Collaborations are chosen by the Ross Trust because the organisation involved has demonstrated its effectiveness in areas in which the Trust has an interest. The Ross Trust has the view that working in a more intensive way with an organisation over the medium to longer term will help the organisation to achieve the positive impacts towards which the Trust aims to contribute. Current Collaborations are:

Asylum Seekers Resource Centre: improved outcomes for asylum seekers in Victoria.
www.asrc.org.au

Centre for Community Child Health: improved outcomes for children in their Early Years.
www.rch.org.au/ccch

EASE: Solving the Jigsaw - Changing the culture of violence. www.solvingthejigsaw.org.au

Ganbina KEETA: improved outcomes for Indigenous Australians. www.ganbina.com.au

Education Foundation Australia: improved outcomes in Public Education. www.educationfoundation.org.au

Somebody's Daughter Theatre: improved outcomes for offenders, ex-offenders and some at risk of offending. www.somebodysdaughtertheatre.com

Programs

Programs are developed in a number of ways but usually involve either commissioning work defined by specified outcomes from an individual organisation with special expertise or inviting a small number of organisations with expertise and interest to apply to undertake defined work. The work is defined to achieve the positive impacts towards which the Trust aims to contribute. Programs continue for a minimum of three years. Current Programs are:

Emergency Relief and Material Aid Program - with various community services organisations.

Small Grants for Small Rural Communities Program - with the Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal and a number of other donors. www.frrr.org.au

The R E Ross Trust Playwrights' Script Development Awards Program - with the State Library of Victoria. http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/programs/literary/ross

The R E Ross Trust Regional Fellowship Program - with the Centre for Community Child Health and the Centre for International Child Health. www.rch.org.au/cich

The R E Ross Trust Travelling Scholarship Program and The R E Ross Trust Travelling Scholarship in Paediatrics and Child Health - with the Research and Education Foundation of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians. For information on selection criteria and application forms click on Travelling Scholarships.

Prospectus Development Small Grants Program - For information on selection criteria and how to apply please consult the Ross Trust Guidelines.