2024-25 Chinese Community Infrastructure Fund-specific definitions
| Term | Definition |
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| Chinese Community Facility (or building) | A building / facility run by a Chinese community organisation where members of the community may gather for group activities, education sessions, social support, and other purposes. The locations may or may not be open to broader groups of people. Chinese community facilities eligible to apply include temples, community centres and halls and hubs, youth centres and camp facilities, museums, theatres, and galleries. |
| Chinese community organisation | An organisation that is owned and managed by a Chinese ancestry, language, faith or cultural community which services Victoria Chinese community member needs, customs, and traditions. The organisation will exist to support people from Chinese ancestry, cultural, language or faith groups. |
Community Infrastructure program-specific definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Additional Funding | The amount of any “funding gap” between the Grant Amount Requested and the Total Project Cost – which your organisation will be required to evidence it can pay. |
| Auspice organisation/agreement | An organisation that agrees to manage grant funding on behalf of an applicant organisation. For example, a small community group with limited resources may ask a larger not-for-profit to receive and manage grant funding on its behalf. In this case, the applicant organisation still manages the contractors to undertake the project activities. The auspice organisation receives and distributes all grant funds (100 per cent of funding) under the funding agreement to the community delivering the project. |
| Feasibility study | An assessment of how practical a project is. It aims to identify:
costs of the project. |
| Grant Amount Requested | This is only the funding $ that you are applying for and that 2024-25 CCIF may provide. |
| Match(ed) Funding | The amount your organisation will be required to pay as its monetary contribution towards the Total Project Cost:
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| Need | Clearly explaining your “need” or problem provides the assessor with the rationale for funding. Your explanation should be objective and supported by data and/or other relevant resources that help to substantiate the need to fund the opportunity for your community and / or the problem with your organisation’s facility. Remember that assessors are reviewing competitive applications which are all from Chinese community organisations so take the opportunity in the application form to explain why your facility is different and make the case for your organisation’s relative need for funding. |
| Planning Approval | This means both the Planning Permit and the Endorsed Plans. A Planning Permit alone is not a full Planning Approval. |
| Regional or rural location | A project location which is outside metropolitan Melbourne but within Victoria. |
| Social enterprise | An organisation:
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| Total Project Cost | Declaring the Total Project Cost is important as the department must be able to understand if the proposed project to be funded by CCIF is only part of a bigger project for which your organisation must be able to show it has the required funds. For example, are the kitchen and bathroom costs in the 2024-25 CCIF project only part of a much bigger building extension or construction project. Total Project Cost = both the Grant Amount Requested to pay only for the kitchen and bathroom + All Other Project Contractors Costs to build and fit-out the completed extension or newly constructed building. |
Diversity definitions
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Gender | Part of how you understand who you are and how you interact with other people. Many people understand their gender as being a man or woman. Some people understand their gender as a mix of these or neither. A person’s gender and their expression of their gender can be shown in different ways, such as through behaviour or physical appearance. A person’s gender does not necessarily mean they have particular sex characteristics or a particular sexuality, or vice versa. |
| Gender diverse | An umbrella term for a range of genders expressed in different ways. Gender diverse people use many terms to describe themselves. Language in this area is dynamic, particularly among young people, who are more likely to describe themselves as non-binary. Refer to the Victorian Government’s LGBTIQ+ inclusive language guide. |
| Intersectionality | Systems of power and privilege that can overlap to create unique experiences of discrimination and disadvantage. It’s a way of thinking about compounding forms of discrimination, examining privileges and asking questions about who might be excluded. |
| Intersectional approach | An approach that examines and addresses the interconnected nature of attributes of a person or group of people that create overlapping and interdependent systems of disadvantage or discrimination. This includes through religion, ancestry, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, language or communication requirements and ability. |
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