Deadline: 12-Aug-2025
The Toowoomba Regional Council is seeking applications for its Youth Grants Program to support youth/community organizations in their efforts to provide services, activities and events that are of benefit to the young people of their region.
Priorities
- The Youth Grants Program seeks to respond to Council’s vision, values and goals, as outlined in the Corporate Plan 2019-2024, principally:
- Provide equitable access, and advocate for, a range of services, programs and facilities to address the marginalised and foster inclusion.
- The program also seeks to support the following strategic actions of Council’s Youth Strategy 2019-2024:
- Empower young people to take a lead role, as active citizens, in the planning, implementation and evaluation of activities, events and programs.
- Provide mentorship and support to young people to enhance their participation in civic life, local government and the development of their communities.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $2,500 (maximum) are available for any one project or organisation, but requests for smaller grants are encouraged.
Eligible Projects
- A wide range of support will be considered on its merits and benefit to the Region’s young people. Eligible projects include, but are not limited, to:
- community events which engage young people in planning, delivery and evaluation
- projects which provide arts, cultural, sporting and active recreation opportunities for young people
- projects which engage young people in community development and active citizenship
- projects which target issues impacting young people, such as:
- civic engagement or leadership development
- education, employment, training or life skills development
- environment and sustainability
- physical health, mental health or suicide prevention
- bullying, healthy relationships or domestic and family violence
- youth homelessness and housing support
- alcohol and other drug use, crime prevention or youth justice
- mentoring, family engagement or community connection
- support for young people from diverse and/or marginalised backgrounds.
Ineligible Projects
- Youth grants will not fund:
- projects that do not engage with young people in development and delivery
- loan or other debt repayments
- projects already started or completed
- recurrent administration and running costs, such as regular wages or regular office expenses
- projects with a commercial purpose
- projects already funded by other Toowoomba Regional Council grant programs
- prize money, trophies, raffle prizes or fundraising.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations can apply for a youth grant if they:
- are an eligible community organisation or are under the auspices of an eligible community organisation;
- operate or provide services within the Toowoomba Regional Council area; and
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN).
Ineligibility Criteria
- individuals
- for-profit companies, trusts and other organisations
- government, semi-government and statutory authorities
- unions and student guilds
- research foundations
- professional associations
- organisations that have been granted approval for support through another Toowoomba Regional Council funding program for the same project
- organisations that have not acquitted an overdue Toowoomba Regional Council-funded grant application
- organisations that have previously defaulted on the conditions of funding.
Selection Criteria
- Applicants must demonstrate:
- The organisation and project/activity is eligible.
- The organisation and project/activity is viable.
- Genuine need and community benefit for the young people of the region.
- How and why the support being requested will positively impact local Young People.
- How young people have been included in the development of the project.
- Evidence of planning, consultation and support.
- Financial need, the organisation’s contribution and support, and other funding sought (whether successful or not).
- Linkages to program objectives.
- Any regulatory requirements have been, or will be, satisfied
For more information, visit Toowoomba Regional Council.
