bringing funding

Community members across the Desert Channels Queensland region were given the ‘good oil’ on how to source funding at the recent ‘How to win funds and influence a panel’ workshops run jointly by DCQ and the National Landcare Programme.

DCQ’s Landcare Coordinator, Cameron O’Neil organised the days which were facilitated by Queensland ’s own funding expert, Ms Sam Morris of Queensland Landcare.

These were the first of many that we’re going to hold around the region,” said Mr O’Neil.

Seventy-five people attended the workshops which were spread across the region from Winton to Windorah, and Blackall and Aramac to Longreach.

 Happy participants at the Winton workshop

“It was an overwhelming response,” said Mr O’Neil.  “It’s fantastic that we now have so many community members – from landholders, council employees, and members of local community groups such as P&Cs – skilled up in the art of writing funding applications.”

Workshop facilitator, Sam Morris from Landcare Queensland said that writing funding applications can be a daunting experience.  She has been writing successful applications for over ten years and stresses that once you have the foundations in place the rest is easy.

“These workshops help to simplify the grant writing process making project development so much easier,” she said.

Mr O’Neil closed the workshops by highlighting to participants that the team at DCQ is always happy to help with the development of natural resource management projects so that they can make the most of various funding opportunities as they come up.