Deadline: 30-Jun-21
The nib foundation has launched a call for applications for the Health Smart Grants Program to support registered charities in Australia or New Zealand that specialise in health promotion and primary prevention, and have a track record of engaging and empowering people to be health smart in their everyday lives.
The Foundation believes supporting people to make good decisions will positively impact their health and wellbeing, and reduce modifiable health risks in their lives.
Therefore, successful projects will draw on a strong evidence base to build health literacy, helping people to access, understand and use health information to take action to protect their health. P
reference will be given to initiatives that are inclusive and relevant for youth and young adult audiences.
Funding Priorities
Health Smart Grants fund the delivery of health promotion and primary prevention initiatives which work to improve health literacy, and help people develop the understanding and skills they need to adopt healthy behaviours.
Far too many people on both sides of the Tasman die prematurely or live for many years with suboptimal health related to prevalent chronic illnesses. These chronic diseases often share the same and multiple risk factors.
The Foundation is interested in initiatives that satisfy one or more of the following:
- Facilitate access to quality, reliable, current and targeted health information
- Target risk or protective factors that relate to prevalent health issues
- Are informed by evidence to achieve health promoting behaviour change
- Translate new evidence into practice in a way that is practical, scalable and sustainable
- Operate within a strengths-based philosophy to empower and encourage good health
- Improve the environment, culture, awareness or attitude surrounding a health risk
Funding Information
- In Australia, a funding pool of $320,000 will be distributed to six successful grant recipients who will each receive $40,000 in grant funding. A ‘Peoples Vote’ will also be held during the grant period, where two of the six grantees will receive an additional $40,000 in funding as voted by nib members and the wider public.
- In New Zealand, $120,000 will be distributed to three successful applicants, each receiving a $40,000 grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible your organisation must:
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- Hold a current registration with Charities Services – Nga Ratonga Kaupapa Atawhai
- Hold a current, registered New Zealand Business Number
- The Health Smart Grant is delivered through nib foundation’s Private Ancillary Fund which means that to be eligible your organisation must be:
- Endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) Item 1 by the ATO, and;
- Endorsed as a Tax Concession Charity (TCC) by the ATO (or be a tax exempt entity).
- The Australian Government’s Australian Business Register has an online lookup function that enables you to search your organisation’s name or ABN and check whether it is endorsed as a DGR Item 1 and TCC.
For more information, visit https://www.nib.com.au/foundation/health-smart-grants
