Mental Health Week Small Grants Program in Australia

Deadline: 27-Jul-22

The Mental Health Council of Tasmania is pleased to launch a small grants program to help organisations run Mental Health Week events.

The purpose of the Foundation is to Strengthen and advocate for their communities and service providers to support the mental health and wellbeing of all Tasmanians.

Categories

• $1000 – $2000 for large public events/activities:
  • A large scale public event  grant is considered to be for events or activities with an attendance of more than 100 people. 
  • (This number does not include event organisers, staff or volunteers who run the event or people from partner organisations.)
• Up to $750 for school community events Show "Up to $750 for school community events
  • A large school community event grant is for schools hoping to host an event or activity for their students and/or wider school community. The event needs to be for an audience of 50 people or more. 
  • (This number does include staff,  volunteers or event organisers. It does not include people from organisations outside the school community that may be attending the event)
• $500 – $1000 for small scale public event
  • A small public scale event grant is considered to be for events or activities with an audience of between  50 – 100 people. 
  • (This number does not include event organisers, staff or volunteers who run the event or people from partner organisations.)
• Up to $500 for small targeted community group events Show 
  • A small targeted community group event grant is considered to be for events or activities that are for specific demographic (e.g. new mothers, older Tasmanians) and will be hosted by a community organisation. The event or activity does not have a minimum audience requirement but still needs to demonstrate  how you will achieve meaningful engagement with the target audience.

Eligibility Criteria

• Organisations must have an ABN, or be auspiced by an organisation with an ABN, and be undertaking the event or activity in Tasmania. The planned activity must clearly align with the theme for Mental Health Week 2022, ‘Awareness, Belonging, Connection’. 
• The applicant must NOT be a ‘for profit’ organisation and the predominant reason for the event or activity must NOT be to fundraise for or promote the applicant organisation.

Selection Criteria

Small Grants applications will be reviewed and assessed by the Mental Health Wek Selection Panel. The funding process is competitive, and your application will be rated against the following selection criteria. Please also note, your full requested funding amount may not be available, and another amount may be allocated, should your Small Grant be successful. The selection criteria are as follows: 

• Meets all necessary eligibility requirements, including incorporating the 2022 Mental Health Week theme, ‘Awareness, Belonging, Connection’. 
• Willingness to explore collaboration and partnership with other organisations/agencies on the event, in particular those targeting the same audience and in the same location.
• Innovation and creativity of the event concept 
• Demonstrated clear targets around event size and audience Demonstrated clear promotional planning and methods 
• Demonstrated considerable thought and planning has gone into budget and expenditure 
• If a previous applicant, has met all financial acquittal and reporting requirements in previous events or activities.

For more information, visit https://mhct.org/mentalhealthweek/mental-health-week-small-grants/