Deadline: 19-Jun-25
The Community Shed Grants Program aims to increase participation, capacity, and sustainability of community sheds throughout South Australia.
Areas
- This funding aims to support initiatives that will achieve positive outcomes for community sheds in the following areas:
- Community participation to increase wellbeing, reduce social isolation and loneliness, and contribute to an improved sense of community connection.
- Increase participation specifically from groups likely to experience social isolation and/or discrimination including people with disability or aged related disability, and people experiencing poor health or mental health challenges.
- Skill sharing and mentoring.
- Support the sustainability of current operations.
- Volunteering.
Funding Information
- Single grants of up to $30,000 are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applications must meet both the definition of a Community Shed and an Eligible Applicants as outlined below:
- What is a Community Shed?
- A Community Shed (including Men’s and Women’s Sheds) is any community-based organisation, where:
- The primary objective is to advance the well-being, positive mental health, and social connection of its members.
- The primary activity is the provision of a safe, friendly, and inclusive environment where people can gather and/or work on meaningful projects at their own pace, in their own time and share experiences and expertise in a supportive environment.
- A Community Shed can be a purpose-built facility, a multipurpose community building, or shared space used on a regular basis for the purpose of shed like activities and may:
- Make a variety of products including toys, household, or garden furniture, Indigenous arts and crafts, wood turned articles or textiles
- Undertake activities that may include gardening, wood turning, metalwork, repairs or restoration, bicycle and small engine maintenance, cooking, or nutrition demonstrations.
- Undertake community projects if desired.
- Participate in training programs such as first aid and computers/IT.
- A Community Shed (including Men’s and Women’s Sheds) is any community-based organisation, where:
- Eligible Applicants
- To align with the Charitable and Social Welfare Fund, Grants SA can only award funds to the following eligible organisation types:
- Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCO), or
- Not-for-profit organisations
- ACCOs and Not-for-Profit organisations must be incorporated under the South Australian Associations Incorporation Act, the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006, or have evidence of a comparable legal status, such as an Australian Public Company limited by guarantee.
- You are not eligible if you are an individual, sole trader, a for-profit organisation, a private company, or a trust (except fixed trusts).
- Organisations must:
- Be currently registered with a valid and eligible Australian Business Number (ABN).
- Have an Australian bank account in the name of the legal entity.
- Have been operating or established as a legal entity for more than 12 months.
- Be currently operating within South Australia and delivering programs, services, or initiatives to residents of South Australia.
- Agree to the terms and conditions of the grant agreement.
- To align with the Charitable and Social Welfare Fund, Grants SA can only award funds to the following eligible organisation types:
For more information, visit DHS.