The Department of Social Services has opened its latest round of funding opportunities under the Information, Linkages and Capacity Building Program. The available grants are:
- Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21 – available funding is between $250,000 and $1.2 million.
- Social and Community Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21 – available funding is between $20,000 and $50,000 (small grant), or $100,000 and $350,000 (large grant)
The closing date for both grants is 11:00pm AEDT on Tuesday 8 December 2020.
If you believe your organisation has a project that delivers on the intended outcomes for either of the above grant opportunities, please contact us for an obligation free strategy consultation. See below for further information.
Economic Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21
This grant opportunity aims to improve the economic participation of people with disability, particularly in light of the impact of COVID-19. Projects awarded funding under this program will need to deliver at least two of the following three outcomes:
- Assist people with a disability to improve their job readiness, employment related skills and knowledge
- Assist people with a disability and other stakeholders to gain increased access to employer groups and employment support networks
- Increase the willingness and capability of employers and organisations to employ people with a disability
Priority cohorts for this grant opportunity are:
- rural and remote based people with disability
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with disability
- young people with disability
- people with disability from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds.
Social and Community Participation Grant Opportunity 2020-21
This grant opportunity aims to enable the participation of people with a disability in community life – particularly in arts, culture, sport and recreation activities, with the intended outcomes including:
- Community organisation are more inclusive of people with disability, their families and carers
- Community access is improved for people with disability, their families and carers
- People with a disability, their families and carers are included in the response to or recovery from COVID-19 and/or recent natural disaster.
Organisations that represent one or more of the following cohorts are encouraged to apply:
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) communities - Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Intersex, Queer/Questioning, Asexual and Plus (LGBTIQA+) people
- children and young people (0-24 years)
- communities living in remote and very remote areas (Monash Modified Model 6-7).
Contact us for an obligation free strategy consultation.
