Item 11.3 - Attachment 2 |
Examples of Successful
Projects |
Community Capacity Building – 100% Voluntary
1st Ermington Scouts
received $2183.20 in 2007 to purchase essential scouting, camping and hiking
equipment for young people from disadvantaged backgrounds in the Ermington
area. The Scout group experienced a 25% growth in young members and is now able
to offer scouting opportunities at a reduced cost to young people from
disadvantaged backgrounds.
Parramatta Computer Pals for Seniors received
$4,552 in 2008 to run a series of courses for not-for-profit organisations in
the LGA. Participants gained confidence and knowledge to source and use
specific software applications to enhance their capacity to produce letters,
memos, reports, financial statements, budgets, newsletters, flyers, web pages
and emails for their organisation and its clients. The project benefited
Parramatta Computer Pals by raising their profile among local community
organisations. As a result they have
been invited to provide basic computer training for members of Granville RSL.
The Community Grants Program enabled Parramatta Computer Pals to provide
services that they would not otherwise have been able to provide.
Community Capacity
Building – Paid Staff
Granville
Multicultural Community Centre received $10,000 in 2007 to run sports, arts and
education programs to support at risk and disadvantage young people to stay in
the education system. Young people were supported through homework support
twice a week and also had the opportunity to participate in various sports and
arts programs. Outcomes have included young people joining local sports clubs,
young people linking in with other service providers and ongoing partnerships
with youth workers and agencies.
Parramatta Young
Christian Workers received $8,649 in 2008 to build on partnerships with
Parramatta Central Library and the Granville Youth and Recreation Centre to run
workshops for young people covering work life and educational needs. Parramatta
Young Christian Workers has established a project team of 10 young people who
have developed a resource which will be used for ongoing training for tutor
volunteers. The project has been successful in engaging 80 young people to date
to participate in the workshops and workshops have continued to run as part of
Homework Help.
Community Capacity Building
– Social Enterprise
Information and
Cultural Exchange (ICE) received $10,000 in 2007 to undertake a feasibility
study to scope the potential of a social enterprise incubator in Parramatta.
The research has enabled ICE to scope the key issues facing emerging artists
and cultural enterprises in Parramatta and Western Sydney. ICE identified
programs and activities that will assist in developing programs to support
artists and entities to grow and become more sustainable. The project has
contributed to the adoption of new approaches within the organisation, which
ICE seeks to roll out through programs in Parramatta Supporting digital arts
and creative enterprise development.
The African Food
Project received $10,000 in 2008 to undertake a feasibility study and prepare a
business plan to implement a social enterprise which consists of the growing
and selling of African vegetables and other African food to the existing
African communities in Sydney, and in time to other African communities in
Australia. The project has been successful in securing state government funding
and successful in receiving further social enterprise funding from Parramatta
City Council in 2009 for the implementation of the business plan.
Arts Professional
Fund
The Australian Chamber
Orchestra received $20,000 in 2008 to get a group of young string players from
a range of schools in the Parramatta area to form a small orchestra with the
Australian Chamber Orchestra’s own musicians. The project has grown over the
first part of 2009; which has meant a significant increase in the standard of
results of the workshop performance. The Australian Chamber Orchestra is
continuing to increase its numbers, workshops and performances with entering
the Orchestra in competitions to perform next year.
Heritage and Stories
Research Fund
In 2008 Bonney Djuric
received $5,000 to research into the Parramatta Girls Home – the longest
running institution of its kind in NSW; associated with many generations of
females form the Stolen Generations and the Forgotten Australians. Research
included stories through oral history, archival and other sources which will be
compiled and presented as a booklet. This will be distributed to schools,
libraries, Heritage Centres and the Visitor information centre.