacy Rule
Rule of Three
Submission Writing 2012
How to make your submission stand out
Facts, Figures, and Faces (3 F Rule)
“Charters Towers is a major regional centre of 8,000 residents, 137 klms inland from Townsville,
located in Tropical North Queensland, Australia.”
(Check www.wikipedia.org for more details.)
Submission Writing 2012
Facts, Figures, and Faces
Number of people involved
Number of possible beneficiaries / users / customers
Geography / region
Percentages
Trends
Comparisons (Apples and Oranges)
Charts
Submission Writing 2012
Possible sources of Facts, Figures, and Faces Charters Towers Regional Council Library
Townsville Enterprise Limited
Chamber of Commerce
Local Members of Parliament (ring or email if necessary)
Google (beware how time consuming this may take
Websites (www.ourcommunity.com.au, www.deedi.qld.gov.au)
Newspapers eg Townsville Bulletin
Your networks
Submission Writing 2012
Example of Facts and Figures
Bernard Salt Report May 2011
“…population of around 180,000. It was forecast to add 64,000 people - about 4000 people a year - to around 236,000 by 2026.
Mr Salt said the growth would lift Townsville from Australia's 13th to 12th-largest city, surpassing Geelong - a position it was likely to hold for at least a generation.
The growth would require the building of 21,000 new dwellings over the next 15 years, meaning the development of at least another two or three suburbs.
The growth would support about $4.26 billion worth of new residential mortgages and add another $640 million in new retail spending.”
Source: Finlay Homes Newsletter May 2011
Grants Sources
Newspapers
Word of Mouth
Internet / Websites (eg www.grantslink.gov.au)
Local Government Councilors
Local Members of Parliament
Council Libraries
Volunteering North Queensland
Building Successful Partnerships
Be clear on what you want to achieve, letters of support
Include in your Project Plan Checklist
Identify who your ideal partner/s should be
Plan how to meet and recruit your ideal partner (eg third party
referrals)
Agree in writing (Memorandum of Understanding - MOU)
Manage and promote the relationship (eg Patron)
Set an end date
Build on your partnerships and past successes
Building Successful Partnerships
Examples:
Townsville Foodbank
North Queensland Cowboys
Communities for Children Forum, Townsville, 15 June 2011
REFERENCES
Submission Writing Ten Point Model
Grants Writing Tips (Do’s and Don’ts)
References (eg Ourcommunity Books, etc)
(www.ourcommunity.com.au)
Volunteering North Queensland Website
(www.volunteeringnthqld.org.au)
How to make Google work for you?
Google Alerts
If in doubt, “Google it”.
2011 Workshop Program
Questions?
Thank you for your attendance today
Need further help?
Charters Towers Regional Council
www.charterstowers.qld.gov.au
Blueprint for the Bush
www.deedi.qld.gov.au
Volunteering North Queensland
www.volunteeringnthqld.org.au