Deadline: 30-Sep-22
Royal Automobile Association (RAA) has announced the applications for Grassroots Giving Program that exists to enable and strengthen communities, and to move them towards achieving their goals.
This program also extends to those who are championing a local event, initiative or program that enhances local communities and those who live within it. RAA is keen to support activities that attract considerable public awareness, encourage local trade and tourism, and deliver high-quality experiences in SA.
These areas have been selected on the basis that they fit with the RAA brand and the organisational purpose, and resonates with the community in general.
Focus Areas
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The Grassroots Giving Program is designed to support not-for-profit and community groups that assist communities in the key focus areas of:
- Helping disadvantaged and vulnerable South Australians
- Supporting youth development
- Supporting and celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and reconciliation activities
- Reducing inequality in the community
- Environmental sustainability
- Community safety
- Innovation.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for any amount of funding up to $5,000 inc. GST.
Eligibility Criteria
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To ensure sponsorship applications are treated equally, only applications that meet all of the following criteria will be considered:
- The project and organisation is based within South Australia (it can be part of a national project)
- The application is from a not-for-profit or community organisation that provides a service or other benefits to the community
- There is a clear link between the project and RAA’s Sponsorship Guidelines
- The project provides access to one or more key audiences
- The project delivers, or has the potential to deliver, benefit to RAA members
- There is the opportunity for a high degree of visibility within the local or wider community, providing positive exposure for RAA and/or its products and services
- RAA receives measurable benefit as a direct result of the sponsorship.
Ineligible
- Individuals
- Organisations that cannot, if requested, provide satisfactory details on any aspect of their activities, including the benefits to be provided to RAA from its participation in the proposed sponsorship
- Projects or events where an RAA competitor also has a role
- Any event involving a conflict with RAA’s public policy, advocacy activities or commercial interests
- A project that conflicts with an existing RAA relationship
- Religious organisations or activities, except where they involve the provision of recognised community welfare services
- Organisations or activities that are considered divisive or discriminatory against any section of the community
- Projects or organisations that are considered to pose a potential legal, ethical or environmental risk, or breach accepted community standards
- A political party, or any organisation or event associated with a political party
For more information, visit RAA.
For more information, visit https://www.raa.com.au/about-raa/community-programs/community-sponsorships/grassroots-giving