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Ideas from the Heywire Regional Youth Summit 2013
Which idea will your community adopt? 1 summit CONTENTS 32 young regional Australians 02 About Heywire 04 My Heywire Summit 7 ideas The ideas 06 Fresh Face Friday 08 Farmers’ Future 70,000 in funding 10 Getting the Balance Right 12 Breaking Down the Door 14 The Green Room 16 Keys Please Could your community put 18 Cutting the Red Tape 20 How the Grant Process Works one of these ideas into action?
In February 2013, It’s also your chance An application form and to put the weight of more information on the Read 32 Heywire competition the report your community or grant process can be winners gathered in organisation behind one found in this booklet or Canberra to develop of the ideas and further at abc.net.au/heywire. Adopt it or put it into action in ideas aimed at improving Could your community an idea your community. life for young regional benefit from one of Australians. This report Heywire and the these ideas? Apply Foundation for Rural Adopt it, adapt it for for funds presents the ideas and and Regional Renewal your local community the stories of the young (FRRR) have partnered and apply for a grant! innovators behind them. to offer grants totalling ACT up to $70,000 in seed make it happen funding for successful community organisations that apply to adopt one of these ideas. ABC Heywire is a powerful platform for the stories and ideas of young rural, regional and remote Australians.
about heywire partners
It is the ABC’s partnership with the Australian Government that makes Heywire possible. Thank you to our Government partners: • The Rural Industries Research and Development Corporation ABC Radio’s Heywire Regional Youth During the week, participants • The Department of Agriculture, Fisheries Summit has been held annually in undertake leadership and and Forestry Canberra since 1998, in partnership community building activities, and • The Department of Education, Employment with the Australian Government. meet with members of parliament, and Workplace Relations It is the culmination of the Heywire Government and community • The Department of Health and Ageing competition – open to people aged leaders. The ‘Heywirers’ share • The Department of Regional Australia, 16-22, living in regional or rural their views about the issues Local Government, Arts and Sport Australia, and designed to involve that matter to them, and work them in a national conversation. together to develop and launch ideas to improve the lives of young Heywire encourages young people to people in regional Australia. tell stories about life outside the major cities in text, photo, video or audio Highlights for the Summit format. Over the past 15 years more participants include: than 8,000 young Australians have • The opportunity to meet their taken part. local MP over morning tea at Every year ABC regional stations Parliament House choose a winning entry to represent • Meeting the Minister for their region. The winning stories are Agriculture, Fisheries and professionally produced by the ABC Forestry and featured on ABC Local Radio, • The opportunity to attend triple j, Radio National, Radio Australia, Question Time ABC TV and abc.net.au. • Visits to ABC Canberra and the The winners are invited to take part in Australian War Memorial the Heywire Regional Youth Summit, • The opportunity to be heard held each February in Canberra. The on ABC Radio National as part goal of the Summit is to give young of a live broadcast people the skills to have their voices • The chance to pitch ideas heard, not just on the ABC, but also in to an esteemed audience at their communities and in Canberra. Parliament House
2 Filled with excitement, 32 Heywire winners arrived in Canberra for the 2013 Heywire Regional Youth Summit, with the aim of developing ideas to improve life for young regional Australians. Friendships were forged, innovative pitches were made and important stories were shared. We were not only given a voice but found ears that listened.
We came from all over Australia, The first challenge we faced was to We began to feel that change had never from far away Christmas Island to build a tower with only uncooked been more possible. Pitching our ideas the Gulf of Carpentaria, and from spaghetti sticks, string, sticky tape and at Parliament House put us right in Byron Bay to the Apple Isle. Each one marshmallow to perch at the top. front of the politicians, the powerful of us brought something unique The rules were simple: build the tallest decision makers. We showed our and special to the group. tower in less than 18 minutes. Sound audience just how insightful, In a supportive environment, we told simple? You would be fooled. In acts of resourceful and innovative regional and our personal stories. No matter how chaos and madness, only a few of us rural youth are when it comes to hard-hitting, funny or touching, every produced a standing structure. important issues. Many of our pitches story shared was one to remember. In a The point we learned was that an adult already have momentum and are on very short time, we bonded like glue, would attempt to make two or three their way to becoming reality! with trust, respect and understanding towers, whereas a five year old may Our experience with Heywire has proved for each other. Together we began to build up to 18 to get it right. It was a to us that we are capable of coming up tackle the challenges of the world lesson in unleashing our inner child so with compelling, practical and thought- (so it seemed). that we could spend the week building provoking ideas that really can improve and rebuilding our ideas until they the lives of people our age. It is our became the tallest towers. hope that as you read this document, Our ideas aim to solve difficult you will see the same potential within issues in our home towns, including us as well. the survival of primary industries, my heywire summit drink driving, the lack of mental health education, unbalanced portrayal of youth in the media, poor body image and discrimination of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.
