Community Support Fund
Support for Volunteering
Grant Approvals from 1 July 2009 to 30 June 2010
Victorian Volunteer Small Grants Program
Project Name / Recipient / Project Location /2009 High Country Visitor Information Centres Volunteers' Summit / The Creators Gallery Incorporated / Benalla / 700
2010 Melbourne Chinese Local Opera Festival / Harmony Chinese Opera Group of Melborne / Melbourne / 3,000
2010 Volunteer Incentive Program / Spellmasters Australia Inc / Glen Iris / 4,538
A Mentoring and Training Program for Newly Arrived Women Volunteers / Victorian Immigrant Refugee Women’s Coalition Inc / Melbourne / 3,000
Access Angels / Access Mildura Inc / Mildura / 3,500
Albury Wodonga 8 Ball Newsletter Project / Albury Wodonga 8 Ball Association Inc / Wodonga / 2,050
Ararat Golden Gateway Festival Children's Day / Ararat Golden Gateway Festival Committee / Ararat / 4,255
B2C Recyclers Volunteer Program / The Werx Foundation Inc / Thomastown / 5,000
Beechy Precinct - Volunteers Project / Community Hub Inc / Colac / 5,000
Bellarine Peninsula Recruitment Blitz / Barwon Adolescent Task Force Inc / Drysdale / 3,750
Bellarine Sharks application for Children’s Uniforms and Qualified Volunteer Coaches / Bayside Sharks Soccer Club Inc. / St. Leonards / 1,700
Bendigo Family and Financial Services Inc Receptionists Drive / Bendigo Family and Financial Services Inc / Bendigo / 4,820
Blind Bowls Victoria Volunteer Grant / Blind Bowls Victoria Inc / State-wide / 2,000
BLSC Volunteers / Belmont Lions Sports Club Inc / Belmont / 5,000
Bollywood, Supporting Our Volunteers at the Movies / Star Community Cinema Association Inc / Bendigo
Swan Hill
Buloke
Mildura / 20,000
Bridging Cultural Boundaries Through Sports / Super Stars Soccer Club with funds auspiced by Futuristic Group for Southern Sudanese in Australia Inc / Springvale / 2,600
Bridging the Gap / City of Hamilton Eisteddfod Inc / Hamilton / 1,560
Broadmeadows Historical Society Inc / Broadmeadows Historical Society Inc / Broadmeadows / 2,700
Building Our Volunteer Diversity in the Macedon Ranges / Gisborne and District Community Health and Hospital Board Inc / Gisborne / 4,440
Cann River Visitors Information Centre Volunteers Training and Support / Cann River Community Centre Inc / Cann River / 3,260
Caravan / The Care Van Foundation Limited / Wodonga / 5,000
Carlton Harmony / North Yarra Community Health Inc / Carlton / 4,998
Cataloguing Portland Historical Society's Collection / Portland Historical Society (a Member Group of Portland C.E.M.A. Inc.) with funds auspiced by Portland CEMA Inc / Portland / 2,375
Celebrating Our Club Volunteers / North Eastern Greek Elderly Citizens Club Inc / Lalor / 4,600
Chutzpah Volunteer Toolkits / The Chutzpah Factory College of Entrepreneurship Inc / Bendigo / 4,000
Co Op Shop Volunteer Recruitment and Retention / The Coop Shop Inc / Brunswick / 3,300
Coaching and Technical Officials Workshop / Aussi Masters Swimming in Australia Inc / Albert Park / 4,900
Community Aged Care Neighbourhood Buddy Program / South Gippsland Hospital / Foster / 4,130
Community Connections and Family Wellbeing Towards My Future / Meadow Heights Turkish Women’s Assoc / Meadow Heights / 1,500
Community Issues Group Support of Refugees / UCA- Swan Hill Central Congregation / Swan Hill / 2,200
'Community Kitchen Facilitator' Volunteers Program / Olympic Adult Education / Heidelberg West / 5,000
Community Youth Group Volunteers Leadership Program / The Trustee for Salpingidis Family Trust / Thomastown / 3,500
Conflict Management Training for Soup Van Volunteers / St Vincent De Paul Society Victoria Inc / Box Hill / 3,520
Corangamite Futsal Club Volunteer Training / Corangamite Futsal Club Inc / Camperdown / 2,860
Creating a Greater Monbulk Netball Club / Monbulk Netball Club / Monbulk / 5,000
Creating a Rescue/transport team within the Wyndham Shire that has a fully set up wildlife Shelter to care for the animals / 'WOW' Wildlife of Werribee Inc / Werribee / 2,200
Creating Opportunities / Sea Lake Neighbourhood House with funds auspiced by Sea Lake & District Health Services Inc / Sea Lake / 3,000
Cultural Awareness Program / Warrnambool East Primary School Koori Club with funds auspiced by Warrnambool East Primary School / Warrnambool / 2,500
Culturalista Magazine / Yarranile Cultural Society / Northcote / 2,100
Dari School / The Association of Hazaras in Victoria Inc / Noble Park / 3,620
Digital Storytelling - giving a voice to young people in nursing homes / Summer Foundation Ltd / State-wide / 5,000
