APPLICATION WRITING TIPS
The Building Blocks Inclusion Stream is a highly competitive funding program and organisations need to ensure that their applications make a clear and convincing case for why their project should be funded.
Applications under the Buildings & Playgrounds category of the Building Blocks Inclusion stream must demonstrate how the proposed project will improve and maintain early childhood buildings and facilities to allow kindergartens to provide safe and more inclusive environments for children of all abilities.
BEFORE YOU APPLY
Refer to the Inclusion Guidelines and Assessment Factsheet and Application Checklist found on the VSBA website at Building Blocks Grants - Inclusion. These documents contain important information about eligibility and your grant application.
Please also read the Frequently Asked Questions.
NOTE: The two documents that require the most time to secure are the Soil Hygienist Report and the Asbestos Report. Applicants must include these reports (if required) at the time of application to be considered. Note, if your project is on Department of Education owned land, the VSBA will procure these reports on your behalf.
PROJECTS ON DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (DE) OWNED LAND
If you propose a Buildings and Playgrounds project on land owned by DE you must advise the Early Childhood Grants team and DE’s relevant regional provision and planning manager as early as possible during the development of your proposal. This is required to discuss the approach to land and project delivery should you be successful.
The VSBA Early Childhood Grants team can be contacted by email: building.blocks@education.vic.gov.au.
The relevant DE Regional Provision and Planning Manager can be found listed here. It is important to start this process as early as possible prior to submitting your application.
Applications for projects on DE land must include:
Applications for projects on DE owned land that are high value and/or deemed high risk or especially complicated may be delivered by DE.
TO SUPPORT YOUR APPLICATION
In addition to reading the Assessment Factsheet and Application Checklist found on the VSBA website at Building Blocks Grants - Inclusion and the Frequently Asked Questions, we strongly recommend that you:
- start working on your application as early as possible
- respond fully to each question on the application form and provide the required information, documentation and reports
- consider capability to deliver your proposed project within the specified 12 month period after execution of the Victorian Common Funding Agreement (VCFA)
We will not consider late or incomplete applications.
ELIGIBILITY
Your organisation can apply if it is:
- a Victorian local government (Council);
- a not-for-profit community organisation that is a legal entity (for example an incorporated association, incorporated cooperative or Indigenous corporation);
- a Victorian government school; or
- a Victorian non-government school registered with the Victorian Registration and Qualifications Authority or Catholic Education Commission of Victoria.
Victorian kindergarten providers with a funded kindergarten service(s) at the time of application are eligible to receive funding.
For-profit organisations cannot apply for any grant streams within Building Blocks.
If you have any queries about your grant application, contact the VSBA Early Childhood Grants team at building.blocks@education.vic.gov.au
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