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The October edition of <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>EasyGrants</span></em> is attached, with the latest available grants tailored for you.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#8C4D90'>Great grant<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G10316">Australia Day 2022 Community Grants</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>$10,000</span></strong></span><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'></span></strong><strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>$20,000 </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Closes Friday November 19, 2021</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'>Incorporated not-for-profit organisations and local, state and territory government entities can apply for grants of $10,000</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'>$20,000 to host face-to-face and virtual Australia Day events in 2022. An additional $10,000 is available for events which include strong recognition of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander peoples. The 2022 theme is "Reflect. Respect. Celebrate. We're all part of the story." </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'>Eligible expenditure includes costs associated with planning and running virtual events, delivering awards to recipients, catering, artist and venue fees, equipment hire, and adherence to covid-19 safety protocols. </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'>Applications close Friday November 19, 2021. The funding is listed <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G10316">on the Funding Centre website 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'>For more great grants, download your latest <em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>EasyGrants</span></em> newsletter, or browse the Funding Centre online grants database, <a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search?nav=sch">here</a>.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search?nav=sch">Search grants live</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Financial assistance for organisations affected by lockdowns </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'>Financial assistance for organisations affected by the most recent lockdowns is being announced daily. To stay abreast of the latest information about financial support on offer for your organisation, keep an eye on <a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/covid19-financial-assistance">this Funding Centre page</a>. Information is updated regularly </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'> check the funder's website for more information before applying. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/covid19-financial-assistance">Find financial assistance</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#8C4D90'>Funding Centre news<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Narrow search results by primary category and $ amount</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search?nav=sch"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=272 style='width:6.25in;height:2.8333in' id="_x0000_i1028" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/cat-amounts-filter600px.png" alt="Narrow search results"></span></a></span><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>The latest improvements allow Funding Centre subscribers to narrow their search results more than ever before.</span></em></span></i><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'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Funding Centre subscribers can make their search results more specific than ever before with the latest improvement to the grant search tool. </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'>To use the new feature, flick the "Search by primary category only" toggle to the right on the search page. </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 toggle will narrow your search results by excluding grants that have been assigned the category you are filtering by as a secondary category.</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'>Sort by $ amount</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'>Another handy new addition to the Funding Centre website enables subscribers to set minimum and maximum funding parameters when searching for grants online. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/search?nav=sch">Try the new search parameters on the Funding Centre website</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><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'>Fundraising trends you've got to know about to survive the pandemic</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/help-sheets/fundraising-trends-youve-got-to-know-about-to-survive-the-pandemic"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=300 style='width:6.25in;height:3.125in' id="_x0000_i1027" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/treasure-chest.png" alt="Fundraising trends"></span></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'>While Victoria and New South Wales are joining the rest of the country and opening back up after lockdowns, the hard times aren't over for many not-for-profits. In a tough fundraising environment, we asked the experts what not-for-profit and community leaders can do to keep funds flowing during the pandemic.</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'>They suggested:</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ul type=disc><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Know your ground </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'> keep up with the latest studies</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Cultivate your greatest supporters, because giving is down overall</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Borrow the best ideas you see in the sector and get creative with campaigns and collaboration</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Embrace digital fundraising tools (more than you do already)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Brush up on your grantseeking and other fund-finding skills</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Support campaigns to slash fundraising red tape</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Arm yourself with the best free and affordable resources available.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/help-sheets/fundraising-trends-youve-got-to-know-about-to-survive-the-pandemic">Read more here</a>, and stay tuned next month for part two of this two-part report.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/help-sheets/fundraising-trends-youve-got-to-know-about-to-survive-the-pandemic">Read more: Experts reveal the path to fundraising success</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><h2><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#8C4D90'>In our network<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Regulator releases report on federal grants</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.anao.gov.au/work/information/australian-government-grants-reporting"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=300 style='width:6.25in;height:3.125in' id="_x0000_i1026" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/paperwork.png" alt="ANAO report"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><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 Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) this week released its analysis of the Federal Government's self-reporting on grants. The analysis drew primarily on data published on GrantConnect, the Federal Government's online grants platform, between December 2017 and June 2021. More than 108,000 grants worth more than $60 billion were included in the analysis. </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 report found that the highest-funded categories were Ageing; Health, Wellbeing and Medical Research; and Indigenous. It also found that 27 per cent of regional development grants were delivered to recipients in major cities.</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'><a href="https://www.anao.gov.au/work/information/australian-government-grants-reporting">Read the summary here</a>, or <a href="https://www.anao.gov.au/sites/default/files/Auditor-General_Report_2021-22_7.pdf">download the report</a>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://www.anao.gov.au/sites/default/files/Auditor-General_Report_2021-22_7.pdf">Download the ANAO grants analysis summary</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><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'>Communities in Control 2022 line-up revealed</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><a href="https://communitiesincontrol.com.au/"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=300 style='width:6.25in;height:3.125in' id="_x0000_i1025" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/cic2020-securespot600x300.png" alt="CIC 2022"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><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'>Put 23</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'>24 May 2022 in your calendar, because next year's Communities in Control line-up is one you won't want to miss. Speakers include the chair of the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission, Professor Eleanor A Bourke; journalist and author Rick Morton; London bombing survivor Gill Hicks AM; author Bri Lee; and more. Singer, songwriter and activist Ziggy Ramo will open the event with a special performance </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'> you might know him from <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk6dgf0EnmU">this viral video</a>. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><a href="https://communitiesincontrol.com.au/">Download the CIC 2022 program here</a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><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'>That's all from us. Happy fundraising!</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<br>Wurundjeri Country, 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><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Do you have any suggestions or feedback? 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