Discoveries Volley Trolley / Bendigo Science and Technology Museum Inc / Bendigo / 4,650
Dream Catchrz Magazine / Reach Your Dream Foundation / Dandenong / 4,025
Drive to Succeed / Victorian Arabic Social Services Inc / Broadmeadows / 5,000
Echuca Moama and District Tourism Ambassador Training Program / Echuca Moama & District Tourism Development Association Inc / Echuca / 5,000
Enabling Service Provision through Volunteering / The Trustee for Footscape Inc. with funds auspiced by Footscape Inc / Bundoora / 2,700
Equipment and Uniform Rebuild / Monbulk Cricket Club Inc / Monbulk / 2,800
Equipment for Friends Group of Port Fairy - Warrnambool Rail Trail / Port Fairy to Warrnambool Rail Trail Committee / Moyne Shire / 700
Essential Training Equipment - Frankston / St. John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) Inc / Frankston / 2,400
Essential Training Equipment - Moonee Valley / St. John Ambulance Australia (Victoria) Inc / Moonee Ponds / 1,960
Euroa & District Netball Association Inc Development Project / Euroa Junior Netball Association Inc / Euroa / 1,960
Everyone is Welcome / The Victorian Maronite Community Inc / Thornbury / 2,800
Extended Community Branching Out Gardening Program / MECWA / Glen Iris / 2,650
Face2Face Volunteer Literacy Tutor Training / Peninsula Adult Education & Literacy Inc / Rosebud / 4,320
Felltimber Stitches / Wodonga City Council / Wodonga / 3,070
Ferntree Gully Cricket Club Volunteer Support Scheme / Ferntree Gully Cricket Club Inc / Ferntree Gully / 1,295
First Aid and Food Handling - Skilled Up For Safety / Castlemaine "Superules" Football Club with funds auspiced by Castlemaine Football Netball Inc / Castlemaine / 3,790
First Aid Training for Volunteers / Queenscliff And District Neighbourhood House Inc. / Queenscliff / 1,305
First Aid Training for Volunteers / Young Life Australia Inc / Bayswater North / 3,200
First Response Team Recruiting Week / Craigieburn and District First Response Team Inc / Craigieburn / 4,050
Food Workplace Hygiene Course / Churchill Bowls Club / Churchill / 500
Fostering Diversity and Strengthening Engagement Through ISS's Volunteers Program / International Social Service - Australian Branch / Melbourne / 2,500
Friends of Project Dreaming Tracks / Project Dreaming Tracks Inc / Reservoir / 3,250
From Waves to Air Waves / Seaford Life Saving Club Incorporated / Seaford / 5,000
G21 Project Based Volunteering / The Geelong Volunteer Resource Centre / Geelong / 20,000
Geelong NILS Volunteer Management Training Project / Geelong No Interest Loans Scheme with funds auspiced by St Vincent De Paul Society Victoria Inc / East Geelong
Corio
Hamlyn Heights
Whittington / 4,500
Get Active, Get Involved / Clunes Neighbourhood House Inc / Clunes / 3,815
GIVE Project / Glenroy Neighbourhood Learning Centre Inc / Glenroy / 3,500
Good Company National Volunteering Week Event / The Trustee for Goodcompany Trust / Melbourne / 5,000
Greek and Cypriot Social Centre / Greek and Cypriot Social Welfare Centre / Craigieburn / 2,000
Greek Women Engaging in the Community. / Peninsula & Rye Greek Women’s Group Inc / Rye / 2,700
Green Level Coaching Accreditation / Horsham Swimming Club Inc / Horsham / 1,095
Growing Skills / Kevin Heinze Garden Centre Inc / Doncaster / 4,200
Gunbower Heritage River Trail Research Project / Gunbower & District Development Group Inc with funds auspiced by Gunbower & District Development Group Inc / Gunbower / 5,000
Have A Go at the Community House / Ballan & District Community House & Adult Education Centre Inc / Ballan / 3,380
Hear Us, See Us! / Otway Fm Community Radio Group Inc / Colac / 1,000
Here2Help-Pets / The Powerhouse Committee of Management / Ashwood / 4,780
Heytesbury Settlement 50th Anniversary Catering Training / Simpson & District Community Centre Inc / Simpson / 3,400
Highlands FM Volunteer Development Program / Central Highlands Broadcasting Incorp / Woodend / 4,300
Humanitarian Crisis Hub Diverse Volunteer Program / Humanitarian Crisis Hub / Melbourne / 4,971
Hume City Swimming Club BBQ / Hume City Swimming Club Inc / Craigieburn / 2,140
Hume Palliative Care Volunteer Capacity Building / Ovens & King Community Health Service Inc / Benalla / 5,000
IH Grant / Ivanhoe Harriers Athletic Club Inc / Greensborough / 1,200
Improving Coordination of Volunteer Programs and Volunteer Commitment at NMLS / North Melbourne Legal Service Inc / North Melbourne / 5,000
