Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7375

The Stronger Communities Programme (the program) supports the Australian Government’s commitment to deliver social benefits in communities across Australia by funding projects in each of the 151 Federal electorates. The program provides grants for community projects to strengthen and benefit local communities and is part of the Government’s 2024-25 budget initiatives.

The objective of the program is to deliver infrastructure projects that provide social benefits for local communities, by supporting one or more of the following:

• support or encourage interstate or international tourism
• support or celebrate Indigenous Australians
• commemorate Australians killed or injured in war or who contributed to Australia’s war efforts
• support veterans and defence force members and their families and communities
• support the participation and settlement of newly arrived (i.e. within the last 5 years) immigrants who are not citizens
• support the acquisition or deployment of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures
• support the dignity of persons (including children) with disabilities by enhancing their access to public infrastructure
• support access for children to public infrastructure which enables interstate or overseas travel, accommodation, or education or health care infrastructure or services
• address gender inequality or discrimination in access to public infrastructure or sport
• provide medical services or facilities, or services or facilities incidental to the provision of medical services
• provide benefits to a specific cohort or cohorts of students
• enable or foster the use of electronic communications.

The intended outcomes of the program are to:

• encourage and support participation in local projects
• improve local community participation
• contribute to vibrant and viable communities.

You can apply if you:

• are invited to apply by your local MP
• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• meet the eligibility requirements in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines.

You can apply if you are one of the following entities:

• an incorporated not for profit entity, such as:
  • Police and Citizen Youth Clubs
  • childcare centres
  • surf clubs
  • local aged care bodies
  • Parents and Citizens, Parents and Friends groups and equivalent bodies
  • a Commonwealth, state or territory government agency or entity that is a fire service, rural fire service, country fire authority, state emergency service or similar.
• non-distributing co-operatives
• companies limited by guarantee
• Australian Indigenous corporations
• religious organisations incorporated under legislation.
• an incorporated trustee on behalf of a trust with responsibility for a community asset or property. You will be required to provide relevant trust documents
• a local governing body as defined by the Local Government (Financial Assistance) Act 1995.

For the purpose of this program, we also consider the following organisations to be local governing bodies:

• Anangu Pitjantjatjara, Maralinga, Gerard, Nepabunna and Yalata local governing bodies in SA
• Cocos (Keeling) Islands Shire Council
• Lord Howe Island Board
• Norfolk Island Regional Council
• The Outback Communities Authority
• The Shire of Christmas Island
• The Silverton and Tibooburra villages in NSW
• The Trust Account in the NT
• ACT Government.

Find the full eligibility criteria in the grant opportunity guidelines.

$22,650,000.00

From $2,500.00 to $20,000.00

Applications open 14 February 2025.

Eligible applicants will be invited to apply.

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