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The November 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 grants<o:p></o:p></span></h2><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=300 style='width:6.25in;height:3.125in' id="_x0000_i1044" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/FC-headers-greatgrants.png" alt="Great Grants"></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'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G09421">Our Marine Parks Grants program</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>$30,000</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'>$500,000 </span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Closes Thursday December 16, 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'>Grants of between $30,000 and $500,000 are available for projects that aim to improve the health of Australia's marine parks. Funding can be used for salaries, research, minor capital works, promotional costs, travel, the purchase of assets and equipment hire, and more. </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.fundingcentre.com.au/grant/G00579">Small Environment Grants</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>$1,000</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'>$10,000</span></strong><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br>Ongoing</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'>Community organisations can apply for grants of up to $10,000 to fund projects on flora and fauna and threatened mammal conservation. Projects can include monitoring and sharing data, delivering community education, capacity building, and research. Applications are ongoing, with assessments occurring four times a year.</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><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></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><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#8C4D90'>Funding Centre news<o:p></o:p></span></h2><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/news"><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_i1043" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/FC-headers-news.png" alt="Funding Centre news"></span></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'>How to merge duplicate grants in your dashboard</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'>You can now merge grants from the Funding Centre database with grants you have added to your dashboard manually. The advantage of this is less duplication in your grants list, leaving you more time to track the most relevant grants. Here's how it works:</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'>You will receive an email notification that a grant you have manually added to your dashboard matches a pre-existing grant in the Funding Centre database</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'>Select the "Click here to review" link in the email. The link will take you to the "manage grant" page on your dashboard</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'>From here, you can choose to link the duplicate grant, or ignore it and keep the manually added record instead.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ul><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/dashboard?nav=dash"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=500 height=225 style='width:5.2083in;height:2.3437in' id="_x0000_i1042" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/NewsAlerts/merge-email.png" alt="Merge duplicate grants"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Subscribers will receive an email notifying them about duplicate grants.</span></em></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://www.fundingcentre.com.au/dashboard?nav=dash"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=580 height=295 style='width:6.0416in;height:3.0729in' id="_x0000_i1041" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/NewsAlerts/merge-2.jpg" alt="Merge duplicate grants"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Select "Approve" or "Cancel" to merge the duplicate grants or keep them separate.</span></em></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></p><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'>Search for grants and start adding grants to your personalised dashboard <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><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>To learn how to use the dashboard, check out our <a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/faq">Frequently Asked Questions</a>, or this <a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/funding-centre-dashboard-101-instructional-webinar">webinar recording</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 for grants 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><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Fundraising trends you've got to know about to survive the pandemic, part 2</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://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/help-sheets/fundraising-trends-youve-got-to-know-about-to-survive-the-pandemic-2"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=600 height=283 style='width:6.25in;height:2.9479in' id="_x0000_i1040" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/redtape_iStock-1313790224-resized.jpeg" 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'>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. Tips from part two of this topical series by Our Community</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 Institute of Community Directors include:</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:l1 level1 lfo2'><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:l1 level1 lfo2'><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:l1 level1 lfo2'><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:l1 level1 lfo2'><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><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-2">Read more here: Fundraising trends to survive the pandemic, part 2</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><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Federal figures reveal how grants funding flows</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h3><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='color:black'><a href="https://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/federal-figures-reveal-how-grants-funding-flows"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;text-decoration:none'><img border=0 width=400 height=240 style='width:4.1666in;height:2.5in' id="_x0000_i1039" src="https://www.ourcommunity.com.au/images/FundingCentre/GrantsBySectorsPrivateNFP.png" alt="Grants audit"></span></a></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'>Grants expenses by sector</span></em></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 the first time, grantseekers can go to one place to track how billions of dollars' worth of Commonwealth grants are spent each year rather than having to trawl through a mountain of separate reports. </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'>In October the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO) published its first analysis of more than 100,000 separate grants worth $60.2 billion over three and a half years.</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/federal-figures-reveal-how-grants-funding-flows">Learn more about where federal grants funding is going 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><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h2><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:#8C4D90'>In our network<o:p></o:p></span></h2><h4><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>It's not too late for a Christmas campaign</span><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></h4><p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Despite all the warnings about postal delays and supply issues across Australia, many organisations are running behind with their end-of-year fundraising plans. GiveNow executive director Cathy Truong says it isn</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 too late to create a money-spinner, especially if your group is only small.</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://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/its-not-too-late-for-a-christmas-campaign">Read more about how your organisation can still activate its Christmas campaign 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://explore.fundingcentre.com.au/articles/its-not-too-late-for-a-christmas-campaign">Activate your Christmas campaign using GiveNow </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><div class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'><hr size=2 width="100%" align=center></span></div><h3><span style='font-family:"Verdana",sans-serif;color:black'>Download ICDA's free vaccination policy</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's Institute of Community Directors has produced a handy tool to help your organisation ensure it meets mandatory government vaccination requirements. Download a copy of this free Vaccination Policy sample and edit it to meet your organisation</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 needs. </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://communitydirectors.com.au/policies/vaccination-policy">Download the Vaccination Policy sample</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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