2020-08-11 Services & Organisation Committee Agenda

SERVICES & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                                                                          11 AUGUST 2020


BRANCH ACTIVITIES                          RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS                         CURRENT PRIORITIES                            THE NEXT QUARTER
                                                                                          Developing a calendar of free events
                                                                                            for senior's week that encourage
                                                                                            seniors to feel included and
                                                                                            celebrated post COVID 19
                                                                                          Developing a 2 week Come and Try
                                                                                            adults' calendar of events to
                                                                                            encourage adults to be healthy and
                                                                                            active
                                                                                          Promoting the Ageing Well Noosa
                                                                                            program to the region and launching
                                                                                            the     10-week     Aquatic     Centre
                                                                                            component of the program
Council Community       Grants   Program      Finalised Round 12 RADF grant             Hosting 2 x Q and A style Zoom              Prepare for RADF 2020-21 Funding
including RADF                                  payments and Round 13 RADF                  session on next round of Council              agreement and 2019-20 Annual
                                                grant payments                              Community Project grants – 30 July            Report (September)
                                              Reopened Round 13 Community               Supporting community organisations          Plan and deliver RADF Round 14
                                                Project Grants                              and service organisations with
                                              Submitted         2020-21    RADF           Council     and      external    grant
                                                application to Arts Qld                     applications, prioritising those that
                                              Developed and delivered a Disaster          aid     community      recovery   and
                                                Recovery and Resilience Grant               resilience
                                                Program      with    54   community
                                                organisations applying
                                              Worked with local businesses to
                                                support community organisations –
                                                over $100,000 worth of hyenine
                                                products donated by two local
                                                businesses
Volunteer Initiatives                         Developed and provided a series of        Continue to provide up to date              Continue to prepare and deliver the
                                                6 webinars for community groups to          information and support as well as            2020/21 Workshop and Event
                                                assist with COVID 19 response and           managing a response to community              calendar for volunteers including
                                                recovery                                    organisations     and      volunteers         workshops on Event Management,
                                              Held two sessions of volunteer first        regarding their needs during COVID-           Conflict     resolution,    Volunteer
                                                aid training with 26 volunteers now         19                                            Recruitment and Retention and
                                                holding First Aid qualifications                                                          workshops that build resilience for
                                                                                                                                          Not for Profits and volunteers



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