Farmanco ‘in-kind’ Program

As part of a new three-year sponsorship partnership with Farmanco, GGA network members have the opportunity to apply for a portion of an ‘in-kind’ component of the Farmanco sponsorship which GGA has made transferrable to member groups, valued at $17,500 per year for the next three years.

The opportunity

The ‘in kind’ support provided by Farmanco can engage the broad scope of their capabilities, including accessing their staff, expertise or resources, to support GGA or member groups deliver initiatives that provide value to their members.

Groups may have a specific project, event or resource they are delivering and are missing internal capacity that Farmanco could support them with.

The total pool of ‘in-kind’ value available over the three years is $52,500 split into an annual provision of $17,500.

Successful Recipients

Round 1 – 2022/23 Financial year

Of nine applications received in the 2022/23 financial year [Round 1], seven were supported in part or in full and will receive in-kind support by Farmanco to a collective value of $27,500.

Round 2 – 2023/24 Financial year

Of four applications received in the 2023/24 financial year [Round 2], all were supported in part or in full and will receive in-kind support by Farmanco to a collective value of $7,500.

Round 3 – 2024/25 Financial year

Of seven applications received in the 2024/25 financial year [Round 3], two were supported in full and will receive in-kind support from Farmanco to a collective value of $17,500. In addition, Facey Group received an extra sponsorship investment from Farmanco valued at an additional $1,250 to enable the initiative to be executed in full, bringing the total value of this investment round from Farmanco to $18,750.

Farmanco Projects Manager

Kelly Ryan from Farmanco is the sponsored projects first point of contact kryan@farmanco.com.au

Submission criteria

• Applicants must be members of the GGA network
• Proposals must be used toward operations of the group or GGA 
• Proposals can benefit the applicant group only
• Proposals or initiatives that can be shared beyond one group with the wider network will be strongly favoured
• Submissions must fall within Farmanco’s scope of services
• Activity delivery / use of Farmanco services needs to fall after 1 April ’23 but within the next three years of the partnership term ending 30 June 2025.
• Groups can submit co-funded proposals where the group matches some of the Farmanco ‘in-kind’ to be used.
• Significant submissions can be received to be executed in stages that could span over the full three year opportunity. Eg access $5,000 as a Stage 1 year 2023, access a further $5,000 as a Stage 2 for 2024, access another $5,000 as a Stage 3 for 2025.
• Think big, we encourage groups to submit their grand ideas. Farmanco is looking to develop new sponsorships with individual groups in the GGA network. Your proposal could possibly result in a stand alone Farmanco sponsorship agreement.

Examples for submissions

Farmanco’s services are extensive, here are just some of the potential capabilities grower groups can access for their project submission:

• • Provision of administrative assistance; book keeping or a regular work package of admin
  • Financial services coaching such as budget preparation
  • Use of Farmanco staff for event logistics support; selecting or booking venues for a field day, catering and producing event promotional materials such as flyers
  • Desktop publishing of reports such as research findings or an annual report using Farmanco in house staff trained in Indesign graphic design software
  • Project advice including economic forecasting, data analysis, proposal process
  • Technical expert facilitation/coaching workshops eg. Carbon workshop
  • Design of technical resources or tools of value to a group of wider network eg. Trial host costing methodology, carbon emissions calculations

Review the Farmanco website for details of their full capabilities.

Submissions selection panel

The GGA/Farmanco partnership team will review all submissions for the Farmanco ‘in-kind’ program.

Please note, making a submission does not guarantee a portion of the “in-kind” services. A submission is an application which will be reviewed and either accepted or denied.

Contact

Enquiries to Kallista Bolton at GGA