Deadline: 21-Dec-22
Applications are now open for the Healthy Canberra Grants that focus on Supporting Healthy and Active Living for Children and Young People.
Grants are available for community-based activities to improve the health and wellbeing of young Canberrans, with a focus on supporting healthy weight and physical activity in children and young people.
Priorities
- Increasing Healthy Eating
- What they want to achieve:
- Lower intakes of energy-dense, nutrient-poor (discretionary) foods and drinks.
- Increased consumption of vegetables.
- What they want to achieve:
- Enabling Active Living
- What they want to achieve:
- More children and young people using active modes of transport.
- More people participating in sport and active recreation across all stages of life.
- What they want to achieve:
Funding Information
- The Healthy Canberra Grants: Focus on Supporting Healthy and Active Living for Children and Young People will provide up to $1.6 million in grants, for programs delivered from July 2023 through to June 2026. There is no minimum grant funding amount.
Priority Population Group
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
- people with a physical or intellectual disability.
- people with a mental illness.
- people experiencing homelessness.
- people living with domestic and family violence.
- people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans and gender diverse, intersex and/or questioning (LGBTIQ+).
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The applicant organisation must be one of the following types:
- a not-for-profit organisation incorporated in the ACT under the Associations Incorporation Act 1991
- a not-for-profit company limited by guarantee and incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Commonwealth)
- a not-for-profit organisation with other legal status
- an accredited early childhood service or out of school hours program
- an unincorporated not-for-profit organisation in an auspice arrangement
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must have a current public liability insurance policy with cover of a minimum of $10 million per event.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) without current insurance must provide evidence of a quotation for public liability insurance.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must have an ABN or provide evidence they have applied for one.
- Applicants must deliver grant funded activities in the ACT for ACT residents.
- Applicants must ensure that the declaration at the end of the application is made by the Chief Executive Officer, or equivalent, of the applicant organisation (or the auspice organisation if applicable). This person must have ultimate financial and management responsibility for the organisation.
- Applicants (and auspice organisations) must not have overdue reporting requirements including financial acquittal for any previous ACT Government grant.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must be a viable legal entity as defined by the Australian Tax Office. Applicants may be asked to provide copies of recent audited financial statements to help support their claim of financial viability.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must not be a Government Agency or Statutory Body.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must not be a political party.
For more information, visit https://www.health.act.gov.au/about-our-health-system/healthy-living/act-health-promotion-grants-program