During the period 1 July 2011 and 31 December 2011, the Trustees of the Ross Trust considered 122 grant requests and approved 62 grants totalling $3,304,976.

The list of approved grants is updated on a quarterly basis and the complete list will be included in the Ross Trust's 2011 - 2012 Annual Report.

For grants made in past financial years, please review previous Ross Trust Annual Reports available at publications.

COLLABORATIONS

Approved September 2011
Centre for Community Child Health - $60,000 (over three years)
Towards the Early Years: From Research to Policy to Practice Seminar Series

Approved July 2011
The Reach Foundation - $15,000
The Dreamettes/Journey Girls - No More Shame project

Approved July 2011
Victorian Association for the Care & Resettlement of Offenders (VACRO) - $300,000 (over three years)
SKY: Supporting Kids and Youth

Back to top

PROGRAMS

COMMUNITY PROSPECTUS SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM

Approved in July 2011
Chapter Seven Inc (the difference) - $11,000
Towards 'The Difference' publication Issue 2, 2012

Back to top

THE R E ROSS TRUST PAEDIATRIC & CHILD HEALTH TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIP

Approved in July 2011
Centre for International Child Health - $12,000
The Paediatric & Child Health Travelling Scholarship

Back to top

THE R E ROSS TRUST PLAYWRIGHTS' SCRIPT DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

Approved November 2011
Fortyfive downstairs - $15,390
The Flashpoint Series 2011

Approved September 2011
State Library of Victoria - $240,369 (over three years)
Towards the Playwrights Awards 2012 - 2014

Back to top

THE R E ROSS TRUST REGIONAL CHILD HEALTH FELLOWSHIP

Approved August 2011
Centre for International Child Health - $292,100 (over three years)
The Ross Trust Regional Child Health Fellowship

Back to top

THE R E ROSS TRUST VICTORIAN SMALL ENVIRONMENTAL GRANTS SCHEME

Approved August 2011
The Norman Wettenhall Foundation - $190,000 (over three years)
Towards the continuation of the 'Small Environmental Grants Scheme'

Back to top

OPEN GRANTS PROGRAM

Approved December 2011
The Alannah and Madeline Foundation - $30,000 (over three years)
The Buddy Bags program

Baptcare - $20,000
The 'Sanctuary' - transitional supported accommodation for asylum seekers

Breakaway Camps - $10,000
'Schools Out - Breakaway's In' project

Domestic Violence Resource Centre Victoria - $30,000
The Partners in Prevention program

Nadrasca - $4,328
The Orchestral Enhancement for Disadvantaged Performers

Newhope Community Care - $15,000 (over three years)
Towards the salary of a counselling physician to assist clients who are disadvantaged

Operation Newstart Northern Ð $40,000
The Mental Health Inclusion program

Prisoner and Aftercare Support Services (PASS) - $45,000 (over three years)
A Volunteer Coordinator for organisation Five8

The Social Studio - $60,000
The Opportunities Program

Southern Ethnic Advisory and Advocacy Council - $42,980 (over three years)
PIE: Participation, Information, Engagement project

Sunassist Volunteer Helpers - $28,988
Organisational capacity building of Sunassist

University Of Melbourne - $20,000
The continuation of Family Links: Kinship Care and Family Contact program

Victorian Council of Social Service VCOSS - $30,000
Transitional funding for VCOSS Training and Development Clearinghouse

Victorian Deaf Society - $45,000 (over three years)
Towards 'Don't Lose the Music' program

Youth & Family Education Resources - $15,000
The YFER Connection Communities Project

Approved November 2011
African Holistic Social Services Victoria - $10,517 (over two years)
The Noble Park Youth Drop in Project

Antiochian Community Support Association Inc - $82,720 (over three years)
'Shaping our future through today's young people' project

Anxiety Recovery Centre Victoria - $60,000 (over three years)
Early Intervention for children living with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Arts Centre Melbourne - $12,000
eMotion: a health and cultural partnership project and specifically towards the Projects Coordinator and Youth Support (WRHC)

Bendigo Baptist Community Care Inc - $50,000 (over three years)
Creating Eleven41 Cleaning Enterprise to provide employment to the Karen community.

Don Bosco Camp - $10,334
Kitchen upgrade

Jirrahlinga Koala & Wildlife Sanctuary - $20,000
Staffing positions to assist the organisation

Regional Arts Victoria - $63,000 (over three years)
The Secondary Schools Development Program

Self Help Addiction Resource Centre Inc (SHARC) - $93,889 (over two years)
N.E.W.S for all North, East, West and South sibling's affected by substance misuse in rural Victoria

St Albans Secondary College - $48,207 (over three years)
'Improving Futures through Strong Community Partnerships' program

Zonta Club of Wangaratta - $2,300
International Women's Day, Young Women's Career Breakfast

Approved September 2011
Bungalook Creek Wildlife Shelter - $10,000
Towards providing medication and food supplies for seven registered Volunteer Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation Shelters

Interchange Central Gippsland - $30,000
Towards marketing plan implementation

Nhill College - $6,000
Towards the purchase of materials for the Jolly Phonics and Jolly Grammar program including training for staff

Polyglot Puppet Theatre Ltd - $60,000 (over two years)
Towards 'Tangled MOTION': - an interactive play space for vulnerable and disadvantaged children

Project Respect Inc - $28,000
Towards organisational capacity building

Vanishing Point Pty Ltd - $60,000 (two years)
Towards the development of a sustainable social enterprise

Women's Housing Ltd - $60,000 (over two years)
Towards the employment of a worker to assist Women's Housing Limited to develop an Asset Management/Portfolio Management system

Approved August 2011
Camperdown & District Community House - $1,840
Towards industrial shelving

Doveton College - $105,000 (over three years)
Towards the Education Links worker at Doveton College

Plenty Parklands Primary School - $10,000
Towards 1, 2, 3 in any language-maths outdoor learning space

Southern Health - $36,335
Towards the Monash Emergency Department Family Violence Response Initiative

Sunraysia Disability Group Inc - $60,000 (over three years)
Towards workers for Sunraysia DisAbility Resource Centre

Uniting Care Gippsland - $58,119 (over three years)
Towards the My Time Program Bairnsdale and Play Connect Program Lakes Entrance

The Way Community - $71,652 (over three years)
Towards funding to increase staffing at The Way

Approved July 2011
Bendigo & District Aboriginal Co-operative - $30,000
Towards a youth engagement program for Indigenous young people in Bendigo and surrounding districts

Broadmeadows Uniting Care - $30,000
Towards the salary of Housing Support Worker

Good Beginnings Australia - $268,182 (over three years)
Towards the early intervention programs in Gippsland

Good Beginnings Australia - $25,000
Towards the Connect Plus program

Knox Community Health Service - $14,226 (over two years)
Towards 'Free to be Me!' - a parent's roadmap to rediscovering their child's world without sensory defensiveness

Lakes Entrance Aboriginal Health Association - $15,750 (over three years)
Towards LEAHA Family Hospital Visiting Program

McAuley Community Services for Women - $ 150,000 (over three years)
Towards McAuley Workplace Awareness program

Peers Inspiring Peers - $60,000 (over three years)
Towards the Lifemoves program for people with acquired neurological conditions

PivotWest - $20,000
Towards the StreetHealth program

Victorian Writers' Centre - $18,000 (over three years)
Towards the 'Paradise Anthology'

West Heidelberg Community Legal Service - $50,000
Towards Bulk Negotiations - Indigenous Communities project

Back to top