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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi all<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Forwarding EasyGrants Newsletter – March 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Kind Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Lucy Pentony<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Office Coordinator <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Quad 1, Level 2, 8 Parkview Drive<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Sydney Olympic Park NSW 2127<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>(PO Box 710 Sydney Markets NSW 2129)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Ph: (02) 8736 1256<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Email: <a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au"><span style='color:#0563C1'>stateoffice@rdansw.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB>Web: <a href="http://www.rdansw.org.au/"><span style='color:#0563C1'>www.rdansw.org.au</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><img border=0 width=202 height=204 style='width:2.1041in;height:2.125in' id="_x0000_i1029" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D6066F.0BCCDC80"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=99 height=71 style='width:1.0312in;height:.7395in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image002.png@01D6066F.0BCCDC80" alt="cid:image001.png@01CBDCAA.ABB8D800"> <img border=0 width=60 height=60 style='width:.625in;height:.625in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D6066F.0BCCDC80" alt="ACNC-Registered-Charity-Logo - small"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span lang=EN-GB><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=480 height=90 style='width:5.0in;height:.9375in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D6066F.0BCCDC80" alt=SWA2018emailsignoffWinner></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> The Funding Centre <hello@ourcommunity.com.au> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 28 March 2020 8:25 AM<br><b>To:</b> stateoffice@rdansw.org.au<br><b>Subject:</b> Welcome to EasyGrants Newsletter - March 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt;border:solid gray 1.0pt'><tr><td style='border:none;background:#F4F4F4;padding:15.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au"><span style='text-decoration:none'><map name=MicrosoftOfficeMap0><area shape=Rect coords="1, 123, 317, 218" href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/"><area shape=Rect coords="318, 123, 600, 218" href="http://www.ourcommunity.com.au/"></map><img border=0 id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://static.fundingcentre.com.au/img/fc-scoop-header.png" usemap="#MicrosoftOfficeMap0"></span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;background:#F4F4F4;padding:30.0pt 9.0pt 22.5pt 9.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Greetings , the March edition of EasyGrants newsletter is attached, with up-to-date grants tailored for you.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We've probably all either said or heard this many times over the last two weeks, but it</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>s safe to say that 2020 has not turned out as planned. Community groups and not-for-profits, businesses and individuals are all suffering right now. The team at Our Community (the Funding Centre</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>s parent company) are doing everything they can to help you stay afloat. Keep reading below to find out how.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>COVID-19 financial assistance</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>To start with, there</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>s <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/covid19-financial-assistance/">this page on the Funding Centre</a>, which lists the latest financial assistance being made available to groups that have been impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. It</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>s being updated daily by our grants team, so please ensure you check it regularly. Check out the COVID-19 financial assistance page on the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/covid19-financial-assistance/">Funding Centre website.</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Save Our Sector (SOS)</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Our Community has launched the <a href="https://communitydirectors.com.au/save-our-sector">Save Our Sector (SOS) campaign</a> to support the social sector, which has been so heavily impacted by the COVID-19 crisis, and help it remain afloat. <a href="https://communitydirectors.com.au/save-our-sector">Visit the Save Our Sector page on the ICDA website here.</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Support those impacted by COVID-19</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>For those of you who aren</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>t doing it as tough and want to support others who are, GiveNow have released a list of causes relating to COVID-19. <a href="https://help.givenow.com.au/hc/en-us/articles/360001423175">Visit the page here.</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The entire Our Community office is now working from home. For the most part, it has been a smooth transition for us. We</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>re lucky; the flexibility awarded to us as employees means that many of us have experience working from home and are set up to do so. However, it has been an adjustment. For that reason, this email does not contain any highlighted grants or news and updates relating to the sector. We want to focus on getting grants information to you as quickly as possible. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Once again, we urge Funding Centre users to regularly check on the COVID-19 financial assistance page, as well as to regularly check the online grants database. Information is constantly being updated. Some funders have had to make the difficult decision to suspend or postpone grant rounds. For this reason, it</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>s best to keep an eye on the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search?searchPhrase=">live grants database</a> to stay up to date. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Now is a good time to adjust your email alert settings to weekly or daily to ensure you don</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>t miss out on a funding opportunity. <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/account/alerts">You can adjust your alert settings here.</a> </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>We hope you</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>re keeping safe and well.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>The Funding Centre Team</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><a href="https://ochouse.com.au/?utm_campaign=ongoing&utm_medium=email&utm_source=fundingcentre.com.au">Our Community House</a><br>552 Victoria Street, North Melbourne VIC 3051<br>P 03 9320 6800<br>E <a href="mailto:service@ourcommunity.com.au"><span style='color:#6D4D77'>service@ourcommunity.com.au</span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='border:none;background:#F4F4F4;padding:15.0pt 3.75pt 0cm 9.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:lightslategray'>The Funding Centre is Australia's best grants and fundraising hub - an initiative of Our Community.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:8.5pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:lightslategray'>© Our Community Pty Ltd. 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