Skills and Training Program for Community Groups
May to October 2010
Yarra City Council has a number of training sessions for local not-for-profit community groups and organisations.
The six sessions will provide free and practical advice to staff, volunteers and committee members to help community groups raise money, plan for the future and lift their profile in the community.
Session One: Fundraising
Wednesday 5 May, 6pm - 7.30pm or
Thursday 6 May, 7.30am - 8.45am (repeat session)
This session will provide an overview of the strategies you can put in place for successful fundraising. Learn about the different ways you can find money for your group.
Session Two: Winning Grants
Wednesday 2 June, 6pm - 7.30pm
This session provides answers to your grantseeking questions. Learn the secrets of successful grant writing and increase the number of grants you can apply for without pushing yourself into an early grave!
Session Three: Planning for your organisation’s future
Wednesday 7 July, 6pm - 7.30pm
All groups, whether large or small need to plan for their future. Find out about the tools to effectively develop, implement and monitor your group’s progress and stay focused.
Session Four: Getting the best out of meetings
Wednesday 4 August, 6pm - 7.30pm
Meetings are a fact of life. Learn how to get results from your meetings and make them effective, timely and enjoyable. Learn about the different roles in a meeting, minute taking and troubleshooting difficulties.
Session Five: Raising your group's profile
Wednesday 1 September, 6pm - 7.30pm
Often seen as an aside, marketing is integral to raising the community’s awareness of your group. Find out how you can reach potential new members and old friends, and generate extra support for your group without costing you an ‘arm and a leg’ in time and effort.
Session Six: Knowing more about your community
Wednesday 6 October, 6pm - 7.30pm
Make use of Census and demographic data to improve your group’s effectiveness. This is an easy and free way to target your programs and activities to members of the local community.
All sessions will be held in meeting rooms 1 & 2 at the Richmond Town Hall, 333 Bridge Road, Richmond.
For further information or to book your place in one or several sessions, contact Nina Collins, Community Planner.
Download a copy of the Skills and Training Program brochure. or visit www.yarracity.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/Index.asp for more information.
Nina CollinsCommunity Planner - Grants
City of Yarra PO Box 168 Richmond 3121T (03) 9205 5146 F (03) 8417 6666E nina.collins@yarracity.vic.gov.au W www.yarracity.vic.gov.au
Yarra Settlement Forum Blog
The Yarra Settlement Forum (YSF) was established in or around 1999 as a sub-committee of the The Yarra Ethnic Communities' Council (YECC). With the folding of the YECC in 2003 the YSF has continued as a network providing a forum for settlement providers in the CoY. Since 2001, through the Refugee and Asylum Seeker project, which was funded by CoY, the YSF has been under the shared leadership of North Yarra Community Health (NYCH) and CoY.
Purpose of the blog:
The Yarra Settlement Forum blog is intended to be the means by which members of the Yarra Settlement Forum communicate electronically, in addition to email. Anything that is related to the YSF or which members would like to inform others about, is material that is relevant to the blog.
However, it some main purposes including:
Building relationships between YSF members through enabling more frequent communication.
Notifying and keeping members informed of what is happening in the community, practically when it comes to settlement related issues.
Being a means to reflect and react about the effectiveness of the Yarra Settlement Forum, and allowing members to report back to the Forum about changes they would like to see to the YSF to make it more effective.
Minimum commitment expected:
Posting on the blog does not require a significant time commitment. However, as the blog is intended to be a collection of consistent and useful information, it is important that members see their participation in the blog as a part of their commitments to the Yarra Settlement Forum. It is expected that if members have any information that they would like to share with other members of the YSF, they do so via the blog.
It is also expected that members make every effort to make sure they are able to use the blog including liaising with their employer about the need to access the blog site, and undoing training on how to blog.
Code of Conduct:
To maintain trust and ensure the blog is used in an appropriate manner, it is important to:
Respect individuals, community members and/or service providers.
