2016 Grants

2016 Grants

Education and Vocational Pathways


Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
$17,392
Regional GO Program
www.accaonline.org.au

Banksia Gardens Community Services
$90,000
BGCS-OUP partnership for Project REAL (Re-engagement in Education And Learning)
www.banksiagardens.org.au

Berry Street Inc
$155,000
Making a long term social impact through education – the Berry Street Education Model
www.berrystreet.org.au

Castlemaine Community House
$30,000
School Kitchen Garden Project – engaging and retaining children and youth in education
www.cch.org.au

Centre for Non Violence
$30,000
A community approach to violence prevention: Central Victorian schools creating cultures of wellbeing
www.solvingthejigsaw.org.au

Centre of Excellence for Aboriginal Health in East Gippsland
$28,500
East Gippsland Aboriginal Health Careers: supporting Koorie students to access health professional training and employment

Ganbina
$35,000
Ganbina Education Program scholarships and includes support for two additional Goulburn Valley Grammar School HMST Scholars
www.ganbina.com.au

Goulburn Valley Grammar School
$171,916
Helen Macpherson Smith Indigenous Scholarship extension to support two additional students
www.gvgs.vic.gov.au

Haven Home Safe
$120,000
Sidney Myer Haven Program (SMHP) Social Curriculum Coordinator
www.havenhomesafe.org.au

Homeless of Melbourne // HoMie Street Store
$35,000
HoMie Vocational Training and Employment Program (Development of HoMie Business Plan)
www.homelessofmelbourne.org

Inner Melbourne VET Cluster Inc
$90,000
Youth2Industry Mentorship Program: IMVC’s Mentorship Program for Melbourne Youth with Disability (name change from STRIVE)
www.imvc.com.au

Melton South Community Centre
$3,600
Health Cooking for Kids
www.meltonsouth.org.au

Preston Reservoir Adult Community Education (PRACE)
$63,378
Information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure revitalisation project
www.prace.vic.edu.au

Shakti Migrant & Refugee Women’s Support Group Melbourne Inc.
$10,000
Seeding the Development of Shakti Melbourne’s Women’s Empowerment Second Chance Life Skills Program
www.shaktiaustralia.org.au

SisterWorks Incorporated
$30,000
SisterWorks Creative Enterprises: Connecting the best Australian practices with a multicultural experience
www.sisterworks.org.au

The Centre: Connecting community in North & West Melbourne Inc
$26,500
Funding the Future…sustainable funding strategy ensuring viability of Global Homework Program (GHP) (called Home Away from Homework Club)
www.centre.org.au

The Social Studio
$30,000
The Social Studio: Strategic Priorities for long term sustainability program
www.thesocialstudio.org

University of Melbourne
$29,830
Improving the academic and social skills of maltreated children in the early primary school years
www.unimelb.edu.au

VICSEG New Futures
$90,000
Learning Together: Parent and Child English Literacy Program
www.vicsegnewfutures.org.au

Wesley Mission Victoria
$30,000
Wesley Australian Disability Enterprise (ADE) – A Pilot for Supported Transition into Open Employment
www.wesley.org.au

Westside Circus Inc
$30,000
Altitude Project Shepparton
www.westsidecircus.org.au

 

 

2016 Grants

Regional Resilience


Bendigo Baptist Community Care Inc.
$14,730
Make A Difference Change Our World – Everyone gets a second chance

Foundation 61 Inc (F61)
$12,155
Storage Freezer
www.foundation61.org.au

Gallery Kaiela Inc
$30,000
Dunguladja — Strong Foundations
https://www.facebook.com/GalleryKaielaIncorporated

Interchange Loddon-Mallee Region Inc.
$27,696
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) Advocacy Project
www.interchangelm.org.au

Melbourne Business School
$110,000
Walking in two worlds — building the organisational capability and capacity of Algabonyah
www.mbs.edu

Moe Life Skills Community Centre
$30,000
Moe Community Hub
www.moelifeskills.vic.edu.au

Playgroup Victoria Inc
$89,640
Transition playgroups in rural/regional Victoria.  Empowering parents, enhancing 0-4 years development and engaging communities
www.playgroup.org.au/

St John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) Inc
$20,547
Medical Assistance Team equipment
https://www.stjohnvic.com.au/

Urban Seed
$30,000
Norlane Community Development Spin Off project
www.urbanseed.org

Victoria University
$29,030
Building economic and social resilience of bushfire in nature-based tourism communities in regional Victoria
www.vu.edu.au

Victorian Council of Social Service
$90,000
Community Service Health Check Project
www.vcoss.org.au/

Violet Town Bush Nursing Centre Inc
$19,590
Violet Town Community Wetlands Project
www.hrh.org.au/violet-town

