With a prize pool of $5 million every year for three years, NAB’s Schools First initiative is a national awards program that provides financial recognition and support to build and enhance effective school-community partnerships.
All Australian primary and secondary schools can apply for Schools First funding for their community partnership from 1 July – 14 August 2009.
To explain the nomination process, Schools First is running a series of 80 workshops across the country. The workshops are free-of-charge and open to school staff, principals, school councils, parents, local government, State and Federal government, local business associations, health and well-being organisations and any other community group interested in partnering with a local school.
To register for a workshop, RSVP on our website www.schoolsfirst.edu.au
The Genographic Legacy Fund aims to empower indigenous and traditional peoples on a local level while helping to raise awareness on a global level of the challenges and pressures facing these communities.
Support from the fund will be directed primarily toward education initiatives, cultural conservation, and linguistic preservation and revitalization efforts. Applicants must provide a record of current or prior work in support of indigenous education programs and/or cultural or linguistic conservation efforts.
The majority of the group responsible for project governance must be members of the indigenous community in which the project will be implemented. Projects are divided into two categories:
1) smaller, discrete projects that typically require amounts up to $25,000 and
2) more complex projects undertaken in conjunction with other entities, such as NGOs, local education institutions, or government agencies that require up to $100,000.
DEADLINES: June 15 and December 15, 2008
Forwarded by Daryn McKenny. Arwarbukarl Cultural Resource Association.
A change to note in the funding guidelines for Maintenance of Indigenous Languages and Records, now administered by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts!
“MILR will not fund proposals that include re-granting of project funds to other groups or organisations. This means that financial accountability can not be devolved.
Funding recipients, (such as Indigenous Language Service centres) that support diverse local projects, are expected to employ any paid service and project personnel, to be responsible for the purchasing and supply of goods and services and to account for all the funds received in accordance with financial and performance provisions of the funding agreement.”
This will have a significant impact on a number of language centres who have managed small grants for local language groups. The funding submissions are due in by the end of February.
The program funding guidelines are available from the Departments website.