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EVERYDAY LITERACY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

FUNDING ROUND NOVEMBER 2009

GRANTS ANNOUNCED

The first funding round of the Everyday Literacy for Local Communities Program has been completed and the successful applicants grants have been mailed out.

EVERYDAY LITERACY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITIES

FIRST ROUND GRANT CHEQUES HAVE BEEN MAILED

Cheques have been mailed to the successful applicants for the first grant round funding through the Everyday Literacy for Local Communities program. The program funds Neighbourhood Houses for literacy projects in their local communities. The original seed funding for the program was generously provided by the Tasmanian Community Fund.

Thank you to all those who made an application. Ten applications were received covering twelve houses. Funding requests ranged from $500 to just over $29,000.

Seven applications were successful and, of the total of $70,415 requested, funding to the value of $34,931 was approved.

Applications covered a variety of approaches and funding requests. Useful general feedback on the applications is available on our website at www.tach.asn.au. Details of the successful projects are listed below.

House or Centre

Project Summary

Amount

Devonport Community House

Provide professional development for staff and volunteers to increase understanding of text and interaction when reading to children attending The Playhouse

$2,250

Dorset Community House

Train volunteer literacy tutors for one on one literacy tutoring and provide a "family bookcase" and reading area at the House

$2,832

Eastern Shore Community House and Devonport Community House

Train front line staff of pharmacies, post offices and Government offices to identify people who may benefit from literacy support. Offer targeted training to referred people using a paid literacy tutor.

$7,600

Goodwood Community Centre

Provide children's books to participating families where parents will read/look at the books with their children. The parents will have the children draw their interpretation of the story and the parents will then help in writing a narrative to accompany the pictures. The project officer will visit each home during the project to support and encourage the parents. A book of the drawings created will be produced.

$13,277

Risdon Vale Neighbourhood Centre

Purchase computer games with a theme where words are integral to the game. Create game teams (including staff and volunteers who can quietly provide literacy support) to aim for small prizes for improvement each week. Purchase a combined book and DVD parenting course for loan. Provide laptops for running the program.

$3,298

St Helens Neighbourhood House

Provide tutor support for small groups taking them through all the stages of job seeking, including online searching, resumes, preparing applications, mock interview.

$1,674

Zeehan Neighbourhood Centre

Provide basic computer and internet skills support both one on one and in small groups. Provide laptop, printer and software for the project and employ a computer tutor.

$4,000

The next funding round will open on Monday 12 April and close on Monday 10 May 2010. More details will be available in March but in the meantime, feel free to contact Ron Sutton on 6244 1615 if you have any questions about the program or check out the TACH website.

Links to the Funding Guidelines are provided below along with links to additional information and a feedback form. Note particularly the application assessments and observations which may be useful in preparing future applications

HELP AVAILABLE

Do you have migrants and people from culturally diverse backgrounds using your House? Would you like information and strategies for working with them?

The Migrant Education teams from the Tasmanian Polytechnic can arrange a short training session for you. This could be particularly useful in the context of the Everyday Literacy for Local Communities Program.

Please contact:

Laura Chapman in the South Laura.Chapman@polytechnic.tas.edu.au or

Vicki Walker in the North Vicki.Walker@polytechnic.tas.edu.au