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Current Grant Opportunity View - GO7039

Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) First Nations – Scoping Grant Opportunity Guidelines

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Department of Employment and Workplace Relations

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GO ID:
GO7039
Agency:
Department of Employment and Workplace Relations
Close Date & Time:
Ongoing
Internal Reference ID:
SEE_52 FN2024
Primary Category:
191003 - Literacy and Numeracy Support
Publish Date:
1-Jul-2024
Location:
ACT, NSW, VIC, SA, WA, QLD, NT, TAS
Selection Process:
Open Non-competitive

Description:

The SEE Program aims to improve access to foundation skills training, focusing on building LLND skills, for around 27,000 Australians. The SEE Program includes two distinct but complementary streams to support LLND skills training in metropolitan, regional, and remote areas: 

  • Stream 1: LLND skills training delivery to individuals by SEE providers, contracted by the department, including through place-based project delivery. 
  • Stream 2 – SEE First Nations: locally tailored, whole of community LLND skills training delivery to First Nations people through place-based grants. SEE First Nations grants will fund First Nations organisations, including Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), registered training organisations (RTOs), Adult and Community Education (ACE) providers or peak bodies (applying on behalf of their eligible members). 

In line with governments’ commitment to the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, the Australian Government will create partnerships with First Nations people, communities and organisations to create new opportunities and achieve better outcomes at a local level.

SEE First Nations offers two different grant opportunities:

Scoping Grants

Small grants of up to $30,000 (excluding GST) to help eligible organisations to develop a Delivery Grant application.

Delivery Grants

Grants to eligible organisations for English LLND skills training to First Nations people across Australia. The training is to be co-designed with the community/communities in which it will be delivered.

Delivery Grants will typically be for between $350,000 and $1,000,000 (excluding GST) per year over a 2 to 3 year period, for a single site, or up to $3,000,000 (excluding GST) per year for delivery at multiple sites.

This is the major component of SEE First Nations.  

Eligibility:

To be eligible to apply for a Delivery Grant, your organisation must be either a:

  • ACCO
  • First Nations RTO
  • First Nations ACE provider (which may or may not be RTOs)
  • First Nations Community Organisation peak bodies (applying on behalf of their eligible members)
  • and have the legal capacity to enter into a grant with the Commonwealth
  • be affiliated with the community/communities on whose behalf they apply, or partnering with an organisation that is. In the case of a peak body this refers to the community affiliation of the member organisation you are applying on behalf of. Community affiliation can be demonstrated by providing evidence such as:
    • annual reports showing us that you have local community involvement at a board/employment level etc.
    • statements of support from community leaders
Grant Activity Timeframe:

up to 6 months

Total Amount Available (AUD):

$46,800,000.00

Estimated Grant Value (AUD):

From $15,000.00 to $30,000.00

Instructions for Application Submission:

Please apply via the application link

Before you begin your application

Please ensure that you have read and understood the following documents:

• SEE First Nations Scoping Grant Opportunity Guidelines

• SEE First Nations Scoping Grant FAQs

• sample letter of agreement with the contractual terms and conditions for grant funding

Please note:

• Incomplete applications will not be considered.

• Applications that do not address the mandatory fields (*) will not be able to be

submitted.

• The maximum size for each required attachment is 25MB. More than one file is

permitted where indicated.

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