Jarvis Holt, Kurraca, Central Victoria on behalf of all the heywire winners
4 The IDEAS My friends and I love the beach, but we don’t go too often because half of my friends are too embarrassed to take “Girls I knew with anorexia or bulimia formed their shirts off in public. I don’t think there is anything wrong with the way my cliques to compete for whose eating disorders friends look, but they don’t feel confident were the most severe.” enough to ignore what the media tells them they should look like. If Fresh Face Friday were to take off across Australia, I believe my friends would be encouraged by the message that we should feel comfortable in our own skin because FRESH FACE there is nothing wrong with the unique FRIDAY way each of us looks. Richard Baines Body image
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Brooke Mason Taroona TAS What if everyone could be comfortable in their own skin? Each year, Our team will be running a Fresh Stephanie Beckedahl Kariong NSW BIEDAW (Body Image and Eating Disorders Awareness Week) aims Face Friday launch event at Shanna Beeton Taree NSW to renew the public’s focus on improving body esteem. To find out Newcastle University on 30 August, Richard Baines Newcastle NSW if this week is well known, we asked a 50-strong group of people if 2013 and we encourage you to be part Shaye Fisher Portarlington VIC they’d heard of it. We were confronted with a resounding no. of it by coming along or simply by Michelle Badek Canberra ACT posting a photo of your fresh face on Our aim is to raise awareness about Since the Heywire Summit we’ve social media that day. this week through an initiative we’ve discovered a similar campaign We would like to see a not-for-profit called Fresh Face Friday. Fresh developed at a high school in America, organisation, perhaps one with Face Friday will ask women all over which also uses the tagline Fresh Face expertise in body image, adopt the Australia, especially those in the media, Friday. We’ve been in contact to see if Fresh Faced Friday idea and take it to go to work, school and uni without there may be potential to work together even further, by promoting it as a makeup for a day to show that they are in the future. national campaign, or by running comfortable in their own skin. Fresh We believe that Fresh Face Friday will events in other towns. Face Friday will be held on the last be effective and is viable because it is Friday before BIEDAW. Organisations can apply for an FRRR cheap to kick off and promote, quick Heywire grant of up to $10,000 to So how can you get involved? On Fresh and simple to get involved with and has make this happen. An application Face Friday, share, like and re-tweet the a memorable brand identity. We pride form can be found at the end of this campaign message across social media ourselves on the fact that we aren’t booklet and more information about I grew up in the south of Tassie, where almost everyone knows each other. platforms. Show off your make-up trying to reinvent the wheel. Instead, the grant process is on page 20 or As a teenager, I learned girls can be judgemental about appearance. free face on Instagram by posting your we are building on an already existing at abc.net.au/heywire selfie (self-portrait) and using it as your theme week. Nasty comments about your looks ring compete for whose eating disorders profile picture for the day. A campaign Video about this idea on the Heywire We WILL combat body image issues in in your head long after they have been were the most severe. I’m sick of this hashtag will enable the media to easily website. abc.net.au/heywire Australia and raise awareness about spoken. I want to live without being put and at 18 years old, I’m ready to see follow and report on the campaign. BIEDAW. The question is, will we do it down for being different and instead be people who are comfortable in their We hope that one day it will go global, with your help or without it? embraced for it. Adolescent girls are own skin. just as campaigns such as Movember very competitive with each other and Brooke Mason and Earth Hour have done. yearn for acceptance. Girls I knew with anorexia or bulimia formed cliques to
6 The IDEAS My family produces watermelons and pumpkins on our farm at Biloela for consumers in Queensland and NSW. “We believe that our idea is the first step to Two years ago I watched our pumpkins ensuring a lifelong career for young people float away in flood waters. The following season I had to watch as my father like us in Australian agriculture.” ploughed our crops back in because the prices were so low that there was no chance of getting a return. Just two weeks ago, I again watched flood waters wash thousands of seeds away, along with our income. I would love to go home and take CONSUMERS CARING FOR over the family business but if I can’t expect to make a profit, what future is OUR FARMERS’ FUTURE there for me? Valuing Our Food Producers Hayley Skelly-Kennedy
