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User guide and sample answers - Local Drug Action
Teams Application
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Contents
About this guide ...................................................................................................................................... 4
The LDAT Program .................................................................................................................................. 4
Becoming a Local Drug Action Team ..................................................................................... 4
Which communities? .................................................................................................................... 4
Application Form guide ........................................................................................................................... 5
To download form............................................................................................................................... 5
Organisational information and partnerships ........................................................................................ 6
1. Name of proposed LDAT? ....................................................................................................... 6
Lead organisation .................................................................................................................................... 6
2.1 Name (legal name) of your lead organisation ..................................................... 6
2.2 Key Contact Name ....................................................................................................... 6
2.3 Key Contact Email .............................................................................................................. 6
2.4 Agreement to auspice the proposed LDAT and administer grant funding? ..... 6
2.5 Secondary Contact Name .............................................................................................. 6
2.6 Secondary Contact Email ................................................................................................ 7
Lead organisation type ................................................................................................................ 7
3.1 Is your organisation identified as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander
organisation? .............................................................................................................................. 7
3.2 What type of organisation are you? ............................................................................. 7
Partner Organisations ................................................................................................................... 7
4.1 Total number of partner organisations .......................................................................... 7
4.2 What are the name/s of your partner organisation? ............................................... 8
4.3 Are any of the partner organisations Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
controlled (eg. ACCHOs, Indigenous specific youth services, cultural wellbeing
organisations for Indigenous participants etc.)? .............................................................. 8
4.4 Please provide partnership details, i.e. formal partnerships, long standing or
formed for the purpose of becoming an LDAT. ................................................................ 8
4.5 Do senior leaders (e.g. CEO, Indigenous Elders, Board member) of each
organisation involved in proposed LDAT support this partnership and its
commitment to work together? ............................................................................................ 9
4.6 Are any organisations currently part of any of the following programs CDATs,
LDAGs, LDAT groups etc? ........................................................................................................ 9
Local needs and community consultation ............................................................................................ 10
5. State/territory of LDAT ............................................................................................................. 10
6. What is the name of the main town/city where your LDAT will deliver its
projects or focus its activity? ................................................................................................ 10
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6.1. Additional areas LDAT will cover ................................................................................. 10
7. Provide a brief overview of local alcohol and other drug issues. This can
include local media, available data, and service
provider/police/business/council reports. ........................................................................ 10
7.1 Based on this, are there any particular issues/groups that the proposed LDAT
intends to focus its LDAT Action Plan on? ......................................................................... 11
Community involvement ...................................................................................................................... 13
8. Has community consultation been undertaken already to identify local
needs? ........................................................................................................................................ 13
8.1 Is there an existing state/local strategic plan? ......................................................... 13
9. Please provide a short statement about the way your proposed LDAT would
like to develop its LDAT Action Plan in the next 6 months and the different roles
the partners in your organisation will play in the operation of your proposed
LDAT. ............................................................................................................................................ 14
10. If you are successful in your application, please describe the key activity/s of
your LDAT (for use in external communications/media) .............................................. 14
LDAT program agreements ................................................................................................................... 14
11. If successful in joining the program do you agree to the following: ...................... 14
Potentially inviting other organisations to join your LDAT if appropriate ...................... 14
Working in partnership with and supported by the ADF to develop a LDAT Action
Plan within the first 6 months ..................................................................................................... 14
Promotional/media activities and responding to media requests as required......... 15
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About this guide
In this guide section we have provided advice and sample answers. These are just a guide and if
you do require assistance please email [email protected]
The LDAT Program
The Local Drug Action Team program (LDAT program) gives Australian communities a framework
to prevent and reduce the harmful effects of alcohol and other drugs (AOD).
Local Drug Action Teams will work collaboratively as a group to prevent alcohol and other drug
harms in their community. With support and resources from the Alcohol and Drug Foundation
(ADF), the LDATs will deliver evidence-informed social change activities that strengthen protective
factors to minimise AOD harms in their community.
This application form is to become an LDAT.
Becoming a Local Drug Action Team
Any organisations interested in preventing and reducing harm from alcohol and other drugs in
their community are encouraged to apply. The key criteria for becoming an LDAT are:
• Partnerships - a minimum of one organisation with capability to govern, auspice, lead and
enact change; commitment and intent aligned to the program (community ownership
and working collaboratively in partnerships); potential to deliver prevention projects.
