Deadline: 4-Apr-25
The Age-friendly Community Development Grant Program is to build partnerships with local government councils to collaboratively work towards an age-friendly Queensland where older people can lead healthy and productive lives, focusing on the measures at the community level to support older people to be connected, cared for and celebrated so they are able to maintain their independence; participate economically; have access to healthcare; can manage the cost of living; and stay in their own home or access appropriate housing in their chosen location.
Under the program, funding will be provided to local government councils, in partnership with community organisations, to undertake initiatives that activate communities to become agefriendly and that combat ageism, e.g. intergenerational projects that engage younger people in connecting with and supporting needs of older people; and initiatives focused on ways to improve the quality of life of seniors across the World Health Organisation’s eight age-friendly domains of age-friendly communities
This local Age-friendly Community Development Grant Program will strengthen the Queensland Government’s existing investment in elder abuse prevention and awareness and social isolation reduction by providing additional opportunities for local councils to be involved at a local, grass roots level, in partnership with community organisations and associated networks.
Funding Information
- The total amount of funding available through this targeted grant process is $300,000 for the period 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2026.
- One-off funding from $25,000 up to $50,000 is available for 12 months.
What will be funded?
- The successful local government councils of the Queensland Age-friendly Community Development Grant Program will be funded to:
- Activate age-friendly practices that work towards building age-friendly communities and combatting ageism to:
- address the needs of older Queenslanders to age positively, focusing on connections, care and recognition of value
- respond to the needs of older Queenslanders as a diverse cohort to promote outcomes against the eight age-friendly domains
- be strengths-based, championing the value of older people and empowering them to be a part of the program delivery
- address local challenges, particularly for regional, rural, remote locations
- focus on collaboration and partnership between the local council and local community organisations
- focus on long-term sustainability after project funding has ceased
- have defined benefits that can be quantitatively and qualitatively captured.
- Activate age-friendly practices that work towards building age-friendly communities and combatting ageism to:
Target Groups
- The Age-friendly Community Development Grant Program targeted grant aims to fund local council initiatives, in partnership with community organisations, which will activate communities to become age-friendly and combat ageism, benefitting older people in Queensland, including, but not limited to, one or more of the following priority or at-risk groups:
- First Nations peoples over 50 years
- older people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- older people living in rural and remote regions
- newly arrived seniors’ migrants and refugees
- seniors with disability
- unpaid seniors’ carers
- older people who identify as LGBTIQA+
- older people experiencing or who have experienced domestic and family violence
- older people experiencing financial disadvantage
- older people with poorer physical and mental health
- older people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.
Geographic Focus
- Applications are invited from local government councils located within Queensland. The pilot program or project must be delivered in Queensland.
Eligible Projects
- Projects may include but are not limited to:
- Intergenerational projects that encourage connection between people of all ages
- Development of culturally specific approaches to creating age friendly communities
- Promotion of age-friendly business practices
- Projects that aim to create local system level change (e.g. changes to local transport or recreation systems)
- Projects that support older people in regional, rural and remote areas to age in place, participate and be included in their communities
- Projects that focus on challenging ageism, reducing loneliness and improving older people’s connection within their local community.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for this grant you need to be a local government council and be able to enter into a legally binding and enforceable agreement with State of Queensland including agreeing to the Terms and Conditions of the funding agreement.
- Queensland Local Government Councils with a high percentage of Aboriginal and or Torres Strait Islander older persons are encouraged to apply.
- If you meet the eligibility criteria, you will need to provide evidence as part of the application process.
Ineligibility Criteria
- You are not eligible to apply if you are:
- a state, territory or federal government agency or body
- an unincorporated organisation
- not-for-profit organisation
- an individual
- a local government council that is not based in Queensland
- fixed trusts
- a political party
For more information, visit Queensland Government.
