Deadline: 3-Apr-23
The NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund is now open for applications to fund a range of one-off and time-limited early intervention and response projects that address and respond to sexual violence in priority populations in NSW.
Purpose of the NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund
- The NSW and Australian Governments have committed a total of $10 million of grant funding to support projects of up to two years duration focused on sexual violence early intervention or response strategies for high priority groups. Additional funding has also been provided to support administration and evaluation of the Fund.
- Early intervention (also known as secondary prevention) refers to strategies that identify and aim to address the early signs of violence to stop it from escalating or prevent it from recurring. It includes efforts to change the trajectory of violence and prevent the progression of violence.
- Response efforts (also referred to as tertiary prevention) involve intervening once the violence is already occurring and aims to support victim-survivors and hold perpetrators to account.
- The Sexual Violence Project Fund is not designed to replicate or duplicate existing services or programs already operating in NSW. It will not support primary prevention projects or projects that aim to deliver an established project with no evidence of adaptation to priority groups.
Objectives of the NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund
- Improve the capacity of the system to intervene early and respond appropriately to high priority groups.
- Increase delivery of early intervention and response projects to communities across NSW, to high priority groups and informed by co-design principles.
- Improve outcomes and effectiveness of service delivery and improve integration through stronger coordination, collaboration, and information sharing.
Funding Streams
Two funding pathways are available within the NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund. Eligible organisations must choose a funding stream and will only be able to submit one application for the NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund.
- Stream 1: Single entity projects
- Stream 1 is designed for projects on early intervention or response run by a single entity.
- Eligible organisations can apply for a minimum funding amount of $100,000 and a maximum funding amount of $1,000,000.
- The total funding pool available for Stream 1 is approximately $4 million (final allocations to each stream may be adjusted depending on applications received).
- Stream 2: Partnerships projects
- Stream 2 is designed for projects on early intervention or response designed and delivered by a group of organisations or partnership where the lead applicant is an eligible entity.
- Eligible organisations can apply for a minimum funding amount of $500,000 and a maximum funding amount of $1,500,000.
- The total funding pool available for Stream 2 is approximately $6 million.
- Note – stream 2 is not open to projects designed and run by a single entity.
Target Groups
- The NSW Sexual Violence Project Fund will provide grants to support projects focusing on the following high priority groups, who are at higher risk of experiencing sexual violence as indicated in the NSW Sexual Violence Plan:
- Women and children at risk of or experiencing sexual violence
- First Nations people
- Culturally and linguistically diverse communities (in particular, people of refugee, refugee like experiences, and asylum seeker backgrounds)
- Rural and remote communities
- LGBTIQ+ people
- Older women
- Children and young people (in particular, those who have experienced trauma, sexual and domestic violence or who are in or leaving out-of-home care)
- People with disability
Eligibility Criteria
- Stream 1: only organisations with the following legal status will be eligible to apply for funding:
- Incorporated organisation registered and approved as a not-for-profit body by NSW Fair Trading
- NSW based not-for profit company limited by guarantee (must be registered with ACNC and/or have DGR status)
- NSW based Indigenous Corporation (must be registered with Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
- NSW Local Aboriginal Land Council
- Religious organisation operating in NSW
- NSW non-government organisation established under its own Act of Parliament
- Stream 2: projects delivered by a group of organisations or partnership must have a lead applicant.
- NSW Government agencies and Local Government Councils
- Unincorporated community groups
- Non-profit organisations
- For-profit organisations providing pro bono services, and/or
- Other eligible organisations
- In the case of partnership applications, DCJ will only provide a grant to a single eligible organisation. Organisations can work together through one lead organisation using subcontracting arrangements between them, if required.
- Project focus – Applicants will have to select whether their project focus primarily on early intervention or response to sexual violence. The Fund will not support primary prevention initiatives.
- Geographic locations – projects must be implemented within the state of NSW only.
For more information, visit NSW Government.