Violet Vines Marshman Centre Partnership Funding
Community organisations can apply for grants of up to $50,000 to partner with the VVMC on small projects that improve health and wellbeing for people living in rural areas.
The next round of grant opportunities will be announced here in the coming months.
Partnership funding is designed to support projects that directly improve the health and well-being of people living in rural and remote areas. Projects will primarily be assessed on direct community benefit. This includes the number of people benefiting and the extent of the health and wellbeing benefits for the communities involved. Proposals must align with the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research’s core mission: Transforming rural health outcomes through research, collaboration and community engagement.
On completion, projects will need to report upon the benefits delivered and hence contribute to better understanding of practices that make real-world community impact.
Funding is available to a wide range of organisations, including health and social services, local councils, schools and community groups. Importantly, the funds are not intended to replace regular operational expenses; applicants should clearly outline the additional, direct benefits their projects will bring to their communities.
To ensure strong community engagement, proposals must demonstrate how they will match funds from the Violet Vines Marshman Centre for Rural Health Research Partnership Funding Stream.
Aims
Primary
- Directly improve the health and wellbeing of rural and remote communities by supporting impactful, short-term projects.
Secondary
- Proof of concept - Enable locally developed concepts and ideas to be developed and tested in real-world rural community settings.
- Pilot demonstration - Provide a factual basis for broader [for example government funded] roll out into rural communities.
For all enquiries relating to partnership funding, please email violet.marshman@latrobe.edu.au.
Funded Partnership Projects in Previous Rounds
The successful applicants in our 2021 funded partnerships came from across rural Victoria and NSW. The funding was allocated to four projects across two rounds.
Round 1: Sunraysia Community Health Services, together with Ruth Hardman.
Round 2: Mildura Rural City Council, West Wimmera Health Service and Cultivate Farms.
Round 3: Echuca Regional Health and Northern District Community Health Service.
Round 4: Cohuna District Hospital, Gateway Health and Wangaratta Rural City Council
Round 5: Karen Organisation of Bendigo, Lockington and District Bush Nursing Centre and Yea and District Memorial Hospital