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Elspeth Davey Nhulunbuy NT We are five daughters of primary producers and we wouldn’t choose We would love to see this idea taken Hayley Skelly-Kennedy Biloela QLD to be anything else. We want to produce your fish, your milk, your up and trialled on a small scale, with the help of an FRRR Heywire grant Ashlee Hammond Tragowel VIC pumpkins, your wheat and your prime lamb. The average age of an Australian farmer is 60 and the largest demographic of Australian of up to $10,000. Emma Brown Wollongong NSW primary producers is 65 years plus. Farming appears now to be an old Tiffany Davey Konnongorring WA The trial could take place in one man’s game and people our age no longer see it as a viable career. local supermarket, or with just one industry (such as dairy), one For this to change, we propose an idea Consumers want fresh food and fast, supplier or one grower’s group. We in which QR codes (a square barcode accessible facts; primary producers hope organisations that promote that can be digitally scanned) are want sustainable pricing. Our idea will sustainable food production, such placed in the fresh produce aisles meet both needs. Many consumers There are four generations of Agriculture and farming is my passion as Good Fish, Bad Fish and Food of supermarkets. The codes would want to purchase food that’s locally fishermen in my family, including me. but returning to my family’s fifth Connect, support this idea. We’d provide information about Australian produced, and supplied by producers We rely on a healthy environment generation farm is not an option. also like to see organisations farm gate prices, production processes who farm ethically and follow for a living. that lobby for the food production My farming grandparents earn less and even personal stories about the sustainable, environmentally friendly industry, such as the Australian Therefore, we go to extreme lengths than $10,000 a year. In 2012, the live producers. Eventually, we’d like to see farming practices. Our aim is to inform Food and Grocery Council and Food and costs to maintain Australia’s export ban hugely reduced my family’s this extend to placing farm gate prices the consumer and empower primary SA, take it up. pristine ocean environment, whether income. Australia has one of the best right next to the supermarket price producers, resulting in fairer prices it’s towing large foreign ghostnets agricultural industries in the world; tags on the shelf. and creating a competitive Australian If your organisation could ashore and taking time to free the poor we produce first class food for this implement this idea in some way in We believe that by making this agricultural industry against cheap animals caught in them or collecting country and the rest of the world. your community, fill out the grant information transparent, consumers overseas products. garbage bags full of marine rubbish However, we are heavily taxed, interest application form at the end of this will be driven to demand better prices We believe that our idea is the first step that floats in from all over the world. rates have risen and we are competing booklet. More information about the for primary producers. It will help to to ensuring a lifelong career for young I understand that Green Zones are with countries that heavily subsidise grant process can be found on page ensure that traders pay a fair price people like us in Australian agriculture. important, but as our fishing areas their agricultural industries – making 20 or at abc.net.au/heywire so that primary food producers can are continually restricted, competition it extremely difficult for Australian secure their financial futures. We hope Video about this idea on the Heywire in my industry increases. My future in farmers to compete. We need change that this information will motivate website. abc.net.au/heywire fishing is now uncertain. If one day the or there will not be a future in consumers to buy Australian and make fishermen are gone, who will look after agriculture for people like me. informed decisions about the quality of our remote marine environment? Tiffany Davey the food they are buying. Elspeth Davey 8 The IDEAS
“As young Australians, we believe that the media often inaccurately portrays us in a negative light.”
GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT Balanced and Positive Representation of Youth in the Media
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Isabelle Bolland Christmas Island What if positive stories about youth were portrayed in the media more We would like to see National Grace Edwards Rutherglen VIC frequently? As young Australians, we believe that the media often Youth Week incorporate Getting Kylan Muster Karoonda SA inaccurately portrays us in a negative light. The unbalanced reporting the Balance Right into their yearly Luke Audas Cairns QLD reflects us poorly with stories about, for example, substance abuse, events. We invite schools and Jarvis Holt Wedderburn VIC delinquency, risk taking, poor decision making, lack of ambition and youth media organisations across disrespect for public property. Australia to get involved by creating a learning space for students A study by the Service to Youth Council Our goal for Getting the Balance Right and guest media speakers. Most (SYC) found that seven out of ten is to motivate people our age to get importantly, people employed in the articles written in Australia about youth active and involved in changing the media, from a local to a national are negative. The media is a powerful media’s bias for reporting negative level, must show their support. social influencer. People believe what stories. We will tell the media our Community organisations that the media tells them. No wonder there stories, dreams and accomplishments want to pilot or adapt this idea are are so many negative connotations and remind them of the impact their encouraged to apply for an FRRR When my mate and I were rescued after associated with Gen Y. negative reporting can have. In return, Heywire grant of up to $10,000 to being stranded in the outback for five days, As part of National Youth Week 2014, we will learn from them about what make it happen, using the form we were contacted by the media to be we propose that one day of the week it’s like to work in the media. The at the end of this booklet. More interviewed. We were pretty badly shaken should be dedicated to changing the partnership will be educational for information on the grant process so we declined. But soon after we started negative stereotypes about young all and result in mutual respect and can be found on page 20 or at seeing completely made-up stories Australians that are so often reported understanding. abc.net.au/heywire about us appear on the news. For example, in the media. We want Getting the Balance Right they reported that we drank soft drink to to bring about accurate and balanced On this day, we’d like to see schools survive; I don’t even touch soft drink. To set reporting about youth in the Australian and media organisations work together the record straight, we agreed to speak to media. And in the SYC’s next study, to connect young people with media one news agency however they didn’t include we would love to see very different professionals, through workshops, the part about the local Indigenous fellas statistics. speeches or networking events. who brought our car safely back. Now I don’t Negative stories may sell but positive know whether I can believe anything I read in stories change lives. By nurturing a the news. collaborative relationship with the media, we can get the balance right! Luke Audas 10 The IDEAS
“Young members of the lesbian, gay and bisexual community are six times more likely to commit suicide than their heterosexual peers.”
breaking down THE DOOR Acceptance of LGBT Communities in Regional and Rural Australia
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Dayna Duncan Arno Bay SA We’ve seen the different reactions people have when you ‘come out’. Our team would love to see our Tori Maslen Elanora QLD Sometimes you are met with silence, or told your sexuality is just a phase. idea adopted and trialled on a small Lochsley Wilson Launceston TAS Sometimes you are physically and verbally abused. scale in one regional community Luke Siviour Tooligie SA to learn how effective it can be. Young members of the lesbian, gay bisexual people in these communities If your community organisation bisexual and transexual (LGBT) to live openly with their sexuality. The would like to pilot this idea, fill out community are six times more likely more people who come out, the easier the application form at the end of to commit suicide than their it will be for others. this booklet to apply for a grant. heterosexual peers. We’re calling it Breaking Down the Find more information about the Our stories of discrimination are not Door Day – the name inspired by our grant process and who can apply on isolated cases. People living in rural aim to metaphorically break open the page 20 or at abc.net.au/heywire. and regional areas experience it every closet doors permanently so that no Organisations are invited to adapt day. People have difficulty coming out one ever needs to ‘come out’ again. this idea so it works best in their because the lack of diversity in our We’ve taken inspiration from past unique community. communities can sometimes result piñata-throttling Heywire ideas, using in closed-mindedness. We believe closet-shaped piñatas which, when that these communities struggle to smashed open, will symbolise breaking I stood by my best friend when he came out understand that sexuality is not a closet doors – and provide the sweet but there was only so much I could do to choice, nor does it change who you rewards of coming out. protect him from the constant harassment are. Until the fear of the unknown We hope that this will break down he experienced at school. When he first is gone, we think that the cycle of the doors for the LGBT youth in our came out, he told only his best friends. discrimination, abuse and intolerance communities, for the friends who stand We gave him overwhelming support and we will continue. up for their mates and create a society never imagined that the rest of the school To solve this problem, we’d like to see that embraces equality. would react any differently when he told regional towns hold family-oriented them. If an event like Breaking Down the events where community members Door were held in my region, I think that can unite and publicly show, in a safe people in my school would learn to be more environment, that they are accepting accepting of my friend. of change. We hope that this will encourage gay, lesbian, transexual and Luke Siviour 12 The IDEAS For years my father has suffered from depression. No matter how much I tried to “1 in 4 people will be affected by mental health give him something to be proud of and to live for, it was never enough. Knowing that issues at some stage in their life. The leading my unconditional love is meaningless to him leaves me feeling totally devastated. cause of death in people aged 14 - 25 is suicide.” My father has completely withdrawn from family life and stopped attending school functions that are important to me. His illness has remained untreated and has worsened, which has led to a family the green breakdown. If my family had known the warning signs of depression, we could room have encouraged him to seek treatment before it was too late. mental health Emma-Lee Scott
