Deadline: 18-Feb-25
The Australian Capital Territory Government is accepting applications for the Disability Inclusion Grant Program to provide financial support to organisations and small businesses for increased opportunities for people with disability to participate in mainstream community or social groups.
This program aims to fund projects that have a broad and deep impact on directly improving the inclusion and participation of people with disability in the ACT community.
Funding Information
- The total funding available under this Program in 2024-25 is $150,000. The maximum grant that can be applied for is $20,000.
Priority Areas of Funding
- The 2024-25 Disability Inclusion Grant Program will prioritise funding projects that:
- Reduce or remove physical, attitudinal, and/or communication barriers to access and inclusion
- Enable greater participation in community life for people with disability
- Include people with disability in the planning and implementation
- Result in meaningful improvements with a broad reach benefiting many people with disability in the ACT community
Eligible Projects
- Eligible projects must:
- Provide an activity, project, or initiative that will be located in the ACT
- Identify how the program will benefit ACT residents with disability
- Have not received funding from another source to deliver the same or similar project
- Include all supporting documentation needed for the application.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligibility requirements
- Who can apply?
- Organisations
- Partnerships, or collaborations
- Small businesses Individuals, Government entities and registered political parties are not eligible to apply.
- Eligible applicants can only apply once in the 2024-25 round.
- Organisations can apply if they:
- Operate in the ACT
- Are a non-government, legally incorporated entity or supported by an incorporated auspicing organisation
- Are a registered not-for-profit or a charitable organisation
- 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
- Small businesses can apply if they:
- Operate in the ACT
- Are a small business as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics – small business operators are those operators who employ fewer than 20 persons (including non-employing businesses)
- 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
- Who can apply?
For more information, visit ACT Government.