Applying for a Small Community Grant
Council grants officer (speaking English) and Association treasurer (speaking Polish) talk through “Applying for a Small Community Grant”. You interpret both ways — English into Polish, and Polish into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
English → Polski
Your turn: interpret it aloud in the other language.
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Hello, Mrs Wiśniewska, please take a seat. I'm Graham, from the grants team here at Canterbury-Bankstown Council. What would your association like funding for?
Model answer and marking points
Dzień dobry, pani Wiśniewska, proszę usiąść. Mam na imię Graham i pracuję w zespole do spraw dotacji w urzędzie gminy Canterbury-Bankstown. Na co państwa stowarzyszenie chciałoby otrzymać dofinansowanie?
What an examiner checks here:
- Greeting addressed to Mrs Wiśniewska and invitation to sit
- Speaker is Graham
- Works in the grants team at Canterbury-Bankstown Council
- question: what the association wants funding for
Easy to miss: Keep the funding purpose as a question.
Dzień dobry. Jestem skarbniczką stowarzyszenia polonijnego z Lakemby. Chcielibyśmy kupić nowe krzesła i stoły do naszej sali, bo stare się rozpadają. Czy możemy się o to starać?
Model answer and marking points
Hello. I'm the treasurer of a Polish community association in Lakemba. We'd like to buy new chairs and tables for our hall because the old ones are falling apart. Can we apply for funding for that?
What an examiner checks here:
- Speaker is the association's treasurer
- Polish community association in Lakemba
- Wants new chairs and tables for its hall
- Old furniture is falling apart
- question: whether they can apply for this funding
Easy to miss: The speaker is the treasurer, not the association's president.
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Interpret it aloud now →Yes, that's possible. First, is your association incorporated? If it isn't, another incorporated organisation must apply on your behalf, which we call an auspice.
Model answer and marking points
Tak, jest taka możliwość. Najpierw chciałbym zapytać, czy państwa stowarzyszenie ma osobowość prawną. Jeśli nie, wniosek musi złożyć w państwa imieniu inna organizacja posiadająca osobowość prawną. Nazywamy to objęciem patronatem przez taką organizację.
What an examiner checks here:
- Funding is possible
- question: whether the association is incorporated
- If not incorporated, another incorporated organisation must apply
- Other organisation applies on the association's behalf
- Arrangement is called an auspice
Easy to miss: An auspice here applies on the association's behalf; it is not simply a financial sponsor.
Tak, jesteśmy zarejestrowani od dwunastu lat, więc nie potrzebujemy żadnej organizacji pośredniczącej. Mamy też konto w banku, a każdy przelew podpisują dwie osoby z zarządu.
Model answer and marking points
Yes, we've been registered for twelve years, so we don't need an intermediary organisation. We also have a bank account, and every transfer is signed off by two committee members.
What an examiner checks here:
- Registered for twelve years
- No intermediary organisation needed
- Association has a bank account
- Every transfer requires sign-off by two committee members
Easy to miss: Both signatories must be committee members, and the requirement applies to every transfer.
Good. You'll need two quotes for the furniture, your latest financial statement and your committee list. Roughly how much would you like to request?
Model answer and marking points
Dobrze. Będą państwo potrzebować dwóch ofert cenowych na meble, ostatniego sprawozdania finansowego oraz listy członków zarządu. O jaką kwotę chcieliby państwo mniej więcej wystąpić?
What an examiner checks here:
- Two quotes for the furniture required
- Latest financial statement required
- Committee list required
- question: approximate amount requested
Easy to miss: Quotes are price offers, not receipts for purchases already made.
Z ofert wynika, że potrzebujemy około czterech i pół tysiąca dolarów na dwadzieścia krzeseł i pięć stołów. Resztę zbierzemy sami na kiermaszu.
Model answer and marking points
Based on the quotes, we need about four and a half thousand dollars for twenty chairs and five tables. We'll raise the rest ourselves at a fundraising fair.
What an examiner checks here:
- Amount is based on the quotes
- Approximately $4,500 needed
- Twenty chairs
- Five tables
- Remaining money will be raised independently at a fair
Easy to miss: Four and a half thousand dollars is $4,500.
That sounds sensible. We assess applications mainly on community benefit, so how many members would use the new furniture each month?
Model answer and marking points
To brzmi rozsądnie. Przy ocenie wniosków kierujemy się przede wszystkim korzyściami dla lokalnej społeczności. Ilu członków korzystałoby więc z nowych mebli w każdym miesiącu?
What an examiner checks here:
- Proposal sounds sensible
- Applications assessed mainly on community benefit
- question: how many members would use the furniture each month
Easy to miss: The question asks about monthly furniture users, not total membership.
Mamy około sześćdziesięciu członków, a na spotkania, które organizujemy dwa razy w miesiącu, przychodzi zwykle czterdzieści osób. Czy mogę już teraz zamówić meble, żeby skorzystać z wyprzedaży?
Model answer and marking points
We have about sixty members, and usually forty people come to the meetings we hold twice a month. Can I order the furniture now to take advantage of the sale?
What an examiner checks here:
- Approximately sixty members
- Meetings held twice a month
- Usually forty people attend
- question: whether furniture can be ordered now
- Wants to take advantage of a sale
Easy to miss: Distinguish sixty members from forty attendees, and twice a month from every two months.
No, please don't buy anything yet. Purchases made before approval can't be funded. We will notify you in writing once your application has been assessed.
Model answer and marking points
Nie, proszę jeszcze niczego nie kupować. Zakupy dokonane przed zatwierdzeniem wniosku nie mogą zostać objęte dofinansowaniem. Powiadomimy państwa pisemnie po zakończeniu oceny wniosku.
What an examiner checks here:
- Do not buy anything yet
- Purchases before approval cannot be funded
- Notification will be in writing
- Notification follows assessment of the application
Easy to miss: Assessment does not guarantee approval, and purchases before approval are ineligible.
Rozumiem, poczekamy. A co musimy zrobić, jeśli dostaniemy te pieniądze? Poprzednia skarbniczka wspominała coś o jakimś sprawozdaniu.
Model answer and marking points
I understand, we'll wait. What do we need to do if we receive the money? The previous treasurer mentioned something about some kind of report.
What an examiner checks here:
- Understands and agrees to wait
- question: what they must do if funding is received
- Previous treasurer mentioned a report
- Speaker is unsure what kind of report
Easy to miss: Receiving the money is a condition, not a confirmed outcome.
After the project, you submit an acquittal report. It shows how you spent the money, with receipts and a few photos. If anything changes, please tell us first.
Model answer and marking points
Po zakończeniu projektu składają państwo sprawozdanie z rozliczenia dotacji. Pokazuje ono, jak wydali państwo pieniądze, i zawiera paragony oraz kilka zdjęć. Jeśli coś się zmieni, proszę nas najpierw poinformować.
What an examiner checks here:
- Acquittal report submitted after the project
- Report shows how the money was spent
- Receipts required
- A few photos required
- Must inform the council first if anything changes
Easy to miss: An acquittal report is a grant expenditure report, not a legal acquittal.
Dobrze, zachowamy wszystkie paragony i zrobimy zdjęcia. Jeśli coś się zmieni, od razu zadzwonię do pana. Bardzo dziękuję za pomoc.
Model answer and marking points
All right, we'll keep all the receipts and take photos. If anything changes, I'll call you straight away. Thank you very much for your help.
What an examiner checks here:
- Will keep all receipts
- Will take photos
- Will call Graham immediately if anything changes
- Thanks him for his help
Easy to miss: Preserve the switch from 'we' keeping receipts to 'I' making the call.
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