Deadline: 25 August 2017
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) is seeking applications for Domino’s Give for Good Grants program to support positive outcomes in three focus areas which underpin many efforts in building and sustaining strong and vibrant rural, regional and remote communities:
- Education and youth initiatives (17 yrs and over): recognising the importance of providing young people in rural communities with opportunities to develop skills, access quality vocational and traditional education, and receive support for issues that may affect or hinder their participation and inclusion in community life.
- Leadership and entrepreneurship: to harness, nurture, develop and leverage the creativity that exists within communities to respond to local opportunities and challenges e.g. employment, tourism, enterprise, and local service sustainability.
- Skills, knowledge, and networks needed to prepare and recover from natural disasters: to ensure that communities impacted by natural disasters can access support for community-led recovery when they are ready, and for projects that will facilitate their recovery. Importantly, better prepared communities tend to recover better, and funds will also be available to support projects that help communities to work together around risks and being prepared.
Funding Information
Give for Good is an annual program offering rural, regional and remote Australian communities grants of up to $5,000, for community-led projects that respond to one of these three impact areas. A total of $150,000 will be available in 2017.
Type of Projects
The kinds of projects that could be funded include (but are not limited to):
- Access to education, particularly adult education, job pathways and job readiness programs;
- Supporting at-risk and vulnerable youth through, for example, programs focusing on prevention and early intervention;
- Fostering youth leadership, engagement and meaningful participation;
- Community-led health and wellness initiatives that directly address an identified local community need;
- Fostering and skilling community leaders to create viable, vibrant and adaptive communities through community leadership programs;
- Developing social enterprises;
- Supporting the short, medium and long term recovery and preparedness of communities impacted by natural disasters. This includes economic recovery, improved social cohesion and connectedness, and the effective management of the social impacts following a natural disaster.
Program Eligibility
Not-for-profit organisations are eligible to apply for projects that are aligned with the Give for Good program focus areas. Organisations should have an ABN or be incorporated.
To be eligible, projects must:
- Offer a clear public benefit for rural, regional and / or remote communities;
- Contribute to rural and regional renewal, regeneration and development in Australia in social, economic, environmental, health, education or cultural areas;
- Applications from communities with a population of 15,000 or less will receive priority;
- Projects demonstrating community partnerships and collaborative approaches are preferred;
- Projects and activities should:
- Have clearly defined objectives, timeframes and measures for assessing outcomes;
- Be community driven;
- Show creativity and innovation; and
- Where possible, include a financial and / or in-kind co-contribution.
- If applicant’s project involves working directly with young people, applicant’s organization must have policies and procedures around safeguarding children and young people such as Working with Children Checks and the handling of child abuse complaints, or the project may not be funded.
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted via email at the address given on the website.
Eligible Country: Australia
For more information, please visit Domino’s Give for Good Grants.