Deadline: 12-Aug-22
The Community Inclusion is seeking proposals from Victoria based organisations for Supporting social inclusion and participation of people with disability.
The objectives of the Foundation are to provide opportunities for social inclusion and social participation for people with disability in Victoria. These objectives are informed by guiding principle no. 3 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): ‘Full and effective participation and inclusion in society’ (CRPD 2007).
Funding Information
- The round provides single one-year grants of up to $20,000.
- Granting pool is up to $250,000.
Eligible Projects
Projects may include:
- Community awareness, education and engagement programs to promote social inclusion and address direct and indirect discrimination
- Promoting participation in cultural life
- Programs to support social participation, to reduce social isolation and improve wellbeing and quality of life
- Provision of workforce and training opportunities
Preference will be given to projects that:
- Provide an integrated solution to social inclusion and social participation
- Show social innovation, which can be interpreted as ‘novel solutions to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions’ (Phills, Deiglmeier & Miller 2008).
- Are from smaller community-led organisations
- Are Victorian based
We encourage regional, rural, and remote organisations to apply and special consideration will be given for these applications.
Funding Exclusions
- If you are seeking to apply for a previously successfully acquitted project from either Community Inclusion or their previous Grassroots Program, you must contact the team for discussion prior to submitting. These projects may be excluded.
- Organisations that have not acquitted previous projects for any of State Trustees’ granting programs.
- Applications identical to a previously submitted, unsuccessful application.
- Organisations can only apply for one project per round.
- General fundraising appeals.
- Organisations that receive direct income from entities whose principal purpose is to promote gambling, alcohol, tobacco or armaments.
- Organisations whose funded activity may seek to proselytise a particular faith or religion to its beneficiaries.
- Universities and other institutions seeking funding for academic research projects or research positions with minimal or no research translation activity or no community-based partners.
- Applications from Universities or Medical Research Institutes must come from the relevant Philanthropy / Fundraising office.
- Retrospective funding.
- It is not State Trustees’ preferred practice to fund existing positions or supplement existing staff budgets – please speak to the Foundation prior to applying if you propose to do this
- ‘For-profit’ bodies and Commercial activities
- State and Commonwealth Government bodies
- Political parties or their candidates
- Organisations based outside Victoria
- Individuals
- Personal living expenses
- Loans
Eligibility Criteria
An eligible entity is endorsed as item 1 Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), with charity tax concessions.
For more information, visit https://www.statetrustees.com.au/philanthropy-and-charitable-giving/granting/community-inclusion/