Australia: Community-led Projects to Prevent Violence against Women and their Children

Deadline: 9 October 2019

Organizations are invited to apply for funding to develop and deliver innovative and community led primary prevention activities that challenge violence-supportive attitudes and behaviors. A community-led approach ensures the people; groups and communities impacted by a project are actively involved in the development, implementation and evaluation of the project.

The objective of this grant opportunity is to support innovative and community-led primary prevention activities for particular cohorts, groups or communities that challenge the underlying social, economic and political conditions, as well as historical and cultural factors that allow violence-supportive attitudes and behaviors to thrive.

The Australian Government has committed $6.139 million GST exclusive (across FY2019–20 to FY2021–22) to support primary prevention activities. This is funded under the Fourth Action Plan of the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022.

Priorities

Priority cohorts for this grant opportunity include:

Children and young people
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
Women with disabilities
Women living in rural and remote communities
Culturally and linguistically diverse communities
People with diverse sexual orientation, gender identity or intersex status.

Intended Outcomes

Projects will be community-led
Projects will promote gender equality, and address behaviors, attitudes or other social and cultural factors that contribute to violence against women and children
Projects will be implemented in a culturally appropriate way and targeted to the specific needs of a chosen community
Projects will be innovative and/or expand and build on existing effective programs, frameworks or campaigns
Projects will be impactful and measurable

Funding Information

Projects funded through the Community-led Projects to Prevent Violence against Women and their Children grant opportunity will run over three years from 2019–20 to 2021–22. The minimum total grant amount is $350,000 GST exclusive over three years. The maximum total grant amount is $550,000 GST exclusive over three years.

Eligibility Criteria

This grant opportunity is seeking applications from specialist organizations, or consortium partnerships led by specialist organizations, with other relevant organizations.
For the purposes of this grant opportunity, a specialist organization is an organization with expertise in family, domestic or sexual violence, gender equality or primary prevention. Preference will be given to applications that demonstrate existing strong relationships with their target groups or communities, or partnerships with specialist organizations representing those groups or communities.
To be an eligible specialist organization, applicants must also be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation
- Company
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Local Government
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Sole Trader
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Trustee on behalf of a Trust
- Unincorporated Association
The lead organization may consider forming a partnership or consortium with other organizations that have relevant expertise including:
- Specialist women’s sector and/or specialist family, domestic or sexual violence organizations
- Gender equality organizations
- Peak advocacy organizations
- Community sector organizations that represent diverse communities (such as Aboriginal controlled/led organizations, organizations representing culturally and linguistically diverse communities or Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex and Queer cohorts or women with disability)
- State and territory governments
- Local government
Applications from consortia must be submitted by a lead applicant who is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above.