Information regarding some current funding opportunities closing in October and November.
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Funding listed below includes: Aboriginal health and services, Mental Health, Disabilities, Youth – education and outreach programs, Aged care, Litter, and Emergency relief infrastructure.
Sport and Rec have also just opened their local sporting grants that includes programs and infrastructure.
See link for more information: www.sportandrecreation.nsw.gov.au/clubs/grants/localsport
EOI to co-deliver the NSW Aboriginal Disability Provider Grants
NSW Family and Community Services (FACS) is seeking an organisation or partnership of organisations to co-deliver the Aboriginal Disability Provider Grants (ADPG) initiative, with the selected organisation will be working with FACS to deliver $600,000 in grants to providers, complemented by capacity building support. The ADPG is a $1 million program to support Aboriginal disability support providers to transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS).
EOI closes: 21 October 2016
$1.5m to build the capacity of the Aboriginal Disability Sector
The Aboriginal disability sector has been boosted with a $1.5 million funding announcement by the Hon John Ajaka MLC, Minister for Disability Services, on Monday 19 September 2016. This funding will enhance the capacity of the Aboriginal disability sector in their transition to the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
The initiative involves two targeted programs:
- The Aboriginal Disability Provider Grants Program (ADPG) - a $1 million support program for Aboriginal disability support providers.
- Building Capacity for Aboriginal People (BCAP) - a $500,000 fund for initiatives that either support existing Aboriginal providers to enter the disability sector, or that improve the cultural competence of the generalist (non-Aboriginal) disability sector.
Aboriginal Disability Provider Grants – Co-delivery tender
Applications to deliver the ADPG initiative in partnership with Ageing, Disability and Home Care (ADHC) opened on Monday 19 September 2016.
Applications will be assessed by a panel of representatives from the NSW Department of Family and Community Services (FACS) and external stakeholders. The announcement of a selected partner will be made in November 2016.
The application process will be managed through the NSW e-Tendering system. Applications will be open from 9am Monday 19 September until 2pm Friday 21 October 2016.
All questions about the ADPG and its application process can be sent toADPG@facs.nsw.gov.au.
Building Capacity for Aboriginal People
Applications for projects to be funded under the BCAP initiative opened on Monday 19 September 2016.
Applications will be assessed by a panel of representatives from FACS and external stakeholders. The announcement of selected projects will be made in October 2016.
The application process will be managed through the SmartyGrants system.
Applications open 9am Monday 19 September and close 5pm Friday 21 October 2016.
All questions about the BCAP and its application process can be sent toBCAP@facs.nsw.gov.au.
Aged Care Approvals Round (ACAR) - Department of Health
Existing and prospective providers of Australian Government-funded aged care services are invited to apply for new residential aged care places, Short-Term Restorative Care places and capital grants. The Minister for Health, Aged Care and Sport, the Hon Sussan Ley MP has created 10,000 residential aged care places and 475 Short-Term Restorative Care places that are available for allocation through the 2016-17 ACAR.
Up to $64 million in capital grants under the Rural, Regional and Other Special Needs Building Fund will be offered as part of the 2016-17 ACAR. These grants aim to encourage greater investment in areas of high need, with $11.5 million earmarked to support access to residential aged care for older people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities.
Applications close: 28 October 2016.
Northcott's Fundability Program Round 4: Country NSW
FundAbility has been developed in partnership with Northcott and the Department of Family and Community Services. The program offers small grants for NSW-based events/activities and community facilities to become more inclusive for children and young people living with disability. The program is currently taking applications for the following regions: Far West NSW, Illawarra Shoalhaven, Mid North Coast, Murrumbidgee, Northern NSW and Western NSW.
Applications close: 1 November 2016.
NSW Community Litter Grants
Grants of up to $5,000 from Keep NSW Beautiful (KNSWB)'s Community Litter Grants are available for community groups who are keen to tackle litter in their area and have the local knowledge to make a difference. Any community group can apply for a litter grant: youth groups, scouts and guides, surf clubs, pony clubs – not just your usual environmentally-minded subjects.
The grants give everyone involved a sense of ownership of the land and space around them, and the tools to make them better.
The grants support grassroots-led action, and KNSWB is on-hand to offer project advice at every turn.
The grants are easy, accessible, and can be a fund bonding opportunity for groups. They start with a local litter check (like a clean-up and an audit) in their chosen public space: a beach, or a park, or a football field, etc. For this, the group receives $500.
From there, groups can apply for a grant to create a project that will reduce litter long-term in their chosen public space.
This is the third year in which the Community Litter Grants are being rolled out, but the first year a perpetual application period is being introduced. Groups can apply anytime.
