Australia: Safe and Diverse Communities Grants Program
Deadline: 12-Nov-21
The Queensland Government has launched the Safe and Diverse Communities Grants Program to support small, targeted, community-led projects to increase the capability of multicultural communities to recognise, respond and prevent sexual, domestic and family violence across Queensland.
The grants program aims to create meaningful partnerships and engagement with people from diverse backgrounds to take proactive steps in improving women’s safety, and through awareness and prevention initiatives to address sexual, domestic and family violence.
Funding Information
$ 1 million has been committed over 4 years with the total allocation of $ 250,000 for the 2021 grants program, with applications invited for initiatives seeking funding from $ 10,000 to $ 25,000.
Target Group
This grants program aims to target multicultural communities. This includes people from migrant or refugee backgrounds, as well as people who are born in Queensland and who self-identify as ‘being from multicultural backgrounds’. This applies to groups and individuals who differ according to religion, language and ethnicity and whose ancestry is other than Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, Anglo Saxon or Anglo Celtic.
Eligibility Criteria
Applicants must:
be a not-for-profit, legal entity, or
be a local government entity, or
have an auspice agreement with any of the entities.
Additionally, applicants must:
have current Public Liability Insurance of a minimum $ 10 million, and
have no outstanding financial accountability, service delivery or other performance issues by any other Queensland Government agency that would impact on the delivery of your grant activity / initiative, and
be established in Queensland and be currently operational in Queensland.
The initiative must:
be completed by 28 October 2022, and
be delivered in Queensland, and
support the purpose of this grants program.
For more information, visit https://www.justice.qld.gov.au/initiatives/safe-diverse-communities-grants