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Nakita Sobczyk Byron Bay NSW Each of this group has been affected by mental illness, either first hand We would like to see The Green Isabel Enks Ulamambri NSW or through caring for someone very close to us. Room start small with a trial in a regional school or youth group. Anita Thomson Chinchilla QLD In fact, 1 in 4 people will be affected by The main objectives of The Green Room We are calling on local and national Emma-Lee Scott Weetaliba NSW mental health issues at some stage in are to: mental health organisations, such Jordyn Royle Merimbula NSW their life. Shockingly, the leading cause • Provide students with a as Headspace, Inspire, Batyr and of death in young people aged 14 - 25 comprehensive knowledge Orygen, to adopt this idea, adapt it is suicide. regarding mental health. and pilot it. We propose to raise awareness about • Teach skills to identify warning Your organisation may be eligible mental health through an initiative signs of mental health within peers, for an FRRR Heywire grant of up to Mental illness is no stranger to my It was my first year of university called The Green Room. This will be self, family members or friends. $10,000 in seed funding to further family. My father was the first to feel when someone close to me confided a fun and interactive mental health this idea. Apply now at abc.net.au/ • Provide students with knowledge its presence. to me that they were suffering with workshop specifically targeted at years heywire or fill in the application about their local health services, depression. 7 - 10. It is intended to target rural and where they can go for help, how to form at the end of this booklet. Later I learned that my sister suffered remote areas in Australia to create access the health facilities within Find more information about the from depression. I moved away from It was a shock because I hadn’t bridges between young people and their region and establish an grant process and who can apply home to start a new life, but became realised - but that’s the difference with their local mental health professionals, understanding of what each health on page 20. Organisations are paranoid and unsure about everything, mental health. Rarely is it as obvious and reach out to communities who do facility provides. invited to adapt this idea to their I knew something wasn’t right. I used as a physical injury. This person is still not have access to services that provide unique community. to only socially drink and I never suffering and at times it often feels as Suicide prevention group Speranza information on mental health. resorted to drugs but I found myself though they have become a different estimate that for every dollar spent on Video about this idea on the Heywire turning to prescription medicine so I person, but they will get better. We all What makes The Green Room unique preventing mental illness, there will be website. abc.net.au/heywire wasn’t scared throughout the day or have faith in that. is that it is a workshop run by young a saving of nine dollars in the cost of the night. Being diagnosed with type people to help remove the stigma care. We can’t afford not to make the Isabel Enks two bipolar at 21 didn’t come without associated with mental health issues Green Room a reality. by sharing their stories and personal fear but after seeking help, and with experiences. We believe that this will the support of many inspiring friends give young people the skills needed to and family, I now run towards mental deal with mental health and allow them health not away from it. to become familiar with the local staff Nakita Sobczyk behind the allied health titles. 14 The IDEAS I was involved in a serious car accident a few years ago. I suffered two broken legs and such bad memory loss that it took “Drink driving accidents don’t just hurt me a while to remember the simplest things. I didn’t even know who my own the people in the car, they affect family mother was. It took a massive toll on her and friends too.” but she stayed by my side in the hospital, helping me to recover. After I recovered, I realised how much my mother had suffered. Drink driving accidents don’t just hurt the people in the car, they can keys affect family and friends too. please Jordan Curran drink driving
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Monique Edwards Kingston SE SA Each one of us in this group has experienced drink driving tragedies, We would like to see government, Jordan Curran Darwin NT losing close friends before the age of sixteen or experiencing serious a community organisation, or an Kaitlyn Clews Collie WA injuries. We asked the audience at the Heywire Ideas Launch at advertising agency pick up the Parliament House to raise their hands if they knew someone who’d ‘Keys Please’ idea and run with it. driven after drinking or had done so themselves. Almost every person in Your organisation could be eligible the auditorium raised their hand. for an FRRR Heywire grant of up to $10,000 to get it started. Apply Over a third of all fatal alcohol-related The TV campaign could be supported by now using the application form at accidents involve drivers aged 18-25 an online campaign involving a website the end of this booklet or get more years, and more than half occur on where younger Aussies can share their information about the grant process country roads. Our idea to combat these stories and experiences with others. on page 20 or at abc.net.au/heywire. shocking statistics is an anti-drink Anyone can visit the website and share Organisations are invited to adapt driving campaign with the catch phrase the stories to further promote the Keys this idea to fit their local situation. ‘Keys Please’. The key message is that Please message. as soon as a friend picks up an alcoholic We don’t want to see our good friends drink, a mate who’s not drinking should or family members killed on roads. This ask them to hand over their car keys. is why the Keys Please campaign needs We want to empower people to take the to be created. keys off would-be drink drivers. To promote Keys Please, we’d like to I was only 14 when my first friend passed away in a car accident caused by a drunk see a TV commercial showing a party driver. It’s a date that will stick in my mind forever. scene in which the host takes the car Eight months later another friend was be saved.” Those are the words that I keys from the party-goers as they taken. I was in the accident too. will never forget, just because the driver arrive. Ideally, the video would also I survived but my friend did not. It’s not couldn’t say, “No, I’ve been drinking.” be shown in regional and rural high the first thing you want to hear when Kaitlyn Clews schools and to the parents of these you wake up, “I’m sorry but he couldn’t students.
