Positive Memory Bank - Berry Street

Appendix 6: Application Guidelines
Positive Memory Bank
Application Guidelines
What is the Positive Memory Bank?
Berry Street believes that positive memories are the foundation of a positive future and a child
or young person’s development into well-adjusted adulthood. Focusing on the importance of
positive memories helps us to support and empower children and young people to overcome
barriers in their lives and become all that they can be – giving them the same chances to achieve
as their peers.
The Positive Memory Bank is a Berry Street funding source for projects, initiatives and
opportunities which enhance our capacity to build on positive memories for the children and
young people with whom we work. Funds are only available to children and young people
accessing Berry Street programs and services.
Grants received from the Newsboys Foundation and The Hoffman Foundation have been
combined with existing scholarship funds to pilot the Positive Memory Bank over twelve months.
In addition some bequest funding has been committed and further investments are being sought
from corporate supporters and individual donors to ensure the program is sustainable into the
future.
What will the Positive Memory Bank fund?
Our memories provide us with a context for who we are – they are the framework for
understanding our world, the role we play in it and the relationships we build as part of it.
The Positive Memory Bank will fund activities, initiatives and opportunities for individual children
and young people which:
• Promote fun – opportunities to play, have adventures, be a child etc.
• Provide ‘normal’ experiences – opportunities to do things that other kids do, things that
connect them to their peers and community outside the welfare system, going to
restaurants, camping, having sleepovers etc.
• Enable a sense of achievement – Things that enable them to feel like they have
something to offer, skills that people value, the ability to succeed.
• Connect children and young people to their family – opportunities that facilitate and
support connection to family like enabling a family member to attend their Deb Ball, or
supplying a family movie pass or zoo pass so they can do activities together.
• Provide resources – equipment and financial resources that enable them to access
recreation and personal development opportunities such as musical instruments or the
money to pay for music lessons.
How much can we apply for?
Up to $1,000 is available with each application. You will need to complete a budget as part of
the application to explain how the money will be spent.
IMPORTANT PRIIVACY INFORMATION
Applicants must complete and sign a Privacy Statement to let us know if we can use their
application information for publicity. This is part of the Application Pack on the intranet and
should be attached with the application.
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