2022 Investing in Queensland Women Grants Program

Deadline: 28-Feb-22

The Queensland Government is pleased to announce the Investing in Queensland Women grants program that provides one-off grants for one-off events and projects that address the unique issues faced by women and girls.

Despite positive changes to women’s status and roles, gender inequality persists in the community, restricting women’s full participation in the social, economic, and cultural opportunities that Queensland offers.

This grant program supports community groups and organizations across Queensland to develop and deliver events and/or projects that align with the Queensland Government’s strategic priorities and address the unique issues faced by women and girls.

The grant program brings together the previous Queensland Women’s Week, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month, and Sexual Violence Awareness Month grant programs, thereby encouraging better connection between previously separate women’s events and providing an easier application process, consistency in grant amounts, and greater flexibility to deliver at a time that better suits the community.

Purpose

One-off grant funding will be made available to support projects and/or events that:
- target people who identify as women 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
  - help achieve the objectives of the Queensland women’s strategy, and inspire and encourage the Queensland community to respect women, embrace gender equality and promote and protect the rights, interests, and wellbeing of women and girls
  - help achieve the objectives of Queensland’s Domestic and family violence prevention strategy 2016–2026 to reduce domestic and family violence reoffending, including working with perpetrators and/or with victim-survivors, particularly the Third action plan, or

Funding Information

Funding of up to $15,000 (excluding GST) is available for initiatives with a duration of up to 6 months that align with the purpose of the grant program.
Grant rounds will be released twice a year, with a total allocation of $270,000 in funds (excluding GST) per round.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must be either:
- an incorporated, not-for-profit organization (note: a group or organization is not-for-profit if its governing documents prohibit the distribution of profits to individual members while the organization is operating and upon its wind–up), or
- a Queensland local government authority.
Applicants must also:
- be based in Queensland
- have no outstanding financial accountability, service delivery, or performance issues for funding provided by the department
- hold, or plan to obtain, insurance which includes cover for the period appropriate to the proposed initiative.
Initiatives must also meet all the following requirements:
- be delivered during the grant round’s 6-month initiative delivery period
- be delivered in Queensland, and
- support the purpose of the grant program.

Please note

State-run entities such as schools, hospitals, and the Queensland Police Service are not eligible to apply.
Eligible Parents and Citizens (P&C) Associations and Parents and Friends (P&F) Associations may apply.
For-profit entities may partner with an eligible entity (under an auspice agreement) to deliver an initiative. The eligible entity takes full responsibility for lodging the application in SmartyGrants and will be legally and financially accountable for the proposed initiative.

For more information, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/grants-for-queensland-women