2018-08-07 Services and Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                          7 AUGUST 2018


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                   RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                              CURRENT PRIORITIES                         THE NEXT QUARTER
                                       Facilitated first aid training as part of                                                 Facilitate an events workshop to
                                         Heart Week for community group                                                              help community groups with the
                                         members. Another 50 community                                                               processes of event management.
                                         members now first aid qualified                                                           Work with Community Halls and
                                       Assisted in the collaboration                                                               Heritage Librarian to deliver
                                         between Noosa Flexi School and                                                              Remembrance Centenary funded
                                         Noosa Residential Care to set up                                                            events.
                                         the ‘Generations Café” social                                                             Encourage and facilitate
                                         enterprise.                                                                                 opportunities for young people to
                                                                                                                                     engage with Noosa Council.
                                                                                                                                     Specifically, hold a ‘Council Hack’
                                                                                                                                     event, creating an opportunity for
                                                                                                                                     young people to ask questions
                                                                                                                                     around key issues impacting them
                                                                                                                                     to Councillors (based on Q & A
                                                                                                                                     style format, with previously
                                                                                                                                     workshopped questions).
Council Community Grants Program,      All unsuccessful and successful                Grant process review underway -          Process grant claims for Round 9.
including RADF                           notifications (with agreements and               Qld Rural & Industry Development         Opening Round 10 of Community
                                         claim instructions) sent to grant                Authority (RIDA).                          and RADF grants (closing 3
                                         applicants for the first round of              Processing acquittals, and make            October)
                                         2018/19 Community Grants –                       next year payments to the 81             Work through outcomes of (RIDA)
                                         Projects, 3 year Alliance, Festive               recipients of multi-year grants            external grant review.
                                         Season, Signature, Halls and Centres             (Alliance, Festive, Signature            Reduce claim administration burden
                                         and Sports Field Maintenance                     Events, Halls and Sports Field             on grant recipients by working more
                                       Grants Network and Nibbles Night                 Maintenance)                               closely with Finance and Smarty
                                         held – approx. 100 people in                   Assist sporting, cultural and              Grants
                                         attendance                                       community groups with their
                                                                                          external grant applications
                                                                                        Ongoing contribution to Australian
                                                                                          Institute of Grant Management
                                                                                          Forum
                                                                                        Awaiting outcome of RADF
                                                                                          application to Arts Qld for 2018-19




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