2018-11-06 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                 6 NOVEMBER 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                   RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                             CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
                                       Eighth edition of 'Grow your Arts'            Encourage        and     facilitate
                                         quarterly e- newsletter distributed.            opportunities for young people to
                                       Grow Your Arts supported a maker in             engage with Noosa Council (Youth
                                         residence at Cooroy Library.                    Engagement Schools Project).
                                       Held a Treasurer’s meet-up and
                                         workshop for over 50 treasurers from
                                         not-for-profit community groups.
                                       Revamped ‘What’s going on at …’ e-
                                         news to include community events as
                                         well as Council events, and to reduce
                                         cost.
                                       Youth engagement school project
                                         launched.
                                       Grow Your Arts Marketing workshop
                                         at The J on 3 October.
                                       Co-hosted        Mental    Health      &
                                         Vulnerability in our Community
                                         breakfast and workshop with CQU
                                         and United Synergies in Mental Health
                                         Week, 8 October 2018.
                                       Launched       weekly    Feeding     the
                                         Homeless project with St Vincent de
                                         Paul on 16 October 2018.
Council Community Grants Program,      Three-year Halls and Centres, three-          Supporting applicants with the           RADF    and    Community      grant
including RADF                           year Management and Maintenance                 Community and RADF grants                  assessments, reports to Council and
                                         and     three-year    Sports     Field          (closing 19 October).                      claims.
                                         Maintenance agreements were all               Work with Finance to reduce claim
                                         renewed.                                        administration burden on grant
                                       Noosa Council and Qld Community                 recipients.
                                         Benefit    Gambling    Fund    grants         Leverage new Smarty Grants
                                         workshop held 17 Sept.                          functionality    to     automate
                                       Results of review of Community                  processes.
                                         Project Grants processes by Qld Rural
                                         & Industry Development Authority
                                         (RIDA) provided and incorporated into
                                         this round of Community Grants –
                                         projects which opened on 3 Sept.

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