QCF Grant-making 2019

QCF General Fund Grants 2019

The QCF Capacity Building Grants assist charities develop their structures, systems, people and skills in order to deliver improved outcomes.

Typically, capacity building focuses on education and training, recruiting, maintaining or recognising volunteers, information technology support systems, training, and planning and governance which may include strategic plans, constitution reviews or board appraisals.

The 2019 grant focused on mid-tier organisations promoting social cohesion and fostering community integration, primarily in the arts, the environment including but not limited to drought, and indigenous languages.

Value of Name of Recipient Project Title Location Focus Area Grant Bribie Island South East Community Arts Society IT Systems Support $12,919 Arts Queensland Inc Brisbane Community South East Arts Centre Ltd (t/a Metro Arts Future Project $22,800 Arts Queensland Metro Arts) 'What it Means to be Me' - A Darling Downs Indigenous Carbal Medical Services $28,000 Story Book South West Languages Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare Inc. iPads for Landcare North Queensland $3,800 Environment Conservation Volunteer Safety Systems Volunteers Australia Craft Queensland Building Capacity in Digital Queensland-wide $30,000 Arts (trading as artisan) Engagement Flipside Circus IT Upgrade & Training South East $6,094 Arts Association Inc. Support Queensland Training in Research and Flying Arts Alliance Queensland-wide $25,000 Arts Evaluation Redesigning the IRF Website International South East and Systems: A Voice of our $30,000 Environment RiverFoundation Queensland World’s Rivers Consolidating IT Processes JUTE Theatre Company to Create Capacity within North Queensland $30,000 Arts Our Community National Trust South East Currumbin Wildlife People and Culture $30,000 Environment Queensland Sanctuary Northern Gulf Regional Property Information Far North $30,000 Environment Management Group Management System Queensland

1 of 5 Value of Name of Recipient Project Title Location Focus Area Grant Capacity Building for Fish OzFish Unlimited Ltd Habitat Restoration in North North Queensland $25,000 Environment Queensland Reactivate and Roll-Out South East OzHarvest OzHarvest Gold Coast $30,000 Environment Queensland Volunteer Program Queensland A Strategic Plan for a Better Conservation Council Queensland-wide $29,950 Environment Environment Inc Far West and Queensland Families Neighbourhood Centre South Western $30,000 Drought and Communities Assoc Drought Response Strategy Queensland Streamlining QMF's Queensland Music Information Technology Queensland-wide $30,000 Arts Festival Resources and Software Capabilities Central West, Information/Communication Queensland Writers Darling Downs and Technology Upgrade for $30,000 Arts Centre Inc South West Best of the West Project Queensland The Australian Festival AFCM Strategic Planning of Chamber Music - and Sponsorship North Queensland $30,000 Arts North Queensland Development Limited Townsville Maritime Digitisation of Museum North Queensland $5,465 Arts Museum Limited Collections and Exhibitions Festival of Small Halls South East Woodfordia Inc $8,000 Arts Conference Business Plan Queensland Central Indigenous Youth Plus Foundation Our Culture, Our Land $11,000 Queensland Languages

2 of 5 QCF Regional Grants 2019 The regional grants program aims to support eligible charitable organisations providing services on the Gold Coast, Sunshine Coast, Toowoomba and North Queensland regions. Charities and causes supported may fit within, but are not limited to: community wellbeing, health, arts and culture, animal welfare, children and youth, education, environment, medical research, indigenous and religion which have the following characteristics: • One-off projects for a specific purpose • Demonstrate sustainability beyond the funding period • Strengthen the community • Reduce social disadvantage • Help find solutions to community problems • Benefit as many people as possible

Value of Name of Organisation Project Title Region Grant North 99.9 Live FM Outside Broadcast (OB) Equipment $3,600 Queensland Ability Enterprises Limited Equipment Replacement Programme Toowoomba $5,000.00 Animal Welfare League Critical Veterinary Upgrades Gold Coast $1,055.00 Queensland Aunties & Uncles Queensland Building Tomorrow - One Child at a Time Gold Coast $4,550.00 North Bowen Meals on Wheels Inc. 24 Month Internet Connection Plan $1,069.00 Queensland Cancer Patients Foundation Look Good Feel Better Toowoomba $3,000.00 Care Goondiwindi Association Foodbank - Healthy Food Toowoomba $3,000.00 Inc. Civic Community Services Glass Doors for Fresh Cuts Toowoomba $2,700.00 Sunshine Connect Community Plus kids Software Program $3,000.00 Coast Courage to Care NSW Courage to Care Gold Coast Exhibition Gold Coast $5,000.00 Cystic Fibrosis Queensland A Little Day Out Gold Coast $3,000.00 Limited Cystic Fibrosis Queensland North A Little Day Out $3,200.00 Limited Queensland Cystic Fibrosis Queensland A Little Day Out Toowoomba $2,250.00 Limited Fusion Australia Limited Sunshine Shade Sails to Communal Courtyard $3,000.00 (Sunshine Coast) Coast Global Care Australia trading as Sunshine Fresh Cold Food Storage $1,969.00 Suncoast Christian Care Coast Hands to Hold Limited Hands Up Kids Club Gold Coast $3,180.00 Hear and Say - Centre for Deaf North NQ COMET Program $5,200.00 Children Limited Queensland Hope Horizons Inc - Fixed Permanent Hope Horizons Inc Toowoomba $1,065.00 Sign Sunshine Hope Reins Inc. Office Equipment $2,406.00 Coast Kids in Need Association Spine Surgery for Rudy Gold Coast $5,000.00