• Local need – commitment to building and finalising a local community action plan;
demonstration of local AOD issues and understanding of community needs.
• Community involvement – committed to a community-owned approached; potential to
reach community; conducted community consultation or engagement (desired but not
essential at the application stage).
Which communities?
Over $8 million will be distributed between 2016 – 2020 to support LDATs to implement their LDAT
Action Plan. Successful LDATs will qualify for a one off grant of $10,000. Successful LDATs that meet
all the assessment criteria are then able to apply for a further grant of up to $30,000 to develop
and implement activity/s that contribute to their LDAT's Action Plan.
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Application Form guide The following section follows the online smarty grants application pages.
To download form Applicants may want to share their progress with their colleagues and/or partners prior to
submission. To download a copy of unsubmitted and/or submitted form, click on the links
displayed below.
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Organisational information and partnerships Help/hints for this section The following questions are details about your proposed LDAT. Your LDAT may have only just
formed, or be an existing well established partnership. The LDAT program offers supports at all
stages of LDAT development and therefore you are not disadvantaged if you are established or a
newly formed partnership.
Each LDAT is required to have an ‘Auspice’ organisation as their lead. An auspice provides
support for the LDAT through administering funding. You can find more information on what is an
auspice organisation here: Justice Connect – Not-for-profit Law website.
We ask for both a key contact and a secondary contact. The secondary contact must have a
different email address from the key contact. However, this email address can be from the same
organisation.
1. Name of proposed LDAT?
Lead organisation 2.1 Name (legal name) of your lead organisation
2.2 Key Contact Name
2.3 Key Contact Email
2.4 Agreement to auspice the proposed LDAT and administer grant funding?
2.5 Secondary Contact Name
The alliance of youth networks of Localville
Yet to establish a group name but committee will finalise at our inaugural meeting
YouthWorks of Localville
Dr Francine Smith
Yes No
Mr John Doe
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2.6 Secondary Contact Email
Lead organisation type
3.1 Is your organisation identified as an Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander organisation?
Hint/help for 3.1
Includes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations legally incorporated under Australian,
State and Territory legislation
3.2 What type of organisation are you?
See options below. If your organisation type isn’t represented, please mark the ‘other’ box and
provide details.
Aboriginal
(Council/Service/Organisat
ion)
AOD Rehabilitation Service
AOD Support Service (inc.
family, friends, community
support)
Arts or Culture
Business/Traders
Association
Community Services
Disability Services
Education/Advocacy
Employment Services
Environment/Conservation
Family Services
Financial Services
Food/Material Aid
Health Services
Government Agency
Housing Services
Legal Service
Local Government/Council
Mental Health and Well
Being Service
Network/Partnership
Not for Profit
Police
Professional Association
Sports/Recreation
Youth Services
Other
Partner Organisations
4.1 Total number of partner organisations
Alternative sample answer
Yes No
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We are yet to establish a network of partners. We have applied for funding to gain LDAT status
and learn from other communities in ways we can gain partners and address some of the
identified community issues for our target audience.
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4.2 What are the name/s of your partner organisation?
4.3 Are any of the partner organisations Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander controlled (eg.
ACCHOs, Indigenous specific youth services, cultural wellbeing organisations for Indigenous
participants etc.)?
If yes, what are the names of the Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander organisations?
Hint/help for 4.3 If you are intending to undertake projects which specifically target the Indigenous population of
your community, you must have Aboriginal led positions, and/or organisations in the proposed
LDAT. If you are yet to establish this partnership, please contact ADF before you submit your
application.
4.4 Please provide partnership details, i.e. formal partnerships, long standing or formed for the
purpose of becoming an LDAT.
Youth Works; Red Cross; Localville Police Centre; Localville LGA; Localville Health Services
This is a new partnership, inaugural meeting was held in December 2017, that has come
together due to our shared commitment to wanting to prevent Ice use in the community
among young people. The partnership will be governed by a reference group of at least two
representatives of all partner organisations in this team. This group will meet on a monthly basis
at the venue provided by the ABC council's municipality centre. Fortnightly meetings may be
held with a subset of this group who will be working in community face to face situations. This
group will be the LDAT Working Group.
The chair of each meeting will be rotated to ensure each partnerships emphasis is met.
We are in the process of developing a group MOU and can provide a letter of support from all
CEO’s of the organisations within our partnership.
Yes No
Localville Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Service
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Alternative sample answer to question 4.4
4.5 Do senior leaders (e.g. CEO, Indigenous Elders, Board member) of each organisation involved
in proposed LDAT support this partnership and its commitment to work together?
