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.