Perinatal Depression & Anxiety Awareness Week NSW Grants
To help out with a Parents’ Event for Perinatal Depression & Anxiety (PNDA) awareness week in November, WayAhead is offering small grants of $500 or $1000 to community organisations in NSW to financially support their event.
Applications close: 5.00pm, 7 October 2016.
Contact: 9339 6000.
NSW Suicide Prevention Fund
A Suicide Prevention Fund (the Fund) of $2 million per year for four years was announced by the NSW Government as part of the 2016/17 Budget. The Fund is designed to support non-government organisations and community based organisations to improve responses to suicide prevention at a local level.
Organisations are invited to apply for funding for four financial years from 2016/17 to 2019/20.
Applications close: 10.00am, 25 October 2016.
Contact: Erin Halligan, 9391 9258 or suicidePfund@doh.health.nsw.gov.au
Ansvar Insurance Community Education Program Grants
Ansvar’s Community Education Program provides grants up to $50,000 for programs supporting Australian youth which fall under the two categories of Empowerment & Education and Outreach Programs. The grants aim to support sustainable programs for Australians under the age of 25, promoting ongoing education and skills making a significant difference to the lives of participants.
Applications close: 5.00pm, 14 October 2016.
Contact: 1300 650 540 or CEPGrants@ansvar.com.au
NSW Emergency Relief Infrastructure Grants
The Deputy Premier, Troy Grant has announced that the 2016-17 Emergency Relief infrastructure grants funding round is now open. These grants are designed to contribute funding to projects which provide shelter and support for local communities and emergency services across the state during times of crisis.
Eligibility Criteria:
- Grants between $10,000 to $300,000 can be applied for.
- Projects must be based in NSW.
- Eligible project types include the construction, alteration, renovation, fitting out of buildings and the purchase of major capital equipment integral to a facility which is used primarily to shelter communities and sustain emergency services.
- Projects must be completed within two years of signing a funding agreement.
- Applications submitted after the closing date will not be accepted.
Applications close: 5.00pm, 7 October 2016.
Contact: 9995 0992 or clubgrants.category3@olgr.nsw.gov.au
Grants to End Homelessness Program - Mercy Foundation
Expressions of Interest for the Mercy Foundation's Grants to End Homelessness Program are now open. This grants program focuses on seeding initiatives, services, projects, advocacy and research that have potential to making a contribution to ending chronic homelessness in Australia. The Mercy Foundation provides seed funding to projects that build capacity and help create structural change and have the potential to continue after the funding period.
Chronic homelessness is defined as an episode of homelessness lasting 6 months or longer or multiple episodes of homelessness over a 12 month period or more. People who experience chronic homelessness are likely to have 'complex needs', which usually means that they have one or more of the following:
- developmental disability
- traumatic brain injury
- serious physical health problems
- history of abuse or trauma
- mental illness
- mental disorder
- psychiatric disability
- addictions.
Grants range from $5,000 to $50,000.
EOI close: 14 October 2016.
Contact: Sue Mowbray, 9911 7390 or office@mercyfoundation.com.au
NSW Liveable Communities Grants Program
The Liveable Communities Grants program offers $4 million in funding over four years for projects that improve the lives of older people living in NSW. The NSW Government created the Liveable Communities Grants program to capture the energy of Australian innovators and focus it on defining what it will mean to age well in the 21st century.
The program will support a range of ideas for new and improved programs, platforms and ventures that will help older people to live, learn, care, share, contribute and connect.
Liveable communities enable all people, regardless of age or ability, to lead active, independent, healthy lives and access their community freely and safely.
Information session: 1 September 2016, 9.00am-12.00noon, Parramatta Town Hall, 182 Church Street, Parramatta.
Applications close: 2.00pm, 30 September 2016.
Contact: 8753 9418 or LiveableCommunitiesGrants@facs.nsw.gov.au
IKEA Living Local Community Grants
The IKEA Living Local Community Grants are about combining IKEA's products and home furnishing expertise and their co-worker volunteer leave days to ‘makeover’ a room or a space in a local not-for-profit or charity organisation, valued at $8,000. Non-profit or charitable organisations with an inspiring need for IKEA products and home furnishing expertise to makeover their premises are invited to submit an application to their local IKEA store (at each of their eight stores in QLD, NSW, ACT and VIC).
Three finalists will be selected for each state and their ideas displayed online. The organisation from each store with the highest number of online votes will receive the full makeover, and the two runners-up from each state will receive $1000 IKEA gift cards.
Eligibillity:
Organisations are a not-for-profit or registered charity whose primary focus is either:
- The support and development of children;
- Providing housing and shelter for people in need;
- Rebuilding following Australian environmental emergencies such as floods, bushfires and cyclones.
Organisations must hold and provide a certificate of currency for Public Liability Insurance to $10 million.
Applications close: Midnight, 27 November 2016.
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