2018-05-08 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

BRANCH ACTIVITIES              RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                            CURRENT PRIORITIES                           THE NEXT QUARTER
Grants - external                 Assisted local sports clubs in               Ongoing – administering Council’s          Map external grant opportunities
                                    applying for the State Government              Grants Register (currently 71              Review Grant Processes and draw
                                    Female Facility Grant program.                 external grants across 30 Cost               up & publish Flow diagrams
                                    Successful applicants announced                Centres)
                                    mid-March.                                   Shared Noosa Council’s External
                                  Assisted community groups to apply             Grant processes and register with
                                    for Gambling Community Benefit                 Central Qld Council.
                                    Grant.
                                  Successful with Game on Qld.
                                    Grants for: Commonwealth Gala
                                    Sports Day, Come and Try
                                    Adventure Racing, Active Teenagers
                                    Program
                                  Grant      success       also     with:
                                    Commonwealth Games Embracing
                                    2018     Sports     Assets     Legacy
                                    Program, Queens Baton Relay
                                    Community Celebrations
                                  Assisting    Infrastructure    Project
                                    Managers with DILGP processes
                                    and forms
                                  Assisting various officers to have
                                    access to various government grant
                                    portals.
                                  Supported cultural groups to apply
                                    for external grants including Building
                                    Better Regions and Regional Arts
                                    Fund.
Business as Usual activities      Participated in 2nd Strategic Planning       Finalise tenure and assist with            Continue to work with the State
                                    forum with Cooroy Memorial Hall                security upgrade – SHINE,                    Government       (Department      of
                                    Committee.                                   Negotiate    tenure   of    Pomona           National Parks, Sport and Racing) to
                                  Provided advice to Pomona Men’s                Kindergarten                                 deliver events in Noosa as part of
                                    Shed on tenure and governance                Negotiate tenure change Cooroy               the Building Active Communities
                                    issues.                                        Pomona Lions Club                            program.
                                  Provided      advice      to    Noosa        Renegotiate tenure for Rotary Club         Finalise works being carried out at
                                    Community Gardens on tenure and                of Noosa Heads over Tait-Duke                the Girraween Sports Complex to
                                    governance.                                    Community Cottage to coincide with           provide a face lift to the clubhouse
                                  Joint consultation with Parks &                new Council bike path project.               and amenities.
                                    Gardens      regarding      community        Facilitate expression of interest for      Rolling out and training Team
                                    planting project at Cooran.                    Community-hub service sharing in             Collaboration tool (SmartSheet) to
                                  Respond to request for new                     Tait-Duke Community Cottage.                 all members of the team.

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