16 The IDEAS Where I live in Howard, QLD, the nearest universities are at least two to three hours travel away. Since many new “Many young people are leaving in search uni students don’t yet have a driver’s licence, they usually have to move away of bright city lights, much to the detriment from home to go to uni. If I could pitch of their home towns.” an idea to make Howard a better place, I would suggest the set-up of affordable, long-distance public transport to help young people in my region travel more easily and quickly. CUTTING THE Jackson Saintly RED TAPE Building Vibrant, Sustainable Rural Communities for Young People
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Kristy McGregor In our experience many young, regional Australians don’t want to stay We would love to see this idea Durham Downs Station QLD in their communities. They don’t feel that they have a place in their towns trialled in a regional town giving Jordan Gyss Ingham QLD or have a say in what’s going on. Many young people are leaving in search the youth of the community an Samantha Charles Neerim South VIC of bright city lights, much to the detriment of their home towns. opportunity to pitch their ideas and Jackson Sainty Howard QLD to see the best ideas emerge. We are passionate about encouraging would build relationships between If your community would like to people our age to make their lives in the established, older community adopt our idea and adapt it to rural areas. For this to happen, we need and its younger citizens. suit your local situation, you are to cultivate their innovative ideas. If the project is a profit-making encouraged to apply for an FRRR Imagine if young people could transform enterprise, a microfinance model of Heywire grant of up to $10,000. their visions and ideas for improving repayment could be implemented. A grant application form can be their communities into reality. Repayment of the donated funds will found at the end of this booklet and Our idea to see this happen is a ensure there are ongoing funds for more information about the grant community social enterprise, called future projects. process is on page 20 or at abc.net. Cutting the Red Tape, in which Unlike typical grant applications au/heywire. Let’s see how successful local businesses, organisations and which are covered in red tape, this Cutting the Red Tape can be! individuals can contribute to a funding project would give young people a pool. Young people will be given the simple but powerful way to shape opportunity to pitch their ideas their communities. The young adults in my town can’t wait to leave and move to the city. to a panel who will select projects We believe that Cutting the Red Tape to fund that will be of most benefit will cause local initiatives to thrive They feel that there’s nothing to do in It would give them a sense of pride and to the community. and give young people ownership and Neerim South. Imagine if there was a engagement. I think this is what Cutting Throughout the planning and autonomy in the decision making community space in each regional town the Red Tape would create for regional implementation of each project, the process for improving their regions. where young people could hold events and rural young people, and as a result, young people whose ideas have been Our hope is that we will see vibrant, and get involved in making positive encourage them to stay. contributions to their communities. selected will be fully involved. They sustainable rural communities growing Samantha Charles will be supported by mentorships with across Australia. business owners, local government and other members of the community. This