Never identify individuals, community members or services in a defamatory manner.
Make it clear in opinion pieces that the views expressed are yours alone and do not necessarily represent the views of your employer or the rest of the YSF.
Keep private issues and topics private, since discussing private issues can jeopardize personal and work relationships.
Disclose conflicts of interest.
Acknowledge and correct mistakes promptly.
Reply to emails and comments when appropriate, and do so promptly.
Consequences if policy is breached:
If you have any questions about what is appropriate to include in your blog it is important that you ask the administrator – Melinie Ridge, co-facilitator of the Yarra Settlement Forum as any breach of the policy will result in your blog being deleted an/or your membership to the blog being revoked.
How to post to the Yarra Settlement Forum Blog
Step 1:
Open internet browser and go to: www.yarrasettlementforum.blogspot.com
Step 2:
Right click on the sign in link (top right hand corner) and click open in a new window.
Step 3:
Sign in using your newly created Google account (unfortunately this is necessary).
Step 4:
Once you've logged into Blogger you'll see your Dashboard, showing your list of blogs. Click the blue “new post” icon to create a new post.
Step 5:
Next, you’ll see the page for creating a new post. Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself
Step 6:
When you're done, click the "Preview" link to make sure it's ready to go
Step 7:
Once you're satisfied with your post, click the "Publish" button. This will publish your new post
Purpose of the blog:
The Yarra Settlement Forum blog is intended to be the means by which members of the Yarra Settlement Forum communicate electronically, in addition to email. Anything that is related to the YSF or which members would like to inform others about, is material that is relevant to the blog.
However, it some main purposes including:
Building relationships between YSF members through enabling more frequent communication.
Notifying and keeping members informed of what is happening in the community, practically when it comes to settlement related issues.
Being a means to reflect and react about the effectiveness of the Yarra Settlement Forum, and allowing members to report back to the Forum about changes they would like to see to the YSF to make it more effective.
Minimum commitment expected:
Posting on the blog does not require a significant time commitment. However, as the blog is intended to be a collection of consistent and useful information, it is important that members see their participation in the blog as a part of their commitments to the Yarra Settlement Forum. It is expected that if members have any information that they would like to share with other members of the YSF, they do so via the blog.
It is also expected that members make every effort to make sure they are able to use the blog including liaising with their employer about the need to access the blog site, and undoing training on how to blog.
Code of Conduct:
To maintain trust and ensure the blog is used in an appropriate manner, it is important to:
Respect individuals, community members and/or service providers.
Never identify individuals, community members or services in a defamatory manner.
Make it clear in opinion pieces that the views expressed are yours alone and do not necessarily represent the views of your employer or the rest of the YSF.
Keep private issues and topics private, since discussing private issues can jeopardize personal and work relationships.
Disclose conflicts of interest.
Acknowledge and correct mistakes promptly.
Reply to emails and comments when appropriate, and do so promptly.
Consequences if policy is breached:
If you have any questions about what is appropriate to include in your blog it is important that you ask the administrator – Melinie Ridge, co-facilitator of the Yarra Settlement Forum as any breach of the policy will result in your blog being deleted an/or your membership to the blog being revoked.
How to post to the Yarra Settlement Forum Blog
Step 1:
Open internet browser and go to: www.yarrasettlementforum.blogspot.com
Step 2:
Right click on the sign in link (top right hand corner) and click open in a new window.
Step 3:
Sign in using your newly created Google account (unfortunately this is necessary).
Step 4:
Once you've logged into Blogger you'll see your Dashboard, showing your list of blogs. Click the blue “new post” icon to create a new post.
Step 5:
Next, you’ll see the page for creating a new post. Start by giving your post a title (optional), then enter the post itself
Step 6:
When you're done, click the "Preview" link to make sure it's ready to go
Step 7:
Once you're satisfied with your post, click the "Publish" button. This will publish your new post
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