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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'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Forwarding EasyGrants Newsletter July 2020 from the Funding Centre<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="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image001.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20"><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="_x0000_i1034" src="cid:image002.png@01D66294.A7435D20"> <img border=0 width=60 height=60 style='width:.625in;height:.625in' id="Picture_x0020_10" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" 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="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image004.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt=SWA2018emailsignoffWinner></span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <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, 25 July 2020 12:35 PM<br><b>To:</b> stateoffice@rdansw.org.au<br><b>Subject:</b> Welcome to EasyGrants Newsletter - July 2020<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0 width=600 style='width:450.0pt'><tr><td style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:15.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/"><span style='font-size:8.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg" alt="Image removed by sender."></span></a><span style='font-size:8.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style='background:#F4F4F4;padding:30.0pt 9.0pt 22.5pt 9.0pt'><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Greetings , the July 2020 edition of EasyGrants newsletter is attached, with up-to-date grants tailored for you.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='color:black'>News</span><o:p></o:p></h2><h4><span style='color:black'>JobKeeper Payment scheme extended, scaled back</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The Federal Government's decision to extend the JobKeeper Payment scheme has been welcomed by many in the community sector, however plans to scale payments back from September have been criticised. <a href="https://www.acoss.org.au/media_release/millions-face-income-losses-as-jobseeker-supplement-reduced-and-anxiety-about-future-remains/">ACOSS CEO Dr Cassandra Goldie</a> described the reduction in payments as "of concern" and the Government's approach ignores repeated calls by the <a href="https://www.communitycouncil.com.au/content/charities-crisis-cabinet">Charities Crisis Cabinet</a> for a "ramp not a cliff" when transitioning support services. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Visit the <a href="https://www.ato.gov.au/general/JobKeeper-Payment/">Australian Taxation Office website</a> for information on the latest updates. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='color:black'>Second phase of the Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme to start on 1 October</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>The initial phase of the Coronavirus SME Guarantee Scheme in which the Government is guaranteeing 50% of new loans issued by eligible lenders to SMEs including sole traders and not-for-profits remains available until 30 September 2020. The second phase of the Scheme opens 1 October 2020 and will be available until 30 June 2021. Details will be finalised in coming weeks. <a href="https://treasury.gov.au/coronavirus/sme-guarantee-scheme">Visit the Treasury website here.</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h4><span style='color:black'>Regional Arts receives a funding boost</span><o:p></o:p></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>It's big news for regional arts organisations with the establishment of the Regional Arts Fund (RAF) Recovery Boost. The Recovery Boost is a $10 million Australian Government measure which responds to the difficulties experienced by regional artists, arts organisations and communities who have been heavily impacted by COVID-19.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Three streams of funding are available through the program: Relief, Recovery and Renewal. The program is being administered by the relevant state or territory regional program administrator. <a href="https://regionalarts.com.au/regional-arts-fund/about-regional-arts-fund">Links are available here</a> for more information about your state or territory administrator. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Information about the above funding and more is available on the <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/covid19-financial-assistance">Funding Centre's COVID-19 finacial assistance page.</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='color:black'>Funding Centre System Improvements</span><o:p></o:p></h2><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;color:black'>Continue reading below for the latest batch of user-requested improvements made to the Funding Centre. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Add grants to your dashboard with one click</span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=440 height=164 style='width:4.5833in;height:1.7083in' id="Picture_x0020_2" src="cid:image005.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt="Image removed by sender. Fast add grant"></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>Stay on track with your grant search by adding grants to your dashboard with one click. You can now add grants to your dashboard from the grant search page and continue with your search without being taken to the manage grant page. Visit and edit saved grants later by viewing your grants list. <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search.do?searchPhrase=&providerId=">Try it out here.</a></span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Skip to the first and last pages of a grant search</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>For those times when you've cast your grants search net a little <em><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>too</span></em> wide. Now, you can skip to the first and last pages of your search results. This feature is useful for when a grant search brings up a lot of results and you want to apply different filters.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Nickname field replaced with Project title</span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=440 height=184 style='width:4.5833in;height:1.9166in' id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image006.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt="Image removed by sender. Fast add grant"></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>You can now designate grants to projects. Use the previously named nickname field to now assign a project title to your grants. Assign multiple grants the same project title and sort your dashboard list to find them at a glance. The auto-fill functionality remembers project titles used previously so you don't have to. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=333 height=135 style='width:3.4687in;height:1.4062in' id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image007.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt="Image removed by sender. Fast add grant"></span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='color:black'>Program Provider and Grant Round fields merged</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>We've merged Program Provider and Grant Round fields into one column. This will allow for the introduction of new user-requested fields in the grants table (stayed tuned!).</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Hyperlink removed from Program Provider </span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>We've removed the hyperlink function from the program provider field and added it to the grant round field, which makes more sense when searching for and managing your dashboard grants.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Addition of Reviewed not applying application status</span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>This was another user request for a status to assign to grants that have been reviewed but not applied for at a particular time. We anticipate that this improvement will save you time and avoid repeat searches. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>Navigation panel now sticks to the page</span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=334 height=152 style='width:3.4791in;height:1.5833in' id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image008.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt="Image removed by sender. Fast add grant"></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>When your cursor hovers over a menu item, only the description text pops out instead of the whole navigation bar. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><h3><span style='color:black'>iCal button on Calendar page, switch between calendar and grants list view</span><o:p></o:p></h3><h3><span style='color:black;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm'><img border=0 width=464 height=464 style='width:4.8333in;height:4.8333in' id="Picture_x0020_6" src="cid:image009.jpg@01D66294.A7435D20" alt="Image removed by sender. Fast add grant"></span><o:p></o:p></h3><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>We've moved the iCal button to the top of the Calendar page. Connect your Funding Centre grants calendar to your external calendar, including Outlook, Google Calendar or Apple meaning you never miss a deadline. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>We've also added a Dashboard link to the calendar page so you can easily switch between calendar and grant list view. </span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>If you have any other suggestions about how to improve the Funding Centre, please get in touch.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;color:black'>We hope youre keeping safe and well.</span></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><strong><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black'>The Funding Centre Team</span></strong><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;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></b><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p><span style='color:black'><a href="https://communitydirectors.com.au/save-our-sector" target="_blank"><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;border:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0cm;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=100 height=100 style='width:1.0416in;height:1.0416in' id="Picture_x0020_7" src="cid:~WRD0000.jpg"></span></b></a></span><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p></td></tr><tr><td style='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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