Wagga Wagga Grants Seminar

Yesterday I reunited with my funding friends Clare Power (National Maritime Museum, Sydney) and Dianne Dahlitz (National Library, Canberra) who last week had joined me in Dubbo for Access to Funding. This time we were speaking about our funding programs to arts organisations in the Riverina region of NSW.

The Museum of the Riverina in Wagga Wagga were the hosts of this Grants Funding Information session, and attracted a varied and enthusiastic audience of council and arts workers, community groups, and volunteer museums.

Also speaking were
Lani Houston – Regional Development Australia - Riverina
Scott Howie – RADO for Eastern Riverina Arts Program
Louise Conibear – Industry & Investment NSW, Wagga Wagga

It was really interesting to see that all the funding providers stressed the same kind of important points about writing grant applications – such as the imperative of including a clear budget (that adds up!), thinking of a catchy title to grab assessors attention, remembering to actually sign the application, and keeping in good contact with the grant providers to make sure you are on track.

Don’t forget M&G NSW has some helpful info sheets about writing applications, and also project management.

Speaking of Wagga Wagga, everyone loved the giant Chinese dragon in the foyer of the Museum, that was made by local school children to welcome in Chinese New Year. Heres a short video made by the ABC about the project.