Deadline: 7-Jan-25
The Community Services Directorate is pleased to announce the opening of the ACT Youth Week Grant Program to provide young people with the opportunity to express their ideas and views, and act on issues that impact on them and their peers. It is also a time to celebrate, to have fun and highlight the positive contributions young people make to their community.
ACT Youth Week is a week-long celebration of young people aged 12 to 25 years. The Grants provide funding support for projects that are based on youth participation and encourage young people to develop, implement and facilitate youth focused projects in the ACT community.
Priorities
- The 2025 ACT Youth Week Grants Program has 3 priority areas for projects and initiatives:
- Young people aged 12 to 25 years leading or being involved in the development and implementation of the project, event, or activity
- Promoting and celebrating young people’s diversity
- Strengthening and building community connections
Funding Information
- The total funding available under this Program is $20,000
- The maximum grant an individual or partnership can apply for is $2,000
- Duration: Successful recipients must spend the grant by 31 July 2025, which is within 3 months of the 2025 Youth Week events.
Eligible Projects
- Eligible projects must:
- Provide a service/program which will be located primarily in the ACT and primarily for the benefit of ACT residents
- Outline how the program will primarily benefit ACT residents
- Include all supporting documentation needed for the application.
Ineligible Projects
- The following will not be funded:
- Projects that do not contribute to or meet the aims and priority areas of this program or are not delivered during the 2025 Youth Week
- Projects that are not delivered primarily within the ACT or benefits the ACT community
- Projects requiring ongoing funding to sustain the project or activity
- Projects or activities already funded by the ACT Government or Australian Government, or where alternative funding is available
- Projects that are a duplication of, or in parallel with an existing service, program, project, or event
- Commercial and fundraising projects and events
- General administration and operational costs such as salaries, memberships, subscription fees, communication and IT, stationery, rent, leasing, utilities, machinery, vehicles or large capital equipment of any kind.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals: Individuals can apply if they:
- Reside in the ACT. (A copy of an ACT License or Proof of Identity Card, or proof of residency stating their current address must be provided)
- Have not received funding from another source to deliver or provide the same or similar project/program
- Have no overdue acquittal obligations for any previous Community Services Directorate grant. All outstanding acquittals must be completed prior to submitting an application
- Have appropriate insurance (public liability, professional indemnity or other appropriate insurance) to undertake the activity or event. Evidence will be required prior to receiving the grant funding.
- Partnerships of individuals: Groups of individuals or Partnerships of Individuals which meet the following eligibility requirements may apply:
- List the roles and responsibilities of each group or organisation
- Clarify who will take the lead, lodge the application, and submit the final acquittal
- Have an organisation, parent or guardian undertake the obligations of the Letter of Offer, receive the funds, and distribute them as per the Letter of Offer. This is to take the form of a letter of support.
- Organisations: Organisations can apply if they:
- Operate in the ACT
- Are a legally incorporated entity or supported by an incorporated auspicing organisation
- Are a registered not-for-profit or a charitable organisation
- Are an educational institution (ACT Government school, independent school, private school, Catholic school, tertiary or vocational institution), the educational institution can be public, private or independent
- Have no overdue acquittal obligations for any previous Community Services Directorate grant. All outstanding acquittals must be completed prior to submitting an application
- Have not received funding from another source to deliver or provide the same or similar project/program
- Have an appropriate insurance cover held by the organisation implementing a funded project. This may include Public Liability of no less than $10 million, Personal Accident, Volunteer Cover and or Directors Professional Indemnity. Evidence of insurance may be required as a condition of the grant.
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander led organisations and people are encouraged to apply.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Profit making groups, government entities that are not an educational institution and registered political parties are not eligible to apply.
For more information, visit ACT Government.