Deadline: 1-May-23
The Western Australian Government is pleased to announce the applications for the Animal Welfare Grant Program to improve the welfare of companion animals and wildlife through grants for not-for-profit activities that foster or rehome pets, rehabilitate wildlife, or provide low cost or free animal health and veterinary services.
Objectives
- The objectives of the grant program are to:
- promote responsible ownership of companion animals;
- improve the health and welfare of companion animals in WA;
- promote the reuniting of companion animals with owners; fostering and rehoming;
- improve the efficiency and effectiveness of arrangements for foster caring and community foster care networks;
- provide reduced/no cost animal health and veterinary services to community groups; and
- promote wildlife welfare through improved arrangements for the rehabilitation of displaced and injured animals.
Funding Information
- This program will offer individual small grants up to $50,000 (GST exclusive). Applicants are encouraged to apply for grants of greater than $2,000.
Activities that can be funded
- The funding can be used for the following types of activities/projects:
- Free or low-cost veterinary services, including companion animal desexing, for Western Australians who are economically or otherwise disadvantaged.
- Services, systems, infrastructure or equipment that improve the efficiency and effectiveness of animal rescue, rehabilitation and rehoming of companion animals in Western Australia.
- Services, systems, infrastructure or equipment that improve the rehabilitation of displaced and injured wildlife in Western Australia.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for funding applicants must:
- be the party responsible for carrying out the activity/project with the legal right to carry out and control the activity/project;
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN);
- have an account with an authorised deposit-taking Australian financial institution;
- deliver the services in Western Australia; and
- be one of the following types of entity:
- a company incorporated in Australia
- an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust
- an incorporated association
- a partnership
- an individual
- a joint (consortia) application with a lead organisation
- a charity or not-for-profit organisation registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- a publicly funded research organisation
- a Western Australian local government body
- an Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Corporation registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006.
- The application needs to demonstrate that the entity will not make a profit or financial gain from the grant funds. Demonstration of not-for-profit character can include governing documents, association legal structure, evidence from an accountant, or execution of a statutory declaration.
- Interested parties may include, but are not necessarily restricted to:
- animal shelters;
- wildlife carers, rescue groups and rehabilitation centres;
- companion animal foster care and rescue networks; and
- veterinary clinics, universities and local governments who provide low cost or free services in relation to desexing, microchipping and veterinary care.
Ineligible
- Applicants will not be eligible for funding if they are a Commonwealth, state, territory agency or body (including government business enterprises).
For more information, visit Animal Welfare Grant Program.