Deadline: 16-Jun-2024
The Victorian Department of Education is inviting eligible organisations to apply for a grant of up to $1,000 to contribute to the cost of hosting a Children’s Week activity that celebrates the theme “Children have the right to a clean and safe environment”.
The grants program aims to:
- provide children and their families an opportunity to participate in a range of community activities
- engage Victorian families to connect and play together
- provide a financial contribution to support eligible organisations to deliver high-quality events that celebrate the national Children’s Week theme.
Organisations are encouraged to involve children in the planning and design of their event. The National Quality Standard (NQS) recognises children as competent and capable. Supporting children’s agency and involving them in decisions cuts across all seven quality areas of the NQS.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your organisation can apply for a grant if:
- the organisation is a Local Government Council or an eligible not-for-profit (NFP) organisation
- the organisation is covered by applicable insurance/s including Public Liability
- Organisations can only apply for one grant. If you are a large organisation, please consider if any other teams within your organisation are also applying for a grant – for example, a Local Government Council that operates multiple libraries can only have one of their libraries apply for a grant.
- Local Government Councils are eligible for a grant of up to $700, all other organisations are eligible for a grant of up to $1000.
- Eligible Not for Profit organisations
- NFP organisations provide services to the community and do not operate to make a profit for its members (or shareholders, if applicable). A few examples are art centres, neighbourhood associations and sports clubs.
Ineligible
- For-profit and some NFP organisations are not eligible to apply for a grant. The exception to this is if they work in partnership with an eligible organisation and the eligible organisation submits the grant application.
- The following organisation types are not eligible to apply independently for a grant, regardless if they are an NFP:
- Kindergarten services including kindergarten parent advisory groups and approved providers
- long day care servicess including approved providers
- outside school hours care services and approved providers
- family day cares and approved providers
- playgroups
- schools
- individuals/sole traders.
- Community or Neighbourhood Houses that deliver a playgroup as part of a suite of community services are eligible to apply if attendance to their Children’s Week event includes families and children from across their local community. The Community or Neighbourhood House must apply for the grant, not the playgroup.
For more information, visit Victorian Government.