Deadline: 18-Jul-22
The Foundation for Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) is seeking applications for its ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants to help communities take action on ideas generated by young Australians on issues that matter to regional, remote and rural youth.
This year the Heywire Project Ideas were developed at the Takeover Shepparton Ideas Lab in May. This year, due to continued challenges with COVID restrictions and travel, the 2022 ABC Heywire Youth Ideas Lab was held as part of the inaugural ABC Takeover Shepparton. Forty-four young Australians from in and around Shepparton, Victoria developed six exciting ideas to champion positive change in communities across Australia.
Project Ideas
Grants are available for communities across Australia to adopt, adapt and act on these ideas within their own community.
- The Allies Project: How might they celebrate the strength of regional LGBTQIA+ people and educate rural communities on the importance of being an ally?
- Hands on Learning: How might they support young people to learn in ways that work for them?
- Take Care: How might they promote healthier communities in regional Australia?
- SPIN: Supporting People In Need: How might they improve morale in regional communities?
- Triple H: Humanity Helping Homelessness: How might they reduce homelessness and support people who are experiencing it?
- Fusion Festival: How might they raise cultural awareness and stop racism in regional communities?
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $10,000 are now available for communities across Australia to adopt, adapt and act on one of the six ideas.
- In 2022, FRRR and their donor partners are offering $130,000 in funding to assist not-for-profit community-based organisations in remote, rural and regional Australia adopt and act on one of the six innovative Heywire project ideas. An additional $30,000 is available specifically for projects in the Shepparton region.
What can be funded?
- Funds will be available to implement or pilot one of the 2022 Heywire ideas. The projects can be adapted for your community, but must also do one of the following:
- Build community resilience;
- Develop organisational resilience and capacity;
- Enhance environmental sustainability;
- Foster cultural vibrancy;
- Encourage lifelong education & training;
- Strengthen the local economy;
- Improve community health & social wellbeing.
- Projects must be undertaken between November 2022 to December 2023.
- Projects must take place in regional Australia, as defined by ABC Heywire – they must be outside of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney.
- Projects must address a local issue.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant organisations must be a not-for-profit organisation with either an Incorporation Certificate and/or an ABN. If you are unsure if your organisation is a registered not-for-profit (for example, if you are a Co-operative, Other Unincorporated Entity, Public Company or Trust), please contact FRRR;
- Project must offer clear public benefit (i.e. has a charitable purpose);
- Not-for-profit organisations with or without DGR-1 endorsement are eligible;
- Organisations can submit one application per grant round; and
- Projects must be in a remote, rural or regional area.
- You must be aged 16-22 on 31 January 2022.
- Projects must take place in regional Australia, as defined by ABC Heywire – they must be outside of Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney
Ineligible
- Application is submitted by individuals, sole traders, private or commercial businesses (as per the submitted ABN);
- Application is submitted by an organisation that is not a legal entity, without the written consent of the governing / partnering body who holds the ABN / Incorporation number;
- Application is submitted without required financial documentation (see additional information on the second tab);
- Final report/s from any FRRR grants awarded in the previous seven years have not been acquitted (delivery organizations should check with legal organisation to see if there are any outstanding final reports);
- Application is for a project or activity that has already occurred / is occurring prior to the announcement of funding;
- Application is incomplete. NOTE: Due to the volume of applications received, applications are assessed based on the documentation received at the time of application. FRRR is unlikely to follow up missing documentation after applications have been submitted.
For more information, visit https://frrr.org.au/funding/people/heywire-youth-innovation-grants/