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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-AU link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Centre Treasurer<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>RDA (NSW) Centre<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Tracy was able to source grants for each Centre from the Office of Sport. The grants, at $1,000 per Centre, were made available because of the COVID-19 lockdown of sporting activities and are intended to help compensate, in part at least, “grass roots” sports groups (RDA (NSW) Centres in our case) for the funds lost as a result of that lockdown due to the inability to collect other funding, such as fees from participants (in our case, riders). <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>I must apologise at the outset because we do not yet have all of the necessary information. The grants were announced and applications had to be lodged within a matter of three business days from the time that the grants were announced and we, along with other “head State Sporting Organisations” were given a briefing. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>At that briefing, there was preliminary, general, information provided at the time and more is still to be obtained. The Board will inform Centres as we find out more. In the meantime, it is hoped that the following information will help. However, to make sure that Centres received the funds as soon as possible, the funds are being transferred to Centres now. The transfers will have the description of the funds transfer being “SSOD Sport Grant”.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>These grants are to cover “fixed expenses”. The examples which were given during a briefing session were the costs of insurance and rent/lease expenses. More information is yet to be obtained from the Office of Sport to let us know what else would be covered under this grant. The Board will let Centres know as soon as the information is available. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>After more information is circulated to Centres about this grant (hopefully in the next few days), if anyone has any questions about whether any particular item is covered by the grant but is not covered under the information which we expect to receive, please let the Board know and we will follow it up with the Office of Sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Unlike other grants, Centres will need to account for this expenditure to State Office as the Office of Sport has put the responsibility onto the “head organisation” (in this case, RDA (NSW)) for distributing and managing the funds. RDA (NSW) will also have to monitor the expenditure on behalf of the Office of Sport. This was one of the conditions and it would appear to have been done this way so that the funds could be distributed faster to more organisations with less strain on the resources of the Office of Sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>A form will need to be completed by each Centre. This form is to confirm that each Centre is eligible to receive the grant and RDA (NSW) is required to monitor that each Centre completes the form. Details about that form will be sent to Centres soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Each Centre is to make sure that they comply with the terms of the grant (which includes the appropriate reporting using that form). We have been told that any grant recipient which does not meet the grant criteria will have to return the funds. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>The grant application was made on the basis that each Centre which receives these funds will be eligible for them and able to use them solely for the purposes for which they were made by the Office of Sport. Any funds that cannot be spent for the purposes as permitted under the grant will have to be returned to the Office of Sport.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>While the amount of each grant was said to be $1,000 and as the Board had to apply for each Centre, there was a question as to whether the amount was to be increased by $100, which would be the amount of GST. As we do not know if GST was to be included and there was no ability to find out more in the time available for the application to be lodged, as a precaution the application was made to include that amount until we find out more. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>If GST should not have been included in the making of the grant application, the Board will need to return the amount of $100 per Centre to the Office of Sport. It is for this reason that the full amount received will not be transferred to the Centres at this stage. However if the grant application should have included the amount of GST, the $100 will be sent to Centres as soon as possible.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Joseph Orland<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Honorary Director, Finance Officer & Company Secretary<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Riding for the Disabled Association (NSW)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Quad 1, Level 2, 8 Parkview Drive, Sydney Olympic Park, NSW<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>(PO Box 710 Sydney Markets NSW 2129)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Ph</span></b><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>: (02) 8736 1256 <b>Mob:</b> 0407 004 019<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Email: </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="mailto:stateoffice@rdansw.org.au"><span style='color:#1F497D'>joseph.orland@rdansw.org.au</span></a></span><u><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Web: </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><a href="http://www.rdansw.org.au/"><span style='color:#1F497D'>www.rdansw.org.au</span></a></span><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial Rounded MT Bold",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>"Riding Develops Abilities"<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <img border=0 width=79 height=57 style='width:.825in;height:.5916in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.png@01D65A40.FAB4AD80" alt="cid:image001.png@01CBDCAA.ABB8D800"> </span><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><img border=0 width=61 height=61 style='width:.6333in;height:.6333in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image002.png@01D65A40.FAB4AD80" alt="cid:image009.png@01D56F0C.90FD55B0"><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'>Donations of $2.00 or more are tax deductible<o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <img border=0 width=203 height=39 style='width:2.1166in;height:.4083in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image003.png@01D65A40.FAB4AD80" alt="cid:image005.png@01D56F0D.32653850"></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:red;mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'><o:p></o:p></span></i></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-AU'> <img border=0 width=56 height=56 style='width:.5833in;height:.5833in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image004.png@01D65A40.FAB4AD80" alt="cid:image006.png@01D56F0C.90FD55B0"> <img border=0 width=72 height=80 style='width:.75in;height:.8333in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image005.png@01D65A40.FAB4AD80" alt="cid:image008.png@01D56F0D.32653850"><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>