Funding Guide
As your representative in State Parliament, I invite you to contact me if I can be of any assistance with any State Government matter.
Congratulatory Messages
Congratulatory messages are available through the Department of Premier and Cabinet for people celebrating their 90th and 100th birthdays and Golden (50 years) and Diamond (60 years) Wedding Anniversaries.
Forms are available from my Electorate Office at 239 Barnard Street, Bendigo. A copy of the Birth Certificate or Marriage Certificate is required. If you are unable to obtain either of these certificates the completion of a Statutory Declaration will be necessary.
A period of at least three weeks notice prior to the celebration is required to allow the congratulatory messages to be received on the celebration date.
The Protocol and Special Events Branch is responsible for arranging messages from the Premier. Notification is also given to the flowing:
The Prime Minister – 90th/100th Birthdays, Golden and Diamond Anniversaries
The Governor of Victoria – 100th Birthdays, Golden and Diamond Anniversaries
The Governor General (includes notification to the Queen) – 100th Birthdays and Diamond Anniversaries.
Victorian Flags
Flags are provided through the Department of Premier and Cabinet, on the recommendation of a State Member of Parliament, to certain community groups and organisations.
There is a general expectation that an organisation requesting a flag will display the flag on an exterior flagpole or at public meetings. The organisation must be voluntary, based on philanthropic motives and have a high profile in the community.
Funding Opportunities
One of the most frequent requests for assistance that I receive is for funding guidance. To make it easier for you I have compiled a page full of links that you may find useful.
Sport & Recreation
Sport and Recreation Victoria www.sport.vic.gov.au
Vic Health www.vichealth.vic.gov.au
Arts
Arts Victoria www.arts.vic.gov.au
Community
Department for Victorian Communities www.dvc.vic.gov.au
Regional Solutions Program www.regionalsolutions.gov.au
Department of Innovation, Industry & Regional Development www.iird.vic.gov.au
National Australia Bank Community Awards www.national.com.au/About_Us/0,,80977,00.html?ncID=ZBA
Women’s Leadership Grants www.women.vic.gov.au
Telstra Foundation www.telstrafoundation.com.au
Springboard Grants www.youngaustralians.org
Heritage
Heritage Victoria www.heritage.vic.gov.au
National Library of Australia www.nla.gov.au
Commemoration of Historic Events and Famous Persons www.environment.gov.au/heritage/programs/chefp/index.html
Community Heritage Grants www.nla.gov.au/chg
Agriculture & Industry
Agriculture Advancing Australia www.affa.gov.au
North Central Catchment Management Authority www.nccma.vic.gov.au
Goulburn Broken Catchment Management Authority www.gbcma.vic.gov.au
Landcare www.landcarevic.net.au
Small Business
Business Entry Point www.business.gov.au
Business Access Victoria www.business.vic.gov.au
The Business Channel www.thebusinesschannel.com
Commonwealth
Commonwealth Community Grants www.grantslink.gov.au