18 Could your community benefit from one of these ideas? Recieve up to $10,000 to make it happen!
GUIDELINES FOR FRRR ABC HEYWIRE YOUTH INNOVATION GRANTS
The Foundation for Rural and Applications Close 5pm, 7 June 2013 Regional Renewal (FRRR) and Heywire are collaborating What can be funded? Who can apply? What cannot be funded? What information should APPLICATIONS MUST BE SUBMITTED to support communities to put • Funds are available for communities • Not-for-profit community based • Projects that will be primarily be provided? OR POSTMARKED BY 5pm Friday 7 into action the great ideas to implement or pilot one of the organisations can apply (please implemented in Adelaide, Brisbane, • Please use the Youth Innovation June 2013 generated at the 2013 Heywire seven 2013 Heywire Regional Youth submit only one application per Melbourne, Perth and Sydney are Grants Application Form and keep Applications can be submitted Regional Youth Summit. Summit Ideas organisation) not eligible responses to the space provided by post or email • Projects undertaken from August • Organisations should have an • General operating costs and • You MUST attach an up to date Post FRRR is providing up to $70,000 2013 to August 2014 (projects will ABN or Incorporation Certificate administration will not be funded organisational financial statement FRRR ABC Heywire Grants, nationally to assist remote, rural and not be retrospectively funded) • Organisations demonstrating • Previous FRRR grant recipients • You MUST attach a copy of your PO Box 41, Bendigo, Vic 3552 regional Australian communities • Preference will be given to projects community partnerships will be who have not completed final report ABN or Incorporation Certificate ‘adopt’ and pilot one of the Heywire Email that involve local youth in their preferred to multiple applications requirements are not eligible • Quotes and letters of support/ project ideas. Community organisations [email protected] implementation from one community • A maximum of one project per partnership strengthen your can apply for seed funding of up to • Projects must be implemented organisation and per town will application, as does the inclusion of Enquiries $10,000 in order to pilot a Heywire in regional Australia, as defined by receive a grant in-kind support and other sources If you have questions freecall project idea in their ABC Heywire. For ineligible project • The encouragement or of funding in your project budget. 1800 170 020 or email [email protected] own community. locations refer to what advancement of sport, recreation We highly recommend that you See www.frrr.org.au for more Successful grant applicants will cannot be funded and social activities is not include this information on applying, grantseeker have control over how the project considered a charitable activity • All supporting material MUST be FAQ’s and application top tips! is implemented in their community, by the Australian Taxation Office. submitted with the application but will be encouraged to make The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal Applications from sporting • Applications MUST be signed by contact with the young people (FRRR) champions the economic and social strength organisations need to clearly the head of the organisation or of Australia’s regional, rural & remote communities who initially developed the idea demonstrate a benefit to the application will not be considered (facilitated by Heywire). through partnerships with the private sectors, wider community philanthropy and governments. FRRR encourages Applications that tap the strengths innovation and creativity in remote, rural and of young people and adapt the regional communities, delivering a range of grant project idea to their own local programs, and supporting capacity development situation are encouraged. within community. For more about FRRR see www.frrr.org.au
20 PROJECT INFORMATION (continued) Please detach this application form from the brochure, complete and return to: FRRR ABC Heywire Grants, PO Box 41, Bendigo, Vic 3552 Please give a brief description of your community Why does your community want to implement this idea – Tell us about Demographics, Networks, Clubs, Activities, how will your community be different as a result? Enquiries: freecall 1800 170 020 or [email protected] Festivals, Schools, Training and Employment, Community This is a critical question, tell us why we should work with This form is also available at abc.net.au/heywire & Cultural Diversity, etc… What are the issues? What are the your group and community – let us know how implementing strengths? What can you tell us about youth in your community? this idea will it make a difference to your community, how many people/who will benefit, what changes you think will occur? List other organisations that support this project and attach supporting letters.
APPLICATION FORM
FRRR ABC HEYWIRE YOUTH INNOVATION GRANTS
Applications Close 5pm, 7 June 2013. Please read the guidelines before completing your application.
