Deadline: 9-May-25
The Kimberley Community Grants Program is delivered by Water Corporation and the Lions Club of Broome to support and empower people and communities in the Kimberley.
Funding for the Grants Scheme is generated by the sale of Rhodes Grass hay, which is produced by Water Corporation as an environmentally friendly means of disposing of Broome’s recycled water.
Grant Objectives
- support the long-term development, growth and vitality of the Kimberley
- build an appreciation of nature and an awareness of the value 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.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $10,000 are available
Outcomes
- 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 understanding 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.
Ineligibility Criteria
- They won’t support:
- Commercial activities and organisations
- Any more than 50 per cent of the entire cost of a single project (fundraising activities and in-kind contributions such as volunteer hours count towards the cost of a project)
- Fundraising activities, competitions, prizes and award exhibitions
- Permanent staff costs
- Organisational core operating costs such as funding for permanent staff members, insurance and utilities
- Interstate or international travel costs
- Projects that duplicate existing or previous services and programs
For more information, visit Water Corporation.