Deadline: 26-May-23
Applications are now open for the Queensland Mental Health Week (QMHW) Community Events Grant Program.
QMHW is an annual awareness initiative that aims to shine a spotlight on individual and community mental health and wellbeing, increase awareness of mental health challenges, and celebrate the contribution of the mental health and community sectors.
Objectives
The objectives of the QMHW Community Events Grant Program are to support the overall aims of QMHW, which are to:
- raise awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing
- increase understanding of mental illness and recovery
- reduce stigma and discrimination.
Priorities
- The Grant Program will consider the needs of groups vulnerable to greater risk, including:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- people from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
- people living in rural and remote Queensland
- people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, questioning, asexual, or queer (LGBTIQA+)
- other groups at risk of marginalisation (e.g. people with disability, young people, and older people).
Funding Information
- A total funding pool of up to $100,000 (ex GST) is available for the delivery of events during QMHW in 2023. To maximise funding opportunities, the Grant Program will support a range of initiatives of varying amounts of funding. Consideration will be given to fund applications submitted from a breadth of geographical locations in Queensland to ensure support is provided for community events across urban, regional, rural and remote areas.
- Eligible organisations can apply for the following amounts (GST exclusive):
- $500
- $1,000
- $3,000.
Eligible Activities
- venue hire and associated costs, such as equipment hire, permits and security
- catering (e.g. morning tea, bottled water, and other non-alcoholic beverages)
- guest speakers, temporary instructors and/or mental health specialists engaged specifically for your event
- engaging Traditional Owners and Elders for Welcome to Country, musicians and/or artists
- activity and workshop supplies (e.g. paints, craft materials, plants)
- printing and photocopying of QMHW materials or resources on mental health for distribution to event attendees (e.g. mental health bags)
Eligibility Criteria
- An organisation may submit up to two grant applications. However, each application must be for a different initiative with different objectives and activities.
- The organisation (or auspice organisation) applying for a grant must be:
- able to enter into a legally binding and enforceable agreement the grant administrator;
- a not-for-profit or non-government organization and have an active ABN;
- currently based or operating within a Queensland community;
- have the appropriate type and level of insurance for the event/activities that are proposed in the grant application;
- willing to agree to the terms and conditions of the funding agreement; and
- one of the following entity types:
- a company/association incorporated in Australia
- a registered charity or not-for-profit organisation
- a trustee on behalf of a trust
- local council
- Indigenous Shire Council
- Indigenous Knowledge Centre
- If an organisation would like to roll-out an event with the same objectives and activities, across more than one geographical location, they are able to apply for one of the higher grant amounts (i.e. $1,000 or $3,000). They should include in the event summary that they are proposing to host events in multiple locations.
For more information, visit QMHW.