Deadline: 5-May-23
Applications for the next round of funding for the Kimberley Community Grants Scheme are now open.
The Kimberley Community Grants Scheme (Grants Scheme) is delivered by Water Corporation and the Lions Club of Broome to support and empower people and communities in the Kimberley.
Objectives
- Support the long term development, growth and vitality of the Kimberley.
- Build an appreciation of nature and an awareness of the preciousness of water.
- Provide the opportunity for community to identify and respond to local issues.
- Empower the community to take an active role in improving their quality of life.
- Foster community involvement and wellbeing.
Outcomes
Applicants are required to outline how their proposal will contribute to one or more of the outcomes listed below.
- Environmental sustainability
- Relates to people having an appreciation of the preciousness of water and value of nature.
- Relates to projects or initiatives that save water or serve to protect the environment.
- Health and wellbeing
- Relates to people’s physical and mental health and wellbeing.
- Relates to increasing opportunities for physical activity.
- Community connection, participation and engagement
- Relates to people’s connections to their community. Community often relates to geographic locations but can also relate to family networks, support networks, people with common or shared beliefs, values, friendships, interests and activities.
- Participation relates to people volunteering and participating in civic life.
- Engagement relates to the ability to connect with people with disabilities, people of diverse social and economic backgrounds, culturally and linguistically diverse communities and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.
- Education
- Relates to people having the opportunity for lifelong learning and gaining the knowledge and skills required to participate in education, employment and their community.
- Social inclusion
- Relates to people feeling they belong and having the opportunity to freely express and celebrate who they are, regardless of culture or identity.
- Relates to people having an understanding of other people, their culture and identity.
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for a grant, applicants must meet the following criteria:
- Applicants must be a school or a not-for-profit constituted body such as an incorporated association (or be auspiced by one).
- Applicants must be located within, or offer a project within, the Kimberley.
- Projects must take place within 12 months of receiving funds.
- Applications must be submitted using a specified form by a specified deadline.
- Applicants must present a new initiative to be eligible for funding and the same project will not be funded two years in a row.
Successful applicants will be required to:
- sign a letter of agreement that outlines the terms and conditions of funding
- provide data which demonstrates that the funded application has achieved intended outcomes.
For more information, visit Water Corporation.