Deadline: 01-Mar-2024
A new Building Digital Skills grant round is opening to help you deliver digital skills to older Australians during 2024.
The aim of the Building Digital Skills grants program is to enable organisations to support older Australians 50+ through free face-to-face contact (if feasible), either one-on-one or in small groups, to develop their digital skills and confidence, utilising the learning courses available on the Be Connected Learning site.
Funding Information
- There are 5 different contract sizes available:
- Round 49 – Be Connected, Building Digital Skills 2021-24 – $2,500 (to support 20 learners)
- Round 49 – Be Connected, Building Digital Skills 2021-24 – $2,500 Specialist (to support 10 learners)
- Round 49 – Be Connected, Building Digital Skills 2021-24 – $5,000 (to support 50 learners)
- Round 49 – Be Connected, Building Digital Skills 2021-24 – $5,000 Specialist (to support 25 learners)
- Round 49 – Be Connected, Building Digital Skills 2021-24 – $10,000 (to support 100 learners)
What do I have to do for the grant?
- Each organisation receiving a Building Digital Skills grant will be required to:
- Support older Australians aged 50+ gain basic digital literacy skills and confidence through free face-to-face contact (if feasible), either one-on-one or in small groups
- Utilise the learning courses available on the Be Connected Learning site to teach older Australians digital skills
- Ensure learners attending a digital literacy skills session complete a sign-in form
- Register the learners and their Be Connected activities on Good Things Foundation’s data and performance management system – CaptureIT
- Attend the learner management webinar within one month of being notified of funding
- Ensure all staff and mentors involved in delivering the Be Connected project have police checks
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations who would like to apply for a Building Digital Skills grant must:
- Be a registered Network Partner within the Be Connected Network
- Provide an ABN number (if applying for a $5,000 grant or greater)
- Have public liability insurance
- Not charge a fee for services delivered under this grant
- Have acquitted previous grant/s awarded by Good Things Foundation
- Network Partners applying for their first Be Connected Building Digital Skills grant can only apply for a $2,500 grant in the first instance. They will be eligible for a second grant once they have met 80% of their learner registration requirement and have submitted a satisfactory financial acquittal of their grant.
For more information, visit Be Connected Network.
