Deadline: 13 August 2019
The Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR) has recently announced its “In a Good Place”, a national grants program that provides support for community-driven initiatives that reduce social isolation, increase social participation and connectedness, and increase help-seeking of members within rural, regional and remote communities who are at risk of, or are experiencing, mental health issues.
Program Objectives
- Reduce social isolation;
- Increase social participation and connectedness;
- Increase help-seeking.
Priorities
The program is open primarily to non-clinical approaches that are community-based and accessible at a grassroots level in a range of settings. Priority will be given to initiatives that:
- Are delivered via non-clinical first providers of mental health care, such as school counsellors and teachers, members of the clergy or pastoral care teams, neighbourhood or community groups, or via technological or other innovative methods.
- Improve accessibility and availability of mental health services, tools or support to areas with limited or no access to the same;
- Provide innovative responses that are inclusive, building social connections that lead to better mental health;
- Confront stigma surrounding help-seeking behaviour.
Projects funded in this round should be undertaken between December 2019 and December 2020. Projects cannot be funded retrospectively.
Grant Information
In a Good Place offers grants of up to $20,000 from an annual funding pool of $200,000. In this round, $100,000 is available.
Prioritisation of Funding
Preference will be given to projects that:
- Serve communities with populations under 10,000;
- Are run by and based in the beneficiary community/ies;
- Respond to specific population mental health and wellbeing issues within a local community;
- Are sustainable beyond the period of the grant;
- Can clearly measure and report on project outcomes.
What can be funded?
Applications must clearly demonstrate a focus on one project activity from FRRR’s Project Activity Tree:
- Building Community Resilience
- Developing Organisational Resilience and Capacity
- Fostering Cultural Vibrancy
- Lifelong Education and Training
- Improving Community Health and Social Wellbeing
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit community-based organisations from communities across rural, regional and remote Australia where funds support projects and activities that offer clear public benefit (i.e. are for a charitable purpose) and address a need in the community (see What Can be Funded above);
- Organisations with an ABN or Incorporation Certificate;
- Organisations with and without DGR endorsement;
- An organisation is eligible to submit one application per grant round.
- Individuals, private or commercial businesses are not eligible;
- Projects that support core business and areas of responsibility of Federal, State and Local Governments are not eligible.
How to Apply
Applicants can apply online via given website.
Eligible Country: Australia
For more information, please visit https://www.frrr.org.au/in_a_good_place.php