Deadline: 20-Oct-23
Are you interested in advancing the lives of women and girls and achieving gender equality? Are you a community group or organisation that has an idea for an event, resource or project that would benefit women and girls across Queensland? Grab the chance by applying for Investing in Queensland Women Grants.
The Investing in Queensland Women grant program (the grant program) supports community groups and organisations across Queensland’s urban, rural and remote regions with resources to lead projects and events designed to create positive change for women and girls.
Purpose of the Grants
- The IQW grant program aims to provide community groups and organisations across the state’s urban, rural and remote regions with resources to lead projects and events to create positive change for women and girls.
- Queensland women and girls are looking to the government to invest in programs and services which address inequality, promote respect and support women and girls to contribute and achieve across the State. Government cannot do this alone and everyone has a role to play in creating the change needed to achieve gender equality.
- These grants provide support and resources for initiatives that:
- focus on empowering women and girls
- promoting partnership and networking
- addressing existing gaps
- removing barriers; and
- addressing the unique issues faced by women.
Alignment with Government Objectives
To ensure they are all working together towards the same goal, activities funded by the IQW grant program must align to the objectives and vision of at least one of the following government policy initiatives:
- Queensland Women’s Strategy 2022-27 (QWS)
- This strategy provides a high-level framework to inspire and encourage the Queensland community to respect women, embrace gender equality and promote and protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of women and girls. Key impact areas include:
- economic security
- women’s safety, health and wellbeing
- First Nations women
- women with diverse backgrounds and experiences
- empowerment and recognition.
- This strategy provides a high-level framework to inspire and encourage the Queensland community to respect women, embrace gender equality and promote and protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of women and girls. Key impact areas include:
- Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy 2016-2026
- The Fourth Action Plan has just been released to help create a Queensland free from domestic and family violence
- Prevent. Support. Believe.
- This is Queensland’s Framework to prevent and respond to all forms of sexual violence.
Funding Information
- The funding available is one-off funding only. It provides up to $15,000 (excluding GST) for projects and/or events that are delivered within a six-month time period
- A total allocation of $540,000 per annum (ex GST) is available through two grant rounds each year of $270,000 (ex GST) each.
- Organisations may submit one (1) application per round.
- The application will be considered under one of the following categories:
- Category 1: up to $5,000 for small scale projects and/or events (e.g. an awareness-raising event, a workshop or a training session, or development of basic resources);
- Category 2: up to $10,000 for larger scale projects and/or events involving a larger audience or multiple events, or with longer term impacts (e.g. a series of workshops or events, a set of resources to be used well into the future; a medium to large scale awareness-raising campaign);
- Category 3: up to $15,000 for more substantial initiatives involving multiple elements, which may be delivered jointly between two or more organisations or community groups. It may also include cash contributions and/or in-kind contributions from partners and/or your organisation.
- Successful applicants may be offered full or partial grant funding.
Proposed Projects or Events must
- target people who identify as women and girls and who may be more vulnerable or experience multiple levels of disadvantage, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, LGBTIQ+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (including people on temporary visas), people in rural, regional and remote communities, young people and older people
- be delivered during the grant round 12-month delivery period as outlined in the ‘timeframes’ section;
- be delivered in Queensland;
- support the purpose of the grant program.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this grant, applicants must be:
- an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation (as defined by the Australian Charities and Not-forprofit Commission;
- an incorporated association (registered with Office of Fair Trading)
- an Indigenous corporation (registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
- a Queensland University
- a Queensland local government authority.
- an Australian Business Number (ABN) on your application form;
- a copy of your government-issued certification of incorporation or other incorporation documentation, to demonstrate the not-for-profit status of your entity.
- Applicants must also:
- have operations or deliver ongoing services in Queensland;
- have no outstanding financial accountability, service delivery or performance issues for funding provided by the Queensland Government;
- hold, or provide plans to obtain, insurance which will cover the appropriate time period.
- Please note:
- State-run entities such as schools, hospitals and the Queensland Police Service are not eligible to apply.
- Eligible P&C associations and Parents and Friends (P&F) associations may apply.
Projects that will not be Funded
Grant funding will not be provided for projects:
- that do not align with the purpose of the grant program;
- where more than 20 per cent of grant funds are allocated to administrative costs;
- where more than 10 per cent of grant funds are allocated to the purchase of assets;
- that duplicate an existing or similar initiative/service in the community (initiatives that build upon an existing program may be considered; contact us to discuss);
- that duplicate an existing government program or service;
- that could reasonably be delivered with existing funding received by the organisation;
- that should be funded through another source (e.g. existing school activities or support services);
- that are political in nature or are held for political purposes.
For more information, visit Queensland Government.
