Mental Wellbeing of Business Communities Grants Program (Australia)
Deadline: 11-Mar-22
The Business Victoria has announced Mental Wellbeing of Business Communities Grants Program, this grants program supports business communities to develop and deliver dedicated programs to improve the mental health and wellbeing of their members.
Objectives
Objectives of the Mental Wellbeing of Business Communities Grant Program include:
Improve mental wellbeing, resilience and recovery in Business Communities
Enable collaboration, connections and networks in Business Communities
Educate, inform and empower Business Communities in mental wellbeing
Increase the uptake of other Victorian business oriented mental health support programs.
Funding Information
Up to 200 grants of $15,000 are also available for delivery of community-led mental wellbeing projects.
Eligible Projects
Grant funds must be used by recipients to support their Business Community by undertaking activities that align with the program objectives.
Examples of eligible activities include:
Supporting and encouraging local business collaboration activities or programs
Engaging small businesses to co-design programs to improve mental wellbeing, including promotional activities
Undertaking activities that will start, build on and/or extend work in the Business Community to promote mental wellbeing of small businesses
Setting up mental wellbeing focus working groups
helping to improve small business workplace mental wellbeing, resilience and recovery in a COVID environment.
Eligibility Criteria
This program includes a free mental wellbeing training course and $15,000 grant.
To be eligible for the program, the Business Community or local government authority must:
be a local government authority or an organisation that represents a specific cohort of Victorian businesses or businesses in a defined geographic area
Be based in Victoria or be the Victorian chapter of a national organisation
Be a not-for-profit organization
Hold a current Australian Business Number (ABN)
Be registered with the responsible federal or state regulator.
Unincorporated organisations and organisations with an ABN registered after
1 January 2021 will be required to have an auspice organisation enter into the grant agreement on their behalf.
Recipients of grants under the Business Chambers and Trader Groups program in
Round one or round two are eligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://business.vic.gov.au/grants-and-programs/mental-wellbeing-of-business-communities-grants-program