Useful Links
Following are links to other organisations, government and research facilities that may be helpful. Please see list below
- Funding Body
- Grant Information
- Council Websites
- Volunteers
- Interstate Support Group Organisations
- International Support Group Organisations
- Model rules for 'incorporation' of an organisation
- Community Legal Centres Association of WA
- Department for Communities
Web site: www.community.wa.gov.au/DFC/
- Our Community
Web site: www.ourcommunity.com.au
- Lotterywest Web site: www.lotterywest.wa.gov.au
- Grantsearch
www.grantsearch.com.au
- ANZ Staff Foundation
www.anz.com/aus/aboutanz/community/programs/stafffound.asp
- Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal
www.frrr.org.au
- Western Australian Community Foundation (WACF) www.wacf.org.au/index.asp for more information.
- Pro Bono
Web site: http://www.probonoaustralia.com.au/
- Non-government organisations that provide community grants www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spgrants.htm#nongov
- GrantsLINK
www.grantslink.gov.au - www.community.wa.gov.au/Resources/NotForProfitFundingAndGrants
or call (08) 9222 2555 (metro) or 1800 622 258 (country) - Western Australian local government
Web site: http://grantsdirectory.dlgrd.wa.gov.au/ - Parliament of Australia – A Guide to Community Grants
www.aph.gov.au/library/intguide/sp/spgrants.htm - Local Government Grants
www.councils.wa.gov.au/directory/grants_and_funding - Department of Sport and Recreation
www.dsr.wa.gov.au - South West Development Commission
www.swdc.wa.gov.au/web/how-we-help/grants
Council Websites
For information on local support in regard to community development issues contact the Community Development Team at your local council.
www.armadale.wa.gov.au
www.bassendean.wa.gov.au
www.bayswater.wa.gov.au
www.belmont.wa.gov.au
www.cambridge.wa.gov.au
www.claremont.wa.gov.au
www.cottesloe.wa.gov.au
www.eastfremantle.wa.gov.au
www.freofocus.wa.gov.au
www.gosnells.wa.gov.au
www.joondalup.wa.gov.au
www.kalamunda.wa.gov.au
www.kwinana.wa.gov.au
www.melville.wa.gov.au
www.mandurah.wa.gov.au
www.townofmosmanpark.wa.gov.au
www.mundaring.wa.gov.au
www.nedlands.wa.gov.au
www.peppermintgrove.wa.gov.au
www.perth.wa.gov.au
www.rockingham.wa.gov.au
www.southperth.wa.gov.au
www.stirling.wa.gov.au
www.subiaco.wa.gov.au
www.swan.wa.gov.au
www.vicpark.wa.gov.au
www.vincent.wa.gov.au
www.wanneroo.wa.gov.au
Volunteers
GoVolunteer is an Australia wide service that provides FREE internet advertising for not-for-profit community organisations looking for volunteers. See their web site www.govolunteer.com.au for more information, or contact the GoVolunteer Office in Melbourne on 03 9820 4100.
Interstate Support Group Organisations
- Collective Of Self Help & Social Action Groups (COSHG) - Victoria
Office Tel: 03 9349 2301 10am-3 pm Wednesday & Thursday
email: info@coshg.org.au
Web site: www.coshg.org.au - Self Help Queensland
Office Tel/Fax: 07 3344 6919
email: selfhelp@gil.com.au
Web site: www.selfhelpqld.org.au - Self Help Organisations United Together (SHOUT) - Canberra
Office Tel: 02 6290 1984 Fax: 02 6286 4475
email: admin@shout.org.au
Web site: www.shout.org.au
International Support Group Organisations
Canada
- Self Help Resource Centre (Canada)
email: shrc@selfhelp.on.ca
Web site: www.selfhelp.on.ca
Germany
- Nationale Kontakt-Und Informationsstelle Zur Anregung Und Unterstutzung
Von Selbsthilfegrupen (Germany)
email: nakos@gmx.de
Web site: www.nakos.de
Israel
- Israel Self Help Centre
email: selfhelp@netvision.net.il
Web site: www.selfhelp.org.il
UK
- Nottingham Self Help Team (UK)
Web site: www.emnet.co.uk/SelfHelp
USA
- American Self Help Clearinghouse (USA)
email: ashc@cybernex.net
Web site: www.selfhelpgroups.org
- Self Help Network of Kansas (USA)
Web site: www.selfhelpnetwork.wichita.edu/
- National Organisation for Rare Disorders (USA)
For information on many rare health conditions
email: orphan@rarediseases.org
Web site: www.rarediseases.org
Model rules for 'incorporation' of an organisation
- Incorporation guidelines: http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/ConsumerProtection/Content/Business/Associations/model_rules-Incorporation.html
- http://www.commerce.wa.gov.au/ConsumerProtection/Content/Business/Associations/index.htm
Community Legal Centres Association of WA
The Community Legal Centres Association of WA (the Association) is the peak organisation representing the 29 Community Legal Centres (CLCs) operating in Western Australia. It is committed to the principles of human rights, social justice and equity, including the rights of Western Australians to equity in access to legal services.
The Association conducts its business via General meetings of members, an Executive Committee elected by the membership and various sub committees and working parties. The Association is resourced by a Secretariat office located in East Perth. The Association is part of a national network of community legal centres, the National Association of Community Legal Centres.
Our Objectives
- Promoting the development of community legal centresPromoting cooperation between community legal centres
- Promoting the provision of legal assistance to disadvantaged sections of the community
- Promoting community awareness of the law and to encourage community participation in the legal process
- Promoting equal opportunity in the law
- Promoting social justice in the law
For more informatin click on the web link: http://www.communitylaw.net/CLC-Directory