Grant Ready: Planning, Measuring Impact & Writing Stronger Grant Applications

Act Local Grant Writing Workshop Series - Wickham and Karratha

Are you ready for the next round of grants?

The City of Karratha Large Community Grants will soon open, with many other regional, industry and State Government funding opportunities becoming available throughout the year.

The strongest grant applications are rarely written at the last minute - they're built on well-planned projects, clear outcomes and good preparation.

Join us for this FREE practical workshop series designed to help community organisations, clubs, volunteer-involving organisations, Town Teams and active community members become grant ready. You'll learn how to design stronger projects, measure their impact, and prepare compelling funding applications that stand out.

Building on the success of our February workshops, this new series goes beyond grant writing. You'll gain practical tools and strategies to help your organisation become more strategic, proactive and funding-ready - whether you're applying for a City of Karratha Large Community Grant, Lotterywest funding, industry grants or other local, regional and State funding opportunities.

What you'll learn:

✔ Plan projects that funders want to support

✔ Understand what grant assessors are looking for

✔ Become grant ready before funding opens

✔ Write stronger responses to selection criteria

✔ Develop realistic project plans and budgets

✔ Measure outcomes and demonstrate community impact

✔ Explore local, regional and State funding opportunities

Workshop Sessions

Eastern Corridor Grant Writing Workshop

🗓️ Monday 20 July 2026

🕥 10:30am -12:30pm

📍Wickham Community Hub - Multipurpose Room 2

Designed for community organisations, clubs and volunteers from Wickham, Roebourne and Point Samson, this practical workshop will cover the fundamentals of project planning, grant writing and preparing competitive funding applications.

Karratha Evening Grant Writing Workshop

🗓️ Monday 20 July 2026

🕠 5:30pm - 7:30pm

📍Karratha Leisureplex - Club Rooms

A practical evening workshop covering the essentials of becoming grant ready, planning successful projects and writing stronger grant applications.

Karratha Grant Writing Masterclass

🗓️Tuesday 21 July 2026

🕤 9:30am - 2:30pm

📍Karratha Leisureplex - Club Rooms

Take your grant writing to the next level.

This interactive Masterclass is ideal for organisations preparing larger or more complex funding applications. You'll explore strategic and action planning, project design, budgets, outcome measurement and practical tools - including the Measuring Change framework - to help demonstrate community impact and simplify acquittal reporting.

Participants are encouraged to bring along a current project idea or draft application to develop during the workshop with facilitator support.

Included Resources

All participants will receive:

Grant writing templates and practical tools
Workshop presentations
Funding Opportunities Guide
Impact measurement resources
Access to additional Act Local resources and recorded webinars

🎟 FREE to attend - registrations are essential.

☕ Light refreshments provided.

These workshops are proudly delivered by Doing Co (formerly Town Team Movement) in collaboration with the City of Karratha and Care For Hedland Environmental Association through the Act Local Pilbara Program, supported by the Department of Communities.

Why attend?

Successful grants don't start with writing an application.

They start with understanding a community need, designing a great project, planning well and being able to demonstrate meaningful impact.

This workshop series will give you practical tools, proven frameworks and the confidence to turn great ideas into successful, funded community projects.

The Act Local is an Active Citizenship Building Program designed for individual Active Citizens and Volunteer Involving Organisations (VIOs) and offers a range of comprehensive resources, networking and training opportunities. Program aims to:

inspire and engage individuals in volunteering opportunities,
support community organisations in attracting and retaining volunteers,
create exciting capacity building and volunteering opportunities and
promote and celebrate active citizenship to build more connected, empowered and thriving regional communities.

Please visit https://actlocal.com.au/ to learn more about Act Local Program and to access free resources and training. Please also follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ActLocalPilbara

Contact the host of Act Local Grant Writing Workshops Karratha Wickham