Deadline: 17-May-23
The Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) is currently seeking applications for the In a Good Place (IAGP) Program to support a range of approaches that are preventative or responsive in nature, reduce social isolation by increasing social participation and connectedness, and reduce stigma surrounding mental health by encouraging open discussion and supporting self-help-seeking.
The In a Good Place program gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of community-driven projects, services, activities or initiatives, which clearly and directly focus on strengthening mental health and wellbeing of vulnerable community members who are at risk of, or are experiencing, mental health issues.
In a Good Place is a national grants program, supporting projects serving communities with populations under 10,000 in remote, rural and regional communities. Population centres greater than 10,000 for projects that support community members from smaller population centres will also be considered.
Funding Information
- In a Good Place offers grants of up to $20,000, from an annual funding pool of $250,000. These grants are available thanks to the generous support of CCI Giving.
What can be funded?
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The program is open primarily to charitable projects that use non-clinical approaches of engagement, and are community-based and accessible to everyone. Priority will be given to initiatives that:
- Are delivered by non-clinical providers of mental health care, such as school counsellors and teachers, pastoral care teams, neighbourhood or community groups;
- Improve accessibility and availability of mental health services, tools or support to areas with limited or no access to the same, through technology or other innovative methods;
- Improve knowledge of mental health services, tools or support through the development of local community resources;
- Provide innovative responses that are inclusive and which build social connections that lead to better mental health, such as delivering, or providing activities, events, programs and services;
- Confront stigma surrounding help-seeking behaviour in locally responsive ways such as community events and / or activities with strong and positive mental health messaging.
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Projects must:
- Be conducted for charitable purposes and consistent with broad public benefit;
- Directly relate to one or more of the objectives of In a Good Place;
- Demonstrate strong community support for the project and involvement of a range of community perspectives;
- Be undertaken within 12 months of receiving the funding, reporting back to FRRR on the outcomes of the project within three months of project completion, with a further follow up phone-based review with FRRR in the following three months.
Eligibility Criteria
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To apply, you must meet the following 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 registered as charities with the ACNC are preferred but not essential;
- Organisations can submit one application per grant round; and
- Projects must be in a remote, rural or regional area.
- If your project involves working directly with children / youth under 18 years, your organisation must have policies and procedures around working with children, Working with Children Checks, and the handling of child abuse complaints, or the project may not be funded.
For more information, visit FRRR.
