Deadline: 26-Nov-21
The Western Australian Government is pleased to launch the Animal Welfare Grant Program to improve the welfare of companion animals and wildlife through grants for not-for-profit activities including fostering and rehoming pets, rehabilitating wildlife, and providing 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; and reduced/no cost animal health and veterinary services to community groups.
- 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.
- The grant program, administered by the Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), will run for four years, commencing in 2021-22 financial year. One round will run each financial year.
- These grants recognise that companion animals play a significant role in the lives of Western Australians and are an example of the government’s continued commitment to improving the welfare of animals in WA.
Activities
The funding can be used for the following types of activities/projects:
- Free or low-cost veterinary services, including companion animal de-sexing, 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 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.
- 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
- Veterinary clinics, universities and local governments who provide low cost or free services in relation to desexing, microchipping and veterinary care
For more information, visit https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/animal-welfare-grant-program
