Deadline: 04-Oct-2024
The Centre for Volunteering is pleased to announce the Investing in Strong and Resilient Communities Small Grants Program.
Objectives
- The objectives of these grants are to build volunteer management capability within organisations to uplift volunteer capability, including volunteer knowledge, skills and volunteer numbers, and to support alignment with the strategic objectives of the National Strategy for Volunteering and the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement in organisations that support:
- young people 12 to 18 years who are disengaged, or at risk of disengaging, from education to reconnect with their community, school, training and/or employment
- people with disabilities and/or mental health conditions to participate in the community, and work towards becoming or remaining independent and engaged in the economy and/or society
- women who experience, or are at risk of experiencing isolation or discrimination to participate in the community and/or economy and increase their self-agency
- people who are unemployed to increase participation in their community and/or increase their capacity to engage in employment, training, or existing employment services.
Funding Information
- Grants of between $10,000 – $20,000 (GST excl) are available to enable volunteer involving organisations to strengthen their volunteering programs through capability and capacity building. A total pool of $500,000 (GST excl) will be available within New South Wales.
Outcomes
- The intended outcomes of the grant are to increase the capability and capacity for volunteer involving
- organisations to uplift volunteer capability, including volunteer knowledge, skills and volunteer numbers, to support:
- increased social, civic and economic participation
- reduced levels of social isolation/increased sense of belonging in communities
- people to be self-reliant, empowered and experience an improved sense of wellbeing
- people to be engaged in education, training and work-ready services and activities
- people to improve work skills and have increased opportunities for paid work
- people to engage with and sustain engagement with community services and activities
- people to improve connections and linkages to services that further support their increased social, civic and economic participation.
Eligibility Criteria
- The small grants are to build capacity of volunteering programs in organisations that:
- have an annual income under $500,000 or are an autonomous branch/subgroup of an organisation with an annual income greater than $500,000, but that branch/subgroup income is under $500,000.
- use a large proportion of volunteers (40%+ of total workforce including volunteers and employees, by headcount).
- are a not-for-profit organisation.
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be willing to provide a Statement by Supplier Form (reason for not quoting an ABN).
- have a bank account with an Australian financial institution.
- To be eligible to apply for this grant opportunity, your volunteer program must support one or more of the following cohorts:
- young people 12 to 18 years who are disengaged, or at risk of disengaging, from education to reconnect with their community, school, training and/or employment
- people with disabilities and/or mental health conditions to participate in the community, and work towards becoming or remaining independent and engaged in the economy and/or society
- women who experience, or are at risk of experiencing isolation or discrimination to participate in the community and/or economy and increase their self-agency
- people who are unemployed to increase participation in their community and/or increase their capacity to engage in employment, training, or existing employment services.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Who is not eligible to apply for a grant?
- An organisation with an annual income over $500,000 OR a dependent branch/sub-group of an organisation with an annual income greater than $500,000
- A Sole Trader
- A for-profit organisation
- An International Entity
For more information, visit The Centre for Volunteering.