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- Volunteer Grants Program now open! Get your application in before 2pm, April 16 2010 CLICK HERE for more information.
- Professional Fundraising Package: FIND GRANTS, WIN GRANTS, RAISE FUNDS. Develop a sustainable fundraising strategy with Our Community's range of invaluable newsletters and books CLICK HERE.
- Community Treasurers' Awards countdown begins: You only have two weeks left to nominate your organisation's treasurer for the 2010 Westpac Community Treasurers' Awards. There are prizes of $5000 up for grabs for the winner in each of the three budget classes. Nominations must be received by April 1, 2010. Find out more here.
- Power Up! The speakers' list for the 2010 Communities in Control Conference has just been released. See who's in the line-up and secure an early bird price at www.ourcommunity.com.au/cic2010.
- New Training Brochure Released: The Australian Institute of Community Practice & Governance, Our Community's training arm, has just released the 2010 community group training calendar. Find out more here.
- Free Financial Help Guide: Westpac and Our Community have just released the Guide for Community Board Members: Understanding Finances, the second in the community financial literacy series. Download your guide now or request a hard copy by clicking here.
- Corporate Grants on the Up: More grantseekers are primarily reliant on funds from the corporate/private sector than 12 months ago, according to the recently released 2010 Grants in Australia survey. Almost 18% of respondents said their grants income came primarily from the corporate/private sector, up from 7.4% in 2009. Read more by downloading the latest edition of Our Community Matters here.
- Australians Give - and Take - from Community Groups: Community groups still underestimate the threat theft and fraud poses to their organisations, according to Our Community's Fraud and Financial Management Survey 2010. The survey found that almost 20% had experienced stolen resources or equipment in the past two years. More detail on the survey is featured in February's edition of Board Builder. Click here to find out more.
- Get the Giving News: The March edition of GiveNow News features a range of giving tips, including why and where to dispose of your old mobile phone, how you can help rebuild Afghanistan … one skateboard at a time, a better way to respond to the Haiti earthquake disaster, what to give to op shops, and the A to Zen of tech-savvy ways to give. Sign up to receive your copy here.
- Join In, Join Up! New posters to help you spread the Join In, Join Up! message are now available for download at www.ourcommunity.com.au/joinin.
- Get Grants: Listen to Our Community grantseeking specialist Patrick Moriarty delivering his tips on how to get a grant here.
- Get Giving! You can give to causes set up to support people affected by the Haiti and Chile earthquake disasters using the GiveNow.com.au giving portal. Click here to find out more.
- We're on Twitter! Sign up to follow Our Community on Twitter and you'll get all the news as it happens. Click here to get started.
- Find on Facebook: Keep up with the latest news from Our Community by becoming a fan on Facebook. Click here to view our page.
- Community View: The latest edition of the Our Community Matters newsletter includes:
- Community Classifieds: Offers, Freebies and Wanted Ads
- Marketing Guru: What a bra-based Facebook campaign can teach us about spreading our message
- Volunteers & Employees: What's the difference? Maybe less than you think ...
- Better Bequests: Advice on setting up or rejigging your bequests program
- Government Releases Community Reports: What it all means for you, on the ground
- Community Calendar: What's on in the community sector
- Trendsetters: New stats released
- Tough Gig: Why the community sector is a hard place to work
and much more. Sign up as a member now (it's free!) at www.ourcommunity.com.au/signup, or download this month's edition of Our Community Matters at www.ourcommunity.com.au/ocmatters
