Deadline: 4-Oct-22
The Youth Affairs Council Victoria (YACV) is seeking applications for its Round 12 Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) Grant to support projects that are designed to improve the mental health and well-being of LGBTIQA+ young people.
Healthy Equal Youth (HEY) is about supporting the health and wellbeing of LGBTQIA+ young Victorians. The first of its kind in Australia, HEY brings together a network of partner organisations specialising in support and services for LGBTQIA+ young people.
Categories
- There are two categories of HEY Grants.
- Youth led projects are for LGBTIQA+ young people with innovative projects designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of their LGBTIQA+ peers. A youth led application mustbe proposed and led by people who are under 25! They can get people older than that to proofread and assist them.
- Social connectednessprojects, are for organisations and services to expand or improve their support for LGBTIQA+ young people, or to run targeted projects for LGBTIQA+ young people that will improve their mental health and wellbeing.
Funding Information
Up to $10,000 for each project that supports LGBTIQA+ young people!
What types of things will be funded?
HEY Grants fund projects that:
- Specifically target LGBTIQA+ young people
- Are youth-led by LGBTIQA+ or run with consultation with LGBTIQA+ young people
- Address a specific need LGBTIQA+ young people have
- Are innovative, by which we mean creative, new, or original
- Set reasonable goals. $10,000 will not solve homophobia—but it can fund an awareness campaign about the harm of homophobic slurs.
What will not be funded?
- Capital expenditure (defined as “money spent by a business or organization on acquiring or maintaining fixed assets, such as land, buildings, and equipment”) exceeding $750.00
- Duplicate projects, for example, a peer support group for LGBTIQA+ young people in a town that already has a peer support group for LGBTIQA+ young people
- Staff attendance at conferences and events
- Retrospective activities
- Ongoing, core organisational operating costs that are part of the organisation’s overall budget (e.g. building maintenance, catering)
- Commercial and profit making activities, organisations, or individual persons
- Projects that have already commenced, unless there is a clear argument for extending the reach of a project into new areas, locations or population groups (evidence of the existing program’s effectiveness will be required)
- Projects that operate outside the state of Victoria (inquire to YACVic for projects that operate on the border)
- Projects that are not ChildSafe or that cannot be run in a ChildSafe manner
- Projects that do not reflect consultation with young people, are not led by young people, or do not reflect youth co-design principles
- Projects not specifically targeting or inclusive of LGBTIQA+ young people.
Eligibility Criteria
- Anybody whose organisation or project is designed to support the mental health and wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ young people in Victoria is encouraged to apply.
- An individual with a HEY grant project idea should apply through an existing group they have a prior relationship with (such as a council, a school, a LLEN, or an organisation) or with the assistance of an appropriate auspice organisation, such as Auspicious Arts.
- Types of organisations that can apply include:
- Victorian not-for-profit organisations that are incorporated or limited by guarantee
- Victorian Local Government Authorities
- Victorian not-for-profit organisations that have an auspice arrangement with either of the above
- Victorian schools, (public, Catholic and independent), TAFEs, and universities
- HEY actively encourages applications that are led by, and designed for:
- LGBTIQA+ Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander young people,
- LGBTIQA+ disabled young people, and LGBTIQA+ neurodiverse young people,
- LGBTIQA+ young people of colour, and LGBTIQA+ young people from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
- LGBTIQA+ community members who are underrepresented in services and programs, such as asexual and aromantic young people, or young people with intersex variations.
- If you are a member of any of these communities and would like further information or assistance on applying for a HEY Grant, they would love to support you.
For more information, visit https://www.yacvic.org.au/get-involved/hey-grants/#TOC-21