Hint/help for 4.5
Your proposed LDAT needs to have senior leader support to be successful. However, if you are yet
to establish an MOU with your partners, ADF can provide resources to help develop your
partnerships.
4.6 Are any organisations currently part of any of the following programs CDATs, LDAGs, LDAT
groups etc?
If yes, please provide details on your existing involvement with CDATs, LDAT, LDAG, or another
related AOD initiative/program.
This partnership is representative of key organisations in the community that provide lead
planning and implementation of projects with youth in the region. Involvement of the ABC
local council reflects that this partnership is well placed to be across other projects in the region
and ensure we are best placed to avoid duplication of effort and resourcing with existing
programs.
Our proposed LDAT is a local network of both health and wellbeing services who have
collaborated on multiple projects over the past four years.
The partners in this team have extensive experience in providing primary prevention. For
example, the ABC health services provide community support around AOD by holding
community events where there have been numbers of up to 2000 attendees.
Our ABC Youth Services have developed programs around employment pathways for the
local youth with an 80% employment success.
These combined successes will ensure we can provide primary prevention AOD services to the
local youth.
Yes No
CDAT (NSW) LDAG (WA) LDAT (National) Other
One of our partners is part of a network where some partners are involved in a different LDAT
partnership
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Local needs and community consultation
5. State/territory of LDAT
6. What is the name of the main town/city where your LDAT will deliver its projects or focus its
activity?
6.1. Additional areas LDAT will cover
7. Provide a brief overview of local alcohol and other drug issues. This can include local media,
available data, and service provider/police/business/council reports.
Help/Hints for question 7
If using local media as evidence, please use it for:
• Highlighting strengths of the local community and/or organisations involved in the
proposed LDAT, and/or
• a source of local statistics.
Some of the statistics which can be indicators of both risk and protective factors to AOD use are
as follows.
Areas of risk factors Areas of protective factors
Above average levels of unemployment Number of community employment pathways
A priority population group for alcohol and
other drug prevention work
Number of evidenced based activities to
prevent AOD uptake.
Data indicating high levels of alcohol and
other drug harms
Data indicating activities which have reduced
alcohol and other drug harms in communities
Social disadvantage Increase in evidence based social inclusion
activities
Tasmania
Localville
Nextdoorville; Neighbourhoodville; and depending on project funding success further
expansion
The ABC municipality has a total population of 181,000 residents, with almost 35% of these
residents aged between 8-22 years of age (ABS, 2016). The municipality is one of the fastest
growing regions in the state, with a predicted population of 201,000 by 2020. ABC have some
of the highest drop out rates of secondary school students, with xx% of students completing
their Year 12 certificate and only xx% going into further education. Unemployment levels in ABC
are also some of the highest. In 2016, alcohol related harm in ABC was reported at xxxx,
making it one of the highest in the state.
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Areas of current or future population growth Creation of protective factors and growth of
healthy communities
Areas of both risk and protective factors
Priority of risk factors and protective factors within and Indigenous community
Priority of risk factors and protective factors within a regional centre
Priority of risk factors and protective factors within a geographically remote community
To find out more about your community’s demographics using the following links:
1. Areas with a high proportion of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples – find the
Indigenous profile in your community via .idcommunity
2. Regional centres and geographical remoteness – check the classification of your
community via the Australian Standard Geographical Classification - Remoteness Area
(ASGC-RA 2006)
3. Areas of high population growth – find the population forecast for your community via
.idcommunity
4. Areas of social disadvantage – find the SEIFA – disadvantage score for your community
via .idcommunity and/or ABS Website.
5. Areas of above average levels of unemployment – check the Employment Regions Data
for your area via the Labour Market Information Portal
6. Your local council’s website.
7. For data regarding high levels of alcohol and other drug harms in your local area visit
the 2016 National Drug Strategy Household Survey and/or the ABS National Health Survey
(Nb. Statistics are not supplied for all areas.)
