Deadline: 23-Oct-20
Are you a charity or community group with a project in the areas of health and well being, community safety, environment or education? If you are looking for funding to complete a project or have a project in mind that you can’t achieve without assistance, then apply now for the Aurizon Community Giving Fund.
Aurizon is Australia’s largest rail freight operator and a top 50 ASX company. Each year, the company transport more than 250 million tonnes of Australian commodities — connecting miners, primary producers, and industry with international and domestic markets.
Funding Categories
- Health & Well being: provide grants to initiatives that improve a community’s health and well being, such as cardiovascular health related projects e.g. getting active/physical activity or healthy lifestyle programs, and mental health support.
- Community Safety: support initiatives that increase safety and security in local communities, such as projects related to emergency response, crime prevention, natural disaster prevention and minimisation measures, accident prevention and road safety.
- The Environment: support initiatives that promote environmental enhancement in local communities, and in particular, initiatives that are focused on improving biodiversity of natural habitats, community conservation and environmental education (for example, land rehabilitation and revegetation programs, clean-up and education days and local conservation projects).
- Education: provide support in areas such as literacy and numeracy, life education, apprenticeships and traineeships, and in particular, increasing and retaining skills in regional areas.
Funding Information
- Aurizon Community Giving Fund grants will be based on a minimum of AUD$1,000 and a maximum of AUD$20,000 per grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- The organisation applying for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must be endorsed by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) as a Deductible Gift Recipient Item 1. All successful applicants will be required to supply their ABN so that verification of DGR status can be carried out.
- All applications for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must fit within at least one of the funding categories to be eligible for consideration.
For more information, visit https://www.aurizon.com.au/community