3 of 5 Value of Name of Organisation Project Title Region Grant Life Education Centre A Fresh New Look for Healthy Harold Gold Coast $3,500.00 Foundation Queensland Sunshine Lily House Valued Volunteers Training $400.00 Coast PCYC Toowoomba Child Safety Pantomime Toowoomba $5,000.00 Peregian Beach Community Sunshine The Chrysalis Stage $2,000.00 College Coast Robina Community Legal Centre My Community Legal Rebranding Gold Coast $5,000.00 North Rosies Youth Mission Inc. Van Fit-Out $5,000.00 Queensland The Deadly Espresso Cafe " Eco-Culture" Sunshine SevGen Indigenous Corporation $2,500.00 Expansion Coast Smart Pups Assistance Dogs for Sunshine Puppy Program $5,000.00 Special Needs Children Coast Sunrise Way Rehabilitation Exercising for Recovery Toowoomba $3,000.00 Limited Chippies Corner Expansion - Tool Sunshine Sunshine Butterflies $4,541.00 Purchase Coast Sunshine Coast Children's New Evidence-Based Group Programs for Sunshine $3,000.00 Therapy Centre Children and Young People Coast Gold Coast University Hospital Clown The Humour Foundation Gold Coast $4,629.00 Doctors Program The Migrant Centre Organisation Kaleidoscope - Express Yourself Gold Coast $3,000.00 Inc. North The Oasis Townsville Limited Art and Craft Program $4,095.00 Queensland North The Pyjama Foundation The Love of Learning Program $3,216.00 Queensland Toowoomba Clubhouse Education and Employment Program Toowoomba $2,500.00 Toowoomba Hospice Carpet Refurbishment Toowoomba $5,000.00 Toowoomba Hospital Dignity Care Packs Toowoomba $2,000.00 Foundation North Towers Players Inc. Projecting for the Future $5,000.00 Queensland Townsville Maritime Museum Developing Formal and Non-formal North $5,000.00 Limited School Education Activities Queensland Twin Towns Kindergarten Upgrade of Security and Safety Gold Coast $4,417.00 Association Inc. Warwick State Emergency Plant Room Lighting Toowoomba $2,812.00 Service (SES)

4 of 5 Gulf Region — servicing the communities of Burke Shire Council, Carpentaria Shire Council, Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire Council, and Mornington Shire Council by focusing on promoting the interests and welfare of residents by supporting projects and initiatives that encourage educational, health, cultural and social development.

Name of Recipient Project Title Description of project Value of Grant Australian Sports Jibardi Pride This program seeks to empower young $30,000 Foundation Women’s women in the Gulf heal and become leaders for Waanyi Native Empowerment in their community. Title Aboriginal Program Corporation Bynoe Community Travel & To provide opportunities to participate, play $30,000 Advancement Equipment and travel off the Island in a regular Cooperative Society competition Ltd for Mornington Island Raiders Rugby League Normanton Sports Purchase of sports equipment. $7,818 Athletics Club Equipment Normanton Child Sensory Play To provide sensory resources to assist $5,129 Care Parent children with learning disabilities. Committee Normanton Rugby Gulf Facilitation of an administration/governance $21,650 League Football Communities support and compliance accreditation Club Rugby League seminar in Normanton supporting local Gulf Training Admin community football clubs from the shire. and Accreditation Project Burketown Rodeo Shade New shed and shade structure to make the $30,000 and Sporting Structures grounds more user friendly. Association Burketown Plumbing Plumbing repairs in the kindy and purchase $15,000 Kindergarten Inc. Repairs/ of an interactive TV to help support Technology children’s learning. Burketown Playgroup For the purchase of age appropriate and up $15,000 Kindergarten Inc to date resources. Burketown State Playground Upgrade and renewal of playground $29,735 School P & C Equipment equipment. Upgrade and Renewal Junkuri Laka Junkuri Laka Fire To provide a more culturally appropriate $28,819 Pitt and setting for mediation in the community. Meditation Area Carpentaria Land Caring for our Open days promoting a career as an $24,663 Council Aboriginal Gulf Country Indigenous Ranger. Corporation Moungibi Housing Renovations to Moungibi Housing supports local economic, $30,000 Co-Operative Sloman Street social and employment opportunities. Society Property

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