Inclusive Volunteering in Neighbourhood Houses / Barwon Network of Neighbourhood Centres Inc / Corio
Rosewall
Cloverdale
Norlane / 20,000
Increasing Corporate and Community Volunteer Opportunities and Participation at Sages Cottage Farm / Menzies Inc / Baxter / 4,300
Interchange Host Families - Supporting Cultural Diversity / Interchange Inner East Assoc Inc / Canterbury / 5,000
Jirrahlinga Team Rescue / The Trustee for Jirrahlinga Wildlife Sanctuary Charitable Trust / Barwon Heads / 4,950
Journalism Training Proposal / Belgium Avenue Neighbourhood House Inc / Collingwood / 4,280
JWL Youth Ministry 'Carol Events' / JWL Youth Ministry with funds auspiced by The New Hope Foundation Inc / Mitcham / 1,350
Karen Refugee Project / Cloverdale Baptist Community Church / Corio / 3,050
Keeping Volunteers Motivated / Maldon Football Netball Club Inc / Maldon / 2,100
Kids Hope Mentoring Program / Moolap Baptist Church / Whittington / 1,200
Koorie Night Market Volunteer Program / Koorie Night Market Inc / Alphington / 4,950
Labertouche Bush Fire Volunteer Relief Training / Rotary Club Of Pakenham Inc / Labertouche
Jindvick
Drouin West / 2,500
Leadership for Change Program / Openaid International / Moonee Ponds / 2,700
Leading From Within Mentor Program / Leading From Within (Greater Shepparton) / Shepparton / 5,000
Leading our Community Through Knowledge / Western Health / North Western Metropolitan Region / 3,100
Level 4 (Development) Coach Accreditation / Strathfieldsaye Cricket Club Inc / Strathfieldsaye / 805
Level One Coaching Course for WCC Members / Wonthaggi Cricket Club Inc / Wonthaggi / 1,500
Lift the Lid on Sanitation / Lift The Lid / State-wide / 3,050
Longwarry Fire Brigade Food Handling Course / Country Fire Authority / Longwarry / 600
Malmsbury Youth Space - Travelling Workshops / Inksync Malmsbury Inc / Gisborne
Kyneton
Romsey
Woodend
Lancefield
Tylden / 4,000
Meadow Heights Learning Shop Volunteers / Meadow Heights Learning Shop Inc / Meadow Heights / 2,340
Melbourne Fringe Festival Volunteer Program / Melbourne Fringe / State-wide / 4,800
Migrant HUB Network Newsletter / The Migrant Hub / Werribee / 4,500
Mildura Eisteddfod Society Incorporated Strategic and Business Plan / Mildura Eisteddfod Society / Mildura / 2,000
Molise Club of Melbourne Inc / Molise Club Of Melbourne Inc / Mulgrave / 2,400
Mudbash Buggy / The Scout Association of Australia Victorian Branch / Colac / 1,500
NAIDOC Week Celebrations / Community Hub Inc / Colac / 2,825
Narre Warren Junior Football Club - 2010 Season / Narre Warren Junior Football Club / Narre Warren / 3,200
National Volunteer Week Promotion - Albury Wodonga Health / Albury Wodonga Health / Wodonga
Albury / 2,620
Nature Watch Community Group Engagement Project / Victorian National Parks Association Inc / Carlton / 3,300
New Activities Volunteer Support Program / Paliomillo Social Club / Lalor / 3,000
New TADVIC Volunteer Brochures / TADVIC Co Operative Ltd / Kew / 1,700
New Volunteers Support Project / Mill Park Greek Elderly Citizens Club Inc / Mill Park / 2,800
Ngarrakeetoon Garden and Lawn Project / Ngarrakeetoon-Whitehead Meeting Place Inc / Warrnambool / 1,300
No Limits TV Series 9 and Boldness Radio / Disability Media Inc / Melbourne / 4,500
Oplan Enlist and Engage / Young Filipino-Australian Ambassadors Inc / Dandenong / 900
Out in Force / Southern Force Rugby League Football Club / Moorabbin / 5,000
Performing Arts Skills Volunteer Training / The Store Room / North Fitzroy / 3,600
Person Centred Care Volunteer Program- Project VERL, Volunteer Entertainment Resource Library / Melbourne Health / Parkville / 1,350
Polished Boreds / Karden Disability Support Foundation / Ballarat / 2,300
PWD as Volunteers / Belgrave South Community House / Belgrave South / 1,200
Reading Discovery - Volunteer Model / Mallee Family Care Inc / Mildura / 4,600
Recruit Membership Via New Volunteering Opportunities / Point Leo Surf Life Saving Club Inc / Point Leo / 2,100
Recruit, Retain & Retrain Sunshine Heights Football Club / Sunshine Heights Football Club Inc / West Sunshine / 2,500
Recruiting and Training of More Local Community Volunteers / Melton Centrals Junior Football Club with funds auspiced by Melton Centrals Junior Football Club / Melton / 1,800
RIAM / ABRISA-Brazilian Association for the development and interaction of Immigrants in Australia / North West Metro / 2,500
Ricketts Point Water Sports Volunteer Coach Boat Drivers / Beaumaris Yacht Club Inc / Beaumaris / 2,450
Rowing for Life / Mordialloc Life Saving Club Inc / Mordialloc / 850