Closed Grant Opportunity View - GO7249

The Australian Government is inviting organisations to apply in an open competitive grant process to deliver services under the Families and Communities Program – Financial Wellbeing and Capability (FWC) Activity – Financial Counselling for Gambling from 1 July 2025 to 30 June 2030.

Commonwealth Financial Counselling services contribute to the FWC Activity outcomes by helping eligible people to address their financial problems, make informed choices and build longer-term financial capability. Commonwealth Financial Counselling services provide access to free, confidential and non-judgmental information, advice and advocacy to eligible people experiencing financial difficulty.

The Financial Counselling for Gambling program provides specialised Commonwealth Financial Counselling services in targeted locations to support eligible people experiencing financial stress or hardship as a result of gambling harm. These services are available for people impacted by harm from any form of gambling, including in person, land-based gambling (such as electronic gaming machines) and online gambling and need and would benefit from financial counselling supports.

If you are an Unincorporated Association please see the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for more information on eligibility.

This grant opportunity will be open for 6 weeks for applications on GrantConnect.

Please read the Grant Opportunity Guidelines to find out if your organisation is eligible.

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Local Government
• Non-corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Partnership 
• Statutory Entity.

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity types listed above.

Assessment of applications - 4 weeks 

Approval of outcomes of selection process - 4 weeks 

Notification to applicants - 2 weeks 

Negotiations and award of grant agreements - Up to 6 weeks

Earliest start date of grant activity - 1 July 2025

End date of grant activity - 30 June 2030

To apply you must:

• complete the online application form on GrantConnect 
• provide all the information requested
• address all eligibility criteria and assessment criteria
• complete all required templates
• submit your application/s to the Community Grants Hub by 9:00pm AEDT on 2 December 2024.

Update to the description on this landing page and addition of questions 45 to 47.

Please use:

• Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity - Financial Counselling for Gambling - Questions and Answers - version 2