7.1 Based on this, are there any particular issues/groups that the proposed LDAT intends to focus
its LDAT Action Plan on?
a) Focus area Prevention of Ice (crystal methamphetamine) use in the community
Protective factors for the prevention of crystal methamphetamine (ice) use in the
community
Prevention of alcohol related harms in the community
Increasing family protective factors in the community
A project with an Indigenous community
Building AOD protective factors
Priority population
Action on alcohol and/or other drugs including emerging drugs
Conduct community consultation
Develop a LDAT Action Plan
Other:
b) Target groups Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Asylum seekers
CALD communities
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex and Questioning (LGBTIQ)
Older persons
Sporting clubs
Those currently engaged in AOD misuse
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Whole of community - LGA
Workplaces
Young people 12-17
Young People 18-30
N/A - further work required to identify
Other:
c) Based on answers 7.1 a & b, are there any particular issues/groups that the proposed LDAT intends
to focus its Community LDAT Action Plan on?
Help/hint for section 7.1 Developing an LDAT Action Plan with your team is a vital step in working to reduce alcohol and
other drugs harms in your community. Therefore, it is a required part of the LDAT program. For
more information please click here.
We intend to create a shared youth space to encourage social connection and upskilling of
the local youth. This will include photography classes and subsequent exhibitions, employment
pathway sessions, and development of sporting and leadership roles.
We know that social isolation is a driving risk factor for harm alcohol use in our local youth
population. Therefore, we want to create a youth designed space where we will conduct
activities to connect youth with each other and the wider community. This will include sessions
to create youth lead short films, creative writing, and photography lessons and exhibitions.
Our key objectives are to:
• To engage youth with the wider community via youth space activities
• To upskill local youth and create more employment pathways
• To reduce risk taking behaviours of local youth
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Community involvement 8. Has community consultation been undertaken already to identify local needs?
If you answered yes, please describe the consultation or engagement activity/s conducted -
when did this occur; what was involved; who attended; what were the outcomes?
If no, if you are successful in joining the LDAT program would community consultation be
undertaken to inform development of your LDAT Action Plan?
8.1 Is there an existing state/local strategic plan?
This may be a wider community Health and Wellbeing plan developed by local, state, or federal
government. Additionally, this may be a local AOD strategy, Indigenous Health Plan, Youth AOD
Action Plan, etc.
Yes No
The ABC Health Service hosted four community forums.
1. The first was held in May 2016 and was health service focused. The perspective of the
services was workshopped to understand youth AOD culture in the community. 15
health services representative attended.
2. The second (October 2016) was schools based, where we conducted activities to
understand youth AOD culture in the community. 20 teachers attended from local
primary and secondary schools.
3. The third (December 2016) was parent based, where we conducted activities to find
understand youth AOD culture in the community. 21 Parents attended.
4. The fourth (March 2017) was youth based. We went to a youth event and conducted a
workshop to understand youth AOD culture in the community. We had 30 youth in
attendance between the ages of 15- 21.
The outcomes of the forums were that there were very different understandings around youth
consumption of alcohol. We concluded that a multifaceted approach would be needed
including the reduction of stigma around the local youth, creation of safe and entertaining
youth spaces, and the creation of alternate school pathways for particularly at risk youth.
Yes No
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9. Please provide a short statement about the way your proposed LDAT would like to develop its
LDAT Action Plan in the next 6 months and the different roles the partners in your organisation will
play in the operation of your proposed LDAT.
10. If you are successful in your application, please describe the key activity/s of your LDAT (for use
in external communications/media)
Alternate answer
LDAT program agreements 11. If successful in joining the program do you agree to the following:
Potentially inviting other organisations to join your LDAT if appropriate
Hint/help
Sometimes the ADF identifies gaps in partnerships which can be addressed by going into
partnerships with existing LDAT and/or current LDAT applicants or other local organisations.
Working in partnership with and supported by the ADF to develop a LDAT Action Plan within the
first 6 months
Hint/help
One of the central requirements of the LDAT Program is to develop an evidence and needs base
LDAT Action Plans. To achieve this the ADF has developed resources to assist in this process.
Additionally, ADF provided subject area expertise to assist in the development of LDAT Action
Plans.
Based on community consultation sessions we will use the community and target audience
local knowledge to help inform our project plans.
We will be holding several community forums which are attended by our target audience.
Using known methods we will use these sessions to:
• Establish the needs of the target audience
• Discuss what works for them
• Develop an action plan based on the target audience need
Yes No
Yes No
Five community forums with target audience to establish community driven projects
Create employment opportunities by joining youth art program with local businesses. Activities
will include: mural painting for businesses, art commissions via local council, internment
program with local business networks.
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Promotional/media activities and responding to media requests as required.
Hint/help
Any promotional materials used with adhere to ethical standards and use discretion in community
member identification.
Yes No
