Deadline: 31-Jul-21
The Queensland Government’s Investing in Queensland Women grants program provides one-off grants to organisations that qualify.
Purpose of the grants Despite positive changes to women’s status and roles, gender inequality persists in our community, restricting women’s full participation in the social, economic and cultural opportunities that Queensland offers.
The purpose of the Investing in Queensland Women grant program is to support community groups and organisations across the state’s urban, rural and remote communities to develop and deliver initiatives that align with the Queensland Government’s strategic priorities and address the unique issues faced by women.
One off grant-funding will be made available to support initiatives that:
- target people who identify as women and who may be more vulnerable or experience multiple levels of disadvantage, including Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, LGBTIQ+ people, people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds (including people on temporary visas), people in rural, regional and remote communities, young people and older people
- help achieve the objectives of either: — the Queensland Women’s Strategy 2016-21 and inspire and encourage the Queensland community to respect women, embrace gender equality and promoteand protects the rights, interests and wellbeing of women and girls — the Third Action Plan of Queensland’s Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Strategy 2016-2026 to reduce domestic and family violence reoffending, including working with perpetrators and/or with victim-survivors — Prevent. Support. Believe. Queensland’s Framework to address Sexual Violence to ensure everyone lives free of the fear, threat or experience of sexual violence.
The Investing in Queensland Women grant program supports community groups and organisations across Queensland to develop and deliver initiatives that align with the Queensland Government’s strategic priorities for women and address the unique issues faced by women and girls.
The program brings together the previous Queensland Women’s Week, Domestic and Family Violence Prevention Month and Sexual Violence Awareness Month grant programs.
It encourages better connection between previously separate women’s events and provides:
- an easier application process
- consistency in grant amounts
- greater flexibility.
As part of the new program approach, community and sector organisations will be able to plan their applications for future awareness periods, or for a time:
- that better suits the organisation
- that is more relevant to their community, or
- when there is potentially less competition for audience or participants.
Funding Information
- One-off funding of up to $15,000 (excluding GST) is available for initiatives with a duration of up to 6 months that align with the purpose of the Investing in Queensland Women grant program.
- Grant rounds will be released twice a year, with a total allocation of funds of $270,000 (excluding GST) per round.
- An application may be for 1 of the 3 funding categories below:
- Category 1—up to $5,000 for small initiatives, such as targeted campaigns or events (e.g. awareness–raising events, workshops or training for small groups, or development of resources such as posters).
- Category 2—up to $10,000 for larger initiatives which will operate on a broader scale or are more sustainable (e.g. medium to large scale campaigns, development of resources such as videos, or a series of workshops or events).
- Category 3—up to $15,000 for substantial initiatives which are undertaken jointly between 2 or more organisations or community groups, with favourable consideration given to applications where there is a matched contribution to the initiative from the initiative partners (e.g. government grant of $12,000 plus joint initiative partner(s) contribution of $12,000, making a total initiative cost of $24,000).
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be either:
- an incorporated, not-for-profit organisation (note: a group or organisation is not-for-profit if its governing documents prohibit the distribution of profits to individual members while the organisation is operating and upon its wind–up), or
- a Queensland local government authority.
- Applicants must also:
- be based in Queensland
- have no outstanding financial accountability, service delivery or performance issues for funding provided by the department
- hold, or plan to obtain, insurance which includes cover for the period appropriate to the proposed initiative.
- Initiatives must also meet all the following requirements:
- be delivered during the grant round’s 6-month initiative delivery period
- be delivered in Queensland, and
- support the purpose of the grant program.
Additional Information
Initiatives must:
- be delivered during the grant round’s six-month initiative delivery period (refer to the ‘timeframes’ section of this document); AND
- be delivered in Queensland; AND
- support the purpose of the grant program.
For more information, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/grants-for-queensland-women