ORGANISATION INFORMATION PROJECT INFORMATION
Organisation Name: HEYWIRE IDEA YOUR COMMUNITY WILL IMPLEMENT
Indicate one only
Postal Address: ¡ Fresh Face Friday Body Image Town: ¡ Farmers’ Future State: Post Code: Valuing Food Producers ABN / Incorporation Number: What does your organisation do? Don’t know? Go to www.abr.business.gov.au. ¡ Getting the Balance Right Please attach a copy of certificate Media Representation of Youth Please provide a brief overview eg: mission, founding date, major programs and distinctive organisational attributes, use GST – Registered ¡ Yes ¡ No ¡ Breaking Down the Door of facilities, networks and engagement with other community DGR – Deductible Gift Recipient ¡ Yes ¡ No Acceptance of LGBT Communities in Regional and Rural Australia groups, local council, services etc. Let us know how your Please provide a copy of ATO Endorsement if applicable ¡ The Green Room organisation works, who does this work, why? Tell us about the
TCC – Tax Concession Charity ¡ Yes ¡ No Mental Health number of members, size of enrolments, numbers of paid staff Please provide a copy of ATO Endorsement if applicable and/or volunteers, board / management committee capacity. ¡ Keys Please Head of Organisation Drink Driving This person MUST sign the last page or application will not be considered ¡ Cutting the Red Tape ¡ ¡ Building Vibrant Regional Communities for Young People Mr Ms Name: Position Held: Phone No: Grant Amount Requested: (Maximum $10,000)
Email: Mobile: Project Location: (Town Name) When will the project happen? Second Contact for Application Please outline the expected dates that this project would Population: You MUST provide a second contact person, with separate contact details become operational and completed. NB: You may not
¡ Mr ¡ Ms Name: receive funds until end of August 2013 and FRRR cannot fund retrospectively. Position Held: State: Post Code:
Phone No:
Email: Mobile: BUDGET
How will you implement the project – what will you do? How will you measure your success? INCOME expenditure Will there be youth involvement in the project How will you know if your project has been successful? What implementation? How will you engage with youth? Will you will the outcomes / outputs / outreach be? If possible provide Description Value ($) Description Value ($) undertake the project in partnership with others? Attach measurable objectives e.g. 20 young people will be mentored letters confirming this. Also outline the organisational and as change agents and peer leaders, for six months they will e.g. School fun runs 1500.00 e.g. 3 x all day youth workshops (3x Catering 450.00 community capacity you have to complete the project and use their networks including social media to promote safe $60, materials $60 and promotion $30) give us an idea of how the project will be managed. If you are driving, we hope to be on local radio, have three stories in the FRRR Grant Request already doing something similar, please let us know how this local paper and articles in the 4 school newsletters and reach project will be different to your regular program work. up to 600 young people.
In-Kind Support In-Kind Support must balance in-kind expenditure must balance in-kind income PROJECT finances TOTAL must balance total expenditure TOTAL must balance total income How much will the project cost and what other financial support does it require? APPLICATION CHECKLIST certification Please describe the budget and outline where grant funds
will be used. Let us know how / if you plan on raising other Ensure you have completed these sections: Please complete the certification below. money to implement this project, and include a description ¡ Organisation Information Must be signed by the Head of the Organisation of in-kind support here. ¡ Project Information OR NOT ELIGIBLE FOR FUNDING To provide good evidence to support your budget, please ¡ Project Finances list and attach quotes or let us know how you arrived at the I/We acknowledge and understand that all applications
expense amounts listed in your budget (quotes are highly Ensure you have attached these documents - All supporting become the property of FRRR I/We agree that FRRR may provide this application to other regarded but not essential – we recognise they are difficult material MUST be submitted with the application: to obtain in remote areas). ¡ Organisation Financials- either current profit & loss / potential funding sources I/We agree to inform FRRR if the organisation has a balance sheet OR last audited statement (ESSENTIAL) ¡ Certificate of ABN or Incorporation - or attach printout significant change to its financial situation from www.abr.business.gov.au (ESSENTIAL) I/We agree if successful to expend any FRRR funding within 12 months ¡ Letters of support for project (OPTIONAL, but very highly regarded) I/We agree for FRRR to publish stories of grants funded ¡ Quotes to support budget items (OPTIONAL) HEAD OF ORGANISATION TO SIGN HERE
Please submit your application, via post or via email to FRRR, Name: PO Box 41, Bendigo, VIC 3552 or [email protected] Signed: Does the FRRR grant amount requested cover the Applications need to be clearly postmarked before or on the full project cost? ¡ Yes ¡ No closing date, 5pm Friday 7 June 2013. Position: To enquire about the grants contact FRRR Please estimate the time taken to complete your Dated: Freecall: 1800 170 020 application (Hrs) Organisation name: Email: [email protected] On a scale of 1=“Easy” to 5=“Hard” how would you rate Twitter: @FRRR_Oz this application process? ¡ 1 ¡ 2 ¡ 3 ¡ 4 ¡ 5 Facebook: facebook.com/followFRRR To contact Heywire: For more information about the grants ABC Heywire, GPO Box 9994 process contact the Foundation for Rural Melbourne 3001 and Regional Renewal: Phone: 03 9626 1861 Freecall: 1800 170 020 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Facebook: facebook.com/abcheywire Facebook: facebook.com/followFRRR Twitter: @heywire Twitter: @FRRR_Oz Web: abc.net.au/heywire Web: frrr.org.au