Small Grants Program
Projects funded between July 2001 and June 2002 were:

South West Dairy Women
Activity/Information/Meeting Group
Timboon - 12 month period
$700
Group records and feedback.

Bellarine and Peninsula CHS
"Train the Trainer" - Women on the Move - opportunity for local/rural-based women to become facilitators.
Queenscliff Neighbourhood House - 
March 2000 - February 2001
$1,000
Participant surveys and feedback.

Geelong Rape Crisis Centre and Wathaurong Aboriginal Cooperative
Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence Project
Geelong - April/September 2000
$1,000
Production and distribution of a poster.  Participant evaluation form.  Ongoing collaboration with GRCC and Wathaurong.

Coleraine and District Hospital Community Health
Women's Wellbeing Day
Colerain - May 2000
$842 (not including GP fee of $250)
Questionnaire completed by participants.

Macarthur and District Community Outreach Service
Home Maintenance for Women - facilitated by qualified carpenter.
Macarthur - May 2000
$780
Feedback from participants.

Colac School of Health
Life Skills Workshop
Apollo Bay - July 2000
$838
Evaluation form completed by participants and focus survey by facilitator.

Geelong Ethnic Communities Council
Women's Health Days for Women of NESB:
1 for young women (contraception, clinical screening)
1 for women 40+ (menopause, breast screening)
Geelong - July 2000
$1,000
Participant evaluation forms.

Anglesea and District Community Health
Women's Health Day - part of Women's Health Expo
Aireys Inlet - August 2000
$1,000
Participant evaluation forms.

Bellarine Peninsula Community Health Service
Women's Health Day
Portarlington - August 2000
$1,000
Participant evaluation forms.

Barwon Health - Corio Community Health Service
Women's Health Day
Lara - August 2000
$1,000
Participant evaluation forms.

Warrnambool College
"Girl's Day Out" - one day workshop for Year 10 girls at Warrnambool College
Warrnambool - August 2000
$350
Evaluation form for participants.

Emma House DV Services
"Wild Women's Group"
Warrnambool - August/December 2000
$1,000
Evaluation sheet for participants.  Photo folio compiled by group leaders.  Video evaluation.

Wathaurong Aboriginal Co-operative Ltd
Ten week "Women on the Move" program for Koorie women.
Geelong - October 2000
$1,000
Facilitated group evaluation at completion of project.

Colac School of Health
"Life Skills for Health Living"
Beeac - October 2000
$759
Evaluation sheet for participants.

Post Natal Depression Project Worker
Poster/pamphlet re PND to raise public awareness.
Commencing December 2000
$960
Feedback from groups.  Sharing of experiences whilst involved in the project thus reducing stigma.

Moyne Health Services
Post Natal Depression Support Services
Port Fairy - January 2001
$1,000
Written program evaluation by participants.  Attendance record.  Verbal feedback from participants.  Referral patterns.

Beaufort and Skipton Health Services
"Women's Night Out" events
Beaufort and Skipton - March 2001
$279.50
Feedback.  Answers to specific questions as requested by Management Committee.

Colac School of Health
"The Circle of Life" Childbirth Conference
Queensland - April 2001
$1,000

Casterton Community Centre
Pilot computer training program
Casterton - April/May/June 2001
$1,000
Participant sheet, tutor feedback. Publication of program on the internet.  Final report on completion of project.

Beeac Women's Communication Health Group
Women's health information page in locally produced/circulated newsletter
Beeac and surrounds - May 2001
$1,000
Continued support of the community working with Resource Worker.

Gellibrand Community House
Equipment for structured exercise program held at Community House.
Gellibrand - May 2001
$1,000
Questionnaire for participants.  Report from the facilitator.

Timboon Community Health Service
Well Women's Clinics
Timboon and outreach areas - commencing May 2001 over 12 months
$1,000
Exit survey for each woman upon visit.  Review of service after 6 months.  Collation of surveys after 12 months.

Lismore Community Health Service
Well Women's Clinics
Lismore and outreach areas - commencing May 2001 over 12 months
$1,000
Exit survey for each woman upon visit.  Review of service after 6 months.  Collation of surveys after 12 months.

