Deadline: 4 September 2019
The Australian Government is inviting eligible organizations to apply for up to $4.494 million GST exclusive (across FY2019-20 to FY2021-22) to develop and deliver free training to frontline workers across Australia to better recognize and respond to all people who experience sexual violence.
The Accredited Training for Sexual Violence Responses is a measure under the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022 (the National Plan).
The Department of Social Services is seeking to engage a consortium partnership to develop and deliver free accredited training for sexual violence responses. The lead organization (lead applicant) must be a specialist organization with sexual violence expertise and must demonstrate relationships with other specialist organizations who work with, or represent, people from diverse backgrounds. This training will be developed to have a broad reach across a range of professions that interact with people affected by sexual violence, including both the disability workforce and multicultural workers.
Funding Information
The Australian Government has announced a total of $4.494 million GST exclusive over 3 years for this grant opportunity.
Eligibility Criteria
This grant opportunity is seeking applications from specialist organizations with sexual violence expertise to develop and deliver training that builds capability and capacity of frontline workers to better recognize and respond to all victims of sexual violence. Specialist organizations may include a:
- specialist women’s sector and / or specialist sexual violence service
- peak advocacy organization in the sexual violence sector
- researcher and/or university with expertise in sexual violence.
To be an eligible specialist organization with sexual violence expertise applicants must be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation
- Company
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
- Commonwealth Company
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Local Government
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Sole Trader
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Person
- Trustee on behalf of a Trust
How to Apply
Applicants must complete the online application form via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/grants/accredited-training-sexual-violence-responses