Community sector resources

This training is part of the Port Phillip Community Training Calendar. You can join in person or online.

Committee or board members of not-for-profit organisations and community groups come with different skills and experiences which makes their contribution special. Financial literacy is important to ensure the group is solvent.

Learning how to read and understand the facts and figures presented in financial reports will help committee members with decision making and planning for their community group.

Topics Include:

• Understanding good financial governance
• Interpreting the financial reports including the balance sheet, profit and loss and cash flow reports
• Developing a budget for the financial year
• Calculating the organisation’s financial health
• Linking the strategic plan to the budget and financial reports
• Determining the appropriate level of equity for a not for profit
• Understanding the financial controls required to protect assets
  
  

When: Wednesday 1 May 2024 from 10 am to 1 pm

Where: In person at the St Kilda Town Hall, 99a Carlisle Street, St Kilda or join online.

Bookings essential: https://www.trybooking.com/CQRSG

This free grant writing training session will share:- practical and transferable ways to approach grant writing for arts and cultural projects
- developing and communicating your project idea and your project plan
- developing budgets and funding strategy
- working with an auspice organisation
- finding project partners
- presenting support material
- evaluating your project
- more information about City of Port Phillip 2024/2025 Cultural Development Fund grants.

When: Monday 18 March 2024 from 6 pm – 8.30 pm (online)

The link to this online event to be provided by the event organiser.

Presenter: Debby Maziarz

This free grant writing training session will cover all aspects of grant writing from where to find grants, understanding the guidelines and selection criteria, working through an application and budget and how to frame your project.

When: Wednesday 6 March 2024 from 9:30 am – 12 noon

Where: Community Training Room, St Kilda Town Hall

99A Carlisle Street, St Kilda VIC 3182

Presenter: Debby Maziarz

This free grant writing training session will cover all aspects of grant writing from where to find grants, understanding the guidelines and selection criteria, working through an application and budget and how to frame your project.

When: Wednesday 6 March 2024 from 9:30 am – 12 noon

Where: Community Training Room, St Kilda Town Hall

99A Carlisle Street, St Kilda VIC 3182

Presenter: Debby Maziarz

Grant Writing Workshop for Youth Access Grants Tuesday 19 December 6 pm- 8 pm online

This workshop will focus on transforming your ideas into fundable concepts and will walk you step by step through the grant making process. Includes:

• Where to find the money
• Introduction to the grant making cycle
• Writing a 50-word grab
• Understanding the assessment criteria
• Working with project partners
• Answering the questions in the application form
• Building a project budget (for a grant application)
• Support material

About the Facilitator
Debby Maziarz is a community development practitioner and creative entrepreneur who mentors artists, organisations and communities to create solid plans for resourcing their work. Renowned for unearthing innovative and ‘fundable’ ideas, Debby is driven to build the capacity of communities to get their important work done. She’s also got a great track record in sourcing funds – including founding Melbourne’s Westside Circus and Debby Maziarz Production.

Module 1: Awareness

Module 2: De-escalation

Module 3: Protection

Learning outcomes:

. understand situational awareness

. recognise the signs of an escalating situation

. understand how to control own emotions and speech in confrontational situations

. learn strategies for how to stay calm when working through de-escalation steps in the toolkit

. increase confidence in handling confrontational situations

. understand appropriate verbal and body language in confrontational situations

. learn how to deal with different types of aggressors, such as people under

the influence of drugs

Who should attend:

All levels of staff/volunteers who are in public facing roles providing services to potentially difficult or aggressive people. Leaders or managers will also benefit to support their team members.

When:

Thursday 14 November 2023 9.30 am to 3.30 pm

Where:

St Kilda Town Hall Council Chamber

This free grant writing training session will share:
- practical and transferable ways to approach grant writing for arts and cultural projects
- developing and communicating your project idea and your project plan
- developing budgets and funding strategy
- working with an auspice organisation
- finding project partners
- presenting support material
- evaluating your project
- more information about City of Port Phillip 2023/24 Cultural Development Fund grants

Thursday 10 August 2023 at 6 pm to 8.30 pm

The link to this online event to be provided by the event organiser

Presenter: Debby Maziarz

Sharyn Dawson, Arts Grants and Funding Organiser 03 9209 6165

https://www.trybooking.com/CJJBK

Thursday 3 August 6 – 8:30pm

(online- Link provided by Facilitator prior to the delivery)

This free grant writing training session will cover all aspects of grant writing from where to find grants, understanding the guidelines and selection criteria, working through an application and budget and how to frame your project.

Tuesday 25 July 9:30am – 12 noon (in-person @ Council Chamber, St Kilda Town Hall)

This free grant writing training session will cover all aspects of grant writing from where to find grants, understanding the guidelines and selection criteria, working through an application and budget and how to frame your project.

Bookings Limited to 2 places per Community Group

June 15 2023 is World Elder Abuse Awareness Day (WEAAD).

Join members of The City of Port Phillip’s Older Persons Advisory Committee (OPAC) to learn about ageism, a key driver of elder abuse. Now in its 22nd year, OPAC works with Council to advocate on all matters relating to the health and wellbeing of older residents.

Are you a new community group, or been around for a while and are wanting tips for how you can improve your committee’s effectiveness?

For a committee to be successful they need to function cohesively, be accountable for their direction, the way they function, and for achieving their short and long-term goals.

This session will help community groups to understand the role of a committee, their responsibilities, and what structures they need to have in place that provides the foundations for a successful community group.

Topics include:

• Understanding the role of the committee
• What good governance means for a community group
• Identifying the entity’s legal structure and the implications for this
• Appreciating what makes a committee and meetings effective (including a meeting
  template)
• Knowing what specific skill sets and attributes are required for each committee role
• A checklist for good governance
• The committee’s role in planning and keeping an eye on the future.

This information and training session is for Community Groups and Community Centres such as Neighbourhood Houses to learn how to become a Carer Friendly Place. 

Embedding connections in the community

Partnering with Neighbourhood Houses Victoria, Municipal Association Victoria and local councils, Carers Victoria is extending support to carers by providing opportunities to connect and engage in carer friendly communities in local, easily accessible spaces.

Neighbourhood houses and local councils undertake specific training to develop greater awareness of the varied needs of carers, how they can better support carers, offer specific carer activities and provide pathways to carer supports and programs. On completion they become designated Carer Friendly places, easily identifiable by the Carer Friendly logo.

In Carer Friendly places carers can:  

• Meet in welcoming and warm spaces;
• Find information about supports and services that exist for carers;
• Connect with other people in their local community;
• Participate in local programs and activities;
• Enjoy spaces for support group meetings;
• Connect to programs and pathways specifically for carers.

Social media and online activities are now part of our everyday. They are an efficient way to communicate with your group, members and key stakeholders, however the challenge is to understand the audience you are targeting, so you can decide which platform will have the greatest impact and reach this audience.

This interactive session will provide a basic overview of marketing, understanding what you are marketing and who you are marketing to. Then in turn, an understanding of the most popular social media platforms used in Australia and insights on the best way they can be used effectively to engage and communicate with your target audience.

This session will be most beneficial to groups new to promoting their organisations through social media channels.

Topics include:

• Understanding marketing and its jargon
• Using social media as a platform to market to your group
• Understanding your target audience
• The pros and cons of social media platforms
• Selecting platforms
• Ideas for creating content
• Communicating the right messages
• Tips and hints for preparing a social media plan.