Resourcing Your Impact
Funding and Partnerships
Overview
To make a positive difference in communities, organisations need to secure resources to support activities that help them achieve their vision. This can involve applying for funding and developing partnerships that leverage collective resources to achieve a common goal. Often, these two approaches go hand in hand. This course will equip you with practical guidance and tools to help you be more effective in your efforts to resource your impact.
Who should attend
Community-focussed professionals in the government and non-government sectors who want to learn how to leverage resources better to make a positive impact in the community.
Learning Outcomes
Research and identify funding opportunities that align with your goals
Identify partners with a shared purpose, structure, and sustain effective collaboration
Plan an effective proposal, ensuring you are clear on your why, what, how, and other key questions
Write a compelling narrative and avoid common mistakes
Execute, evaluate, and acquit your grant
Meet your Facilitator
Our course delivery is led by Founder and Principal, Sarah Janali. Sarah combines theory and practice to create fun, engaging learning experiences, practical tools, and frameworks. She has a reputation for fostering environments that enable practitioners to learn from each other.
Sarah has played a pivotal role in developing, delivering, and managing community development strategies, programs, and projects across various portfolio areas. Her work spans the NFP sector, where she worked with newly arrived refugees and multicultural communities, and 15 years in local government.
As a Churchill Fellow, Sarah brings international insights from her research on strategies that promote the participation and inclusion of newcomers. Sarah's approach to coaching, training, facilitation, and strategic support helps organisations work more effectively with stakeholders and create community-led solutions to complex challenges.