Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO5805

The grant opportunity was announced as part of the 2022-23 Federal Budget Measure: Prioritising Mental Health and Suicide Prevention – Supporting our vulnerable. 

The objectives of the grant opportunity are:  

 - delivery of culturally appropriate social and emotional wellbeing and mental health programs in remote and very remote locations, including Indigenous communities and communities in the Northern Territory, that are strengths-based and designed in partnership with communities, and tailored to needs of particular cohorts, like youth, men, and women;

- increased engagement in cultural exchange, through activities which may include narrative therapy activities, health education, life skills training, social activities as well as domestic family violence prevention and men’s behaviour change activities;

- provision of employment and professional training, to continue to build a skilled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workforce in remote communities and promote mental health pathways and careers; and

- expansion of established Red Dust Community-as-family health and wellbeing Programs, including an increase to the number of communities supported and additional programs in remote parts of the Northern Territory.

The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: 

 - contribute to actions to reduce incidence of suicide among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and communities (National Agreement on Closing the Gap Target 14);

- contribute to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people achievement of highest standard of social and emotional wellbeing and mental health;

- increase community engagement and awareness of good social and emotional wellbeing, physical health, and cultural connection;

- increase skilled local work opportunities and trained workforce in communities; and  

- increase skilled Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mental health workforce in remote communities.

.We cannot consider your application if you do not satisfy all the eligibility criteria. 

To be eligible you must be the listed organisation:

Red Dust Role Models Limited  (ABN) 12 118641 777 

$7,750,000.00

From $0.00 to $7,750,000.00

Via GrantConnect:

Complete your application form (word document) found within the “GO Documents” button on the left-hand side

Submit the application by attaching the application form via “Submit Application” button on the left-hand side. The registered user will receive an email notification with a receipt number.

If you do not receive an email (including auto reply) within 48 hours, please contact the department on (02) 6289 5600.

Via GrantConnect:

Applicants should follow the below instructions in order to upload their application:

 - Filename(s) do not exceed 100 characters

 - Any file type can be submitted to GrantConnect

 - No file size limits exist

 - Refrain from using special characters. These include, but are not limited to, colon, forward and back slash, question marks, en and em dash. * A maximum of five (5) separate files can be submitted at one time Choose between paper based and online wording. Adapt this wording as necessary. Max 1000 characters

 - Do not include macros or password protect applications or attachments.