Deadline: 30 September 2019
Individual Capacity Building (ICB) Program is now open for Disabled Peoples Organisations and Family Organisations in Australia.
The objective of the Individual Capacity Building (ICB) Program – is to enable systematic, nationwide access to peer support, mentoring and other skills building for people with disability, carers and families, primarily delivered through a national network of Disabled Peoples Organisations / Families Organisations (DPO/FOs) and Priority Cohort Led (PCL) Organisations.
The aim of the ICB Program is to provide people with disability the skills and confidence to participate and contribute to the community and protect their rights. The ICB Program will achieve this by enabling systematic access to peer support, mentoring and other skills building for people with disability, carers and families, to develop their individual capacity. This could include activities that empower a person to be independent and to engage in social, economic and community life.
Grant Activity Categories
The grant opportunity can fund activities that align with the following two activity types:
- Activity type 1: Individual Capacity Building (ICB), which are activities that build the capacity of people with disability by ensuring that they have the knowledge, skills and confidence they need to set and achieve their goals. Proposed activities must be for the primary and direct benefit of people with disability, and developed and delivered in collaboration with people with disability.
- Activity type 2: Organisational Capacity Building (OCB), which are activities that improve the ability of DPO/FOs to deliver their organisational mission and to deliver ILC in the community.
Only applicants that meet the DPO/FO criteria can apply to deliver OCB activities. Further, DPO/FO applicants cannot apply to deliver only OCB activities. DPO/FO applicants must also apply to deliver ICB activities.
Funding Information
A total of $100 million (GST Excl.) or $110 million (GST Incl.) is available for up to three years for this Individual Capacity Building grant opportunity.
Applications for funding under $90,000 over total grant period
Applicants who apply for total funding under $90,000 (GST Excl.) over the total life of the grant do not need to respond to selection criterion 3 in the application form. These projects are likely to be based in local communities. Below are some examples of projects under $90,000:
- Supporting existing peer led groups for the maintenance and support of the group such as venue hire, assistance with interpreting, and other costs associated with running the group.
- Small scale projects or pilot projects that contribute to building the capacity of people with disability in the local community.
- Building capacity of a place-based community or community of interest while also strengthening the infrastructure of the group to further its mission.
Geographical Location
This grant round will be a national round with a spread of grants across all jurisdictions. Applicants can apply to deliver activities nationally, across multiple jurisdictions, state-based or in particular regions or local areas.
Eligibility Criteria
- Disabled Peoples Organisations and Family Organisations (DPO/FOs) with paid staff and a Board, who meet both of the eligibility criteria outlined below:
- Actively evidence and demonstrate their commitment to the Social Model of Disability, which seeks to remove barriers for people with disability to access mainstream services and live an ordinary life; and
- Are run by and for people with disability and/or their families which is supported by evidence of a minimum of 50% of people with a disability and/or their families making up the organisation’s board or staff (or both).
- Disabled Peoples Organisations and Family Organisations (DPO/FOs) with no paid staff, that meet both of the criteria outlined below:
- Actively demonstrate their commitment to the Social Model of Disability, which seeks to remove barriers for people with disability to access mainstream services and live an ordinary life; and
- Are run by and for people with disability and/or their families, which is supported by a minimum membership of 50% of people with a disability and/or their families making up the organisation’s volunteers.
- Priority Cohort Led Organisations (PCLs) – these organisations must have a minimum of 50% representation of the relevant cohort group on their board or staff and represent one or more of the following cohorts:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities ; and/or organisations registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC); and/or
- Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) communities; and/or
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, Asexual and Plus Cohort (LGBTIQA+).
Eligible Entity Types
The NDIA can only provide funding to an organisation that is a legal entity. Non-legal entities, specifically Unincorporated Associations, may work with other organisations through a consortia or auspice arrangement to submit an ILC grant application. Lead organisations of a consortium and auspicors (in the case of grant rounds) must also be an eligible entity type. To be eligible applicants must be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Non-corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Non-corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
- Commonwealth Company
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
- Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
- Cooperative
- Incorporated Association
- Statutory Entity
- Partnership
- Trustee on behalf of a Trust
- Local Government
- Company
Additional eligibility requirements Applications will only be accepted from applicants that:
- if an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisation, the organisation must be registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC)
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be willing to obtain one prior to the execution of the grant agreement
- are registered, or willing to register for the purposes of GST if their income turnover, as a result of a successful grant, will exceed the thresholds defined by the Australian Tax Office
- have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
- have Public Liability Insurance coverage for the duration of the project [Note: applicants may be asked for a copy of their Public Liability Insurance].
How to Apply
Applications must be submitted online via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.communitygrants.gov.au/grants/ilc-individual-capacity-building-icb-program-grant-opportunity