Positive Memory Bank - Berry Street

group should include a minimum of two
young people for each Giving Round.
Three Giving Rounds took place over the
pilot year, in May, September and November
of 2009. A fourth had been anticipated, but
demand was so high in the first three, that
funds were unavailable by the end of the
third Giving Round.
1.1 Methodology
This evaluation has been conducted
internally by Berry Street under the
assumption that the future viability of the
Positive Memory Bank is not in question.
There has already been a substantial
financial investment made to an endowment
fund to ensure the longevity of the program.
In addition the Positive Memory Bank has
been made the subject of a Major Donor
campaign and the default recipient of a
large number of donations and bequests as
well as the Berry Street employee giving
program. The long-term vision is to build a
large enough fund to enable the Positive
Memory Bank to continue to fund individuals
and, in the future, to sustain some of Berry
Street’s positive memory focused programs
such as the Foster Care Camp, Darwin
Experience and Wilderness Project.
The objective of the evaluation process was
to identify areas for improvement from the
perspectives of all involved. A random and
representative group of 20 successful
applicants was selected to provide
feedback. Surveys were then sent to the
Berry Street worker who supported their
application and to the applicant themselves.
In some cases applicants were interviewed
by a student from RMIT to complete the
survey.
Second and third round applicants also
completed evaluation surveys with their
applications to provide feedback on the
process itself.
Additional feedback was received from
successful and unsuccessful applicants
throughout the pilot via email and through
phone conversations. This feedback has also
been incorporated.
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