Deadline: 31-Mar-25
The City of Fremantle is pleased to announce funding through its Youth and Community Grants.
Youth grants: Youth grants support programs, projects and initiatives that encourage social civic participation and increase wellbeing, skills, empowerment and resilience of young people aged 12–25 who live, work or study in Fremantle.
Community Grants: Community grants support programs and activities that address a specific need or provide a benefit to the Fremantle community.
Objectives
- Youth grants:
- To provide young people an opportunity to develop social connections and contribute to the broader community.
- To encourage young people to be more physically and mentally healthy.
- To develop resilience in young people and empower them to make quality decisions about their health and well-being.
- To provide activities that enable young people to explore their interests and participate in learning opportunities.
- The project takes into consideration the prominent demographics (CaLD, People with disability, high school students, university students, etc.) of the area where the project will take place and responds to them effectively in a meaningful way.
- Community Grants:
- Applications for community focused projects and initiatives that meet the following objective will be considered for funding:
- Identifies and addresses a need in the community.
- Builds capacity in the community for social inclusion and connectivity.
- Aligns with key strategic priority areas as outlined in the City’s focused Action Plans, including:
- Access and Inclusion Plan
- Walyalup Reconciliation Action Plan
- Age Friendly Plan
- Homelessness Action Plan
Funding Information
- Grant Amount: Up to $7,500
What will not be funded?
- The following applications are ineligible for funding:
- Unincorporated or un-auspiced organisation (unless incorporation forms part of the application)
- Applicant or auspice with an open funding agreement in the Community, Youth or Arts Grant Program
- Recurring or pre-existing events that don’t demonstrate significant changes or new initiative areas
- Activities, events or programs occurring outside the City of Fremantle
- Projects that duplicate an existing or similar service or project that operates in the City of Fremantle
- The application disparages or excludes any groups in the community
- The application contravenes an existing City of Fremantle Policy or Plan • Large capital expenditure, e.g. lease payments, repair or maintenance of buildings, or purchase of major equipment
- Faith-based activities of religious organisations
- Recurrent costs including wages, utilities, rent, annual insurances etc.
Eligibility Criteria
- An organisation or group that is legally constituted as an incorporated association (or has secured an auspice) or not-for-profit.
- Application that meets the grant objectives
- Applicant that has obtained the appropriate level of Public Liability Insurance for the proposed project and/or event. The cost of Public Liability Insurance can be included as part of the Community Grant application
- Project or initiative delivered in City of Fremantle and directly benefits its community
- Youth Grant applications only- Primary target group to include young people aged 12 – 25 years who live, work and/or study in Fremantle.
For more information, visit City of Fremantle.