Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Town of Cambridge is now inviting applications for its Youth Achievement Grant to provides financial assistance to individuals under the age of 25 years in recognition of excellence in sport, leisure, cultural, humanitarian, charitable and educational pursuits.
This program is designed to offer travel assistance to young people who have been selected to represent their organization/group interstate or overseas. Travel within Western Australia will be assessed individually and will only be considered when air travel is involved.
Funding Information
- Interstate Travel: $100
- Overseas Travel: $500
Eligible Projects
- Events or projects where the applicant represents their governing organisation in a particular sport, and encounters significant airfare and accommodation costs.
- Events or projects where the applicant represents their governing organisation in the area of the arts and culture, and encounters significant airfare and accommodation costs.
- Events or projects where the applicant represents their governing organisation in academia, and encounters significant airfare and accommodation costs.
Ineligible Projects
- Expenditure in the form of personal development, coaching, administrative or equipment costs.
- Events where costs are fully reimbursed by another body.
- Applications where alternative sources of funding are available for travel and/or accommodation costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a Town of Cambridge resident.
- Applicant must be 25 years of age or under on the commencement date of the competition or event.
- Applicant must be selected to represent their organisation interstate or overseas. Travel within Western Australia will
- be assessed individually and will only be considered where air travel is in involved.
- Applications must be supported in writing by the relevant governing body of the organisation.
- The applicant can only receive funding through the Youth Achievement Grant once per financial year.
- Applications can be made up to six months prior to and up to three months post the event/program.
- Applicant must have satisfactorily acquitted any previous funding received from the Town to be eligible.
For more information, visit Town of Cambridge.
For more information, visit https://www.cambridge.wa.gov.au/Community/Get-Involved/Community-Funding