Warramunda Village Inc
$23,335
New telephone system for aged care
www.warramunda.com.au/

Women’s Legal Service Victoria
$90,000
Link virtual outreach – legal assistance for women from newly arrived migrant communities fleeing violence
www.womenslegal.org.au

2016 Grants

Culture and Heritage


Ararat City Band Inc
$22,106
Ararat City Band Youth Development Program
Ararat City Band

Ballarat Foundation Limited
$2,200
Ballarat Through My Eyes Photography Competition
www.ballaratfoundation.org.au

Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute
$150,000
Ballarat Mechanics’ Institute: Restoration of Sturt Street Facade
www.ballaratbmi.com.au

Banksia Gardens Community Services
$30,000
Zone 2 Broadmeadows/Hume – A Banksia Gardens Community Services and Outer Urban Projects Collaborative Pilot
www.banksiagardens.org.au

Big West Festival
$70,000
Mobile Art Spaces: A 3-year mobile arts residency program in Melbourne’s outer western suburbs
www.bigwest.com.au

Castlemaine State Festival
$90,000
The ASCEND Program nurtures creative pathways for central Victorian children and young adults
www.castlemainefestival.com.au

Djerriwarrh Employment & Education Services
$90,000
“Dreaming Big” – the Melton Festival for Healthy Living, Family & Community Program 2016-18
www.djerriwarrh.org.au

Ilbijerri Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Theatre Co-op Ltd
$30,000
TANDERRUM, Melbourne Festival
www.ilbijerri.com.au

La Mama
$21,000
Birdcage Thursdays
www.lamama.com.au

Lorne Sculpture Exhibition Inc
$30,000
Major Project Commissions
www.lornesculpture.com

Melbourne Fringe
$7,500
OPTIMUS: Investigating data management systems for small-to-medium organisations
www.melbournefringe.com.au

Melbourne Recital Centre
$90,000
Melbourne Recital Centre Digital Broadcast Pilot
www.melbournerecital.com.au

Melbourne Writers Festival Inc
$30,000
Multicultural Literary Programming Initiative (pilot)
www.mwf.com.au

Mission to Seafarers Victoria Inc
$30,000
Mission to Seafarers Victoria “Early Origins”
www.missiontoseafarers.com.au

Queen Victoria Women’s Centre Trust
$19,736
QVWC Archive Discovery and Upgrade
www.qvwc.org.au

Regional Arts Victoria
$90,000
Building sustainability of the Arts and Education Access Program
www.rav.net.au

TarraWarra Museum of Art
$30,000
Scoping educational resources for TarraWarra Museum of Art, galleries, museums in the Yarra Ranges
www.twma.com.au

The Wheeler Centre: Books Writing Ideas
$85,000
The Wheeler Centre’s Mobile Performance Space for Regional & Rural Audiences & Collaborations
www.wheelercentre.com

Victoria University
$200,000
Footscray Accelerator for Creative Enterprises (FACE)
www.vu.edu.au

2016 Grants

Land and Environmental Stewardship


Bass Coast Landcare Network Inc
$26,400
Bass Coast Arc — community access to public space
www.basscoastlandcare.org.au

Environment Victoria Inc
$29,933
Aquaprint — a community vision for water reform in Victoria
www.environmentvictoria.org.au

Federation University Australia
$30,000
State Wide Integrated Flora and Fauna Teams (SWIFFT): visualising Victoria’s biodiversity
www.federation.edu.au

Monash University
$30,000
Collaborative Inquiry into Natural Resource Management Governance in Victoria
www.monash.edu

Penguin Foundation Ltd
$63,000
Launching Phillip Island as an Ark for endangered species
www.penguinfoundation.org.au

Port Phillip EcoCentre Inc
$185,100
Port Phillip Baykeeper: Be the RE-Generation (A Baykeeper youth volunteering program)
www.ecocentre.com

Project Platypus Association Inc
$89,050
Grampians to Pyrenees Biolink (Upper Wimmera Catchment)
www.platypus.org.au

Trust For Nature (Victoria)
$18,000
Conservation Action Plan Coach Training
www.trustfornature.org.au/

Victorian National Parks Association
$186,850
Communities Listening for Nature
www.vnpa.org.au

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative
$30,000
Wurdi Youang business plan for natural and cultural heritage resource management
www.wathaurong.org.au

2016 Grants

Health Advancement


Health Advancement is only available for Social Impact Grants ($91,000 – $200,000). The grant to Hepatitis Victoria was one of a total of six grants approved in this grants level

Hepatitis Victoria
$164,957
HEPReady: Workforce education and training
www.hepvic.org.au

Note: This list represents grants approved in FY2016 and excludes withdrawn and amended grants.