Western District Health Community Services
Virtual Parenting Program - Empathy Belly
Hamilton and district - May/June 2001
$1,000
Teacher and student response.  Enthusiasm/support for the program.

Coleraine and District Health Service
"Girls' Night Out"
July, August, September 2001
$800
Questionnaire distributed on the night and report compiled.

Women's Health Resources Barwon Health Surfcoast
"You and Your Doctor" brochure
Post June 2001
$1,000
Number of brochures distributed and number requested.

Bellarine Peninsula Community Health Services
Training in Couples Therapy
August to December 2001
$1,000
Number of referrals received.  Questionnaires at workshops.  Assessment of counselling outcomes.

Warrnambool College
"Girls' Day Out"
Warrnambool - 19 September 2001
$400
Questionnaires

Colac School of Health
"Life Skills for Health Living"
Lismore - September 2001
$864
Focus survey on completion of workshop.  Evaluation form to be completed by participants.

Barwon Health Surfcoast
Forum - "Women and Addiction"
Geelong - September 2001
$710
Feedback forms to be completed by all participants - to be collated by Deakin School of Nursing.  Degree to which outcomes and recommendations are taken up by participating agencies.

Women's Health Resources Colac Community Health Services
"Train the Trainer" program
Colac - September 2001
$1,000
Feedback sheet after on day's training.  Number of training participants who commit to become circus facilitators.  Six monthly review of program.

Apollo Bay FAB Group
Midwives' Support Day
Geelong - 28 October 2001
$566.30
Speakers and guests asked to provide feedback.  Ongoing evaluation provided by consumers of midwifery care options as well as health professionals.

Barwon Health - The Geelong Hospital
Preparing Expectant Parents for the Birth of their Intellectually Disabled Baby
Geelong
$1,100
"Usefulness" and confidence building satisfaction forms at the end of the session, also attendance numbers at next training session.

ASPIRE - A Pathway to Mental Health
Women's Workshop Group and Video "Living with Mental Illness"
Portland
$2,197
Program review at the end of six months.  Audience survey at video launch.

Post Natal Depression Project
Production of brochure "The Ups and Downs of Pregnancy and Parenting" and "telling of stories" by local women.
Colac Otway Shire Display - November 2001
$1,000
The exhibition itself.  The relating of the stories via the "wholewoman" website.

ALGWA
Women's Networking Forums
Camperdown - December 2000
$1,100
Random survey of forum participants.  Gathering of anecdotal information after the forum relating to its impact.

Warrnambool College
Year 10 "Girls' Day Out"
Warrnambool - December 2001
$810
Evaluation carried out at completion of the event.

Bellarine Peninsula Community Health Services
"Women's Circus Skills Workshop" (two applications)
Ocean Grove - February to June 2002
$1,997.60

Hamilton Community House
International Women's Day Forum
Hamilton - 8 March 2002
$1,100
Formal survey to all participants. Informal feedback provided to organisers.

Regional Family Violence Network
Planning Days
Geelong and Hamilton - April 2002
$1,000
Six monthly review.  Evaluation feedback forms to be distributed to all participants.

Cloverdale Community Centre
"Women on the Move"
Norlane/Corio area - April to June 2002
$1,000
Evaluation of physical and social activity of participants prior to and following completion of course.

Lismore Health Centre
"Celebrating Women's Health"
Camperdown - May 2002
$1,100
Participants to complete a survey at the end of the evening, phone survey a couple of months after the event to determine the impact and a review of service referrals after the event.

House of Reflections
Creative storying sessions with Warrnambool Secondary College.
Warrnambool - by June 2002
$1,100

Apollo Bay FAB Group
"Mum is the Word" theatre production
Apollo Bay - July 2002
$1,000
Quantitative evaluation via ticket sales, resource distribution, qualitative via liaison with service providers, networks and local group feedback.

Apollo Bay P-12 College
Young Women's Health and Wellbeing Project
Apollo Bay 
$1,100
Record of participation, written evaluation form for each activity, an overall program evaluation form and a formal written evaluation by health service providers and facilitators.