Open Grant Opportunities

Be Connected Building Digital Skills

Building Digital Skills grants help organisations to start up and continue delivering their Be Connected digital literacy programs. The aim of the Building Digital Skills grants program is to enable organisations to support older Australians 50+ through free face-to-face contact (if safe to do so), either one-on-one or in small groups, to develop their digital skills and confidence, utilising the learning courses available on the Be Connected Learning site.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Good Things Foundation

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Community Capacity Building

Grants of up to $5,000 are available for capacity building initiatives aim to strengthen the skills and abilities of CaLD communities to take leading roles in the development of their community. These initiatives respond to specific needs and issues identified by the community. Activities that may be supported by a Community Capacity Building grant include, but are not limited to: - participation in established community based activities - development of community capacity building activities - skills development and training activities - development of organisational governance and operational planning activities.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Office of Multicultural Interests (OMI)

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Energy Efficiency Grants for Small and Medium Sized Enterprises

The grant opportunity provides small and medium businesses up to $25,000 to replace or upgrade existing equipment to improve energy efficiency and reduce costs.

Closes: 19/04/2023

Funder:
Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW)

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Healthway Healthy Communities Program

The Healthy Communities Program funds a range of health promotion activities and campaigns to promote and encourage healthy lifestyles for all Western Australians. Applications for innovative, sustainable health promotion projects that reach target groups outlined in the strategic plan are strongly encouraged.  Objectives: - Fund activities related to the promotion of good health in general and aligned with our strategic priorities and population groups - Support projects that aim to increase individual knowledge and skills, change behaviour, and create community and organisational policies and environments to improve health.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Healthway

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Lotterywest Community Investment Framework

Lotterywest has developed a Community Investment Framework to support their vision of ‘Building a better WA together’ and to strengthen the impact achieved with the grants supported by Lotterywest and Healthway. The Community Investment Framework priority areas are: - Active Healthy People: Assisting the community to be more active and support initiatives which promote healthy lives - Protected Sustainable Ecosystems: Supporting the community to sustain and enhance our unique species and environments - Inclusive Thriving Community: Supporting the diversity of Western Australians to actively engage in community life - Connected Cultural Experiences: Bringing people together through the arts, heritage and cultural activities - Smart Innovative Society: Optimising the community’s talent and capability Lotterwest's grant investment streams are: - Grassroots and community initiatives: to help build stronger and healthier communities by supporting local activities and regional community initiatives - Developing solutions: to assist the development of solutions that will have a greater community impact - Community legacy: to invest in collaborative initiatives that will make lasting and significant change for the community

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Lotterywest

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Project-based Volunteer Management Activity Grant

Volunteering WA seeks to fund successful projects, through a process of application and panel review, that aim to provide/develop activities/support/resources to help break down barriers to volunteering faced by one or more of the six identified priority groups. This must occur by supporting volunteer managers and volunteer involving organisations to build their capacity to engage and support priority group volunteers in a meaningful and respectful manner.

Closes: 18/04/2023

Funder:
Volunteering WA

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Purple Bench Micro Grants Program

16 micro grants of $300+GST to assist members to sponsor a Purple Bench at their Centre. In the 2022 – 2023 financial year, Linkwest is once again offering purple bench micro grants. This time we are delighted to offer grants of $300+GST and the grant money is possible thanks to the generosity of: - Loftus Community Centre (Loftus was a member of Linkwest for 40 years and sadly closed leaving the remaining money to Linkwest for this grant program) - EEO Equal Opportunity Specialists - Linkwest Linkwest member Centres can use these micro grants to assist with the cost of materials to transform an existing bench, or to subsidise the cost of purchasing a new bench. Grants will be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis. Only current CRC Comprehensive and Neighbourhood Centre members of Linkwest who have not previously been awarded a Purple Bench Micro Grant are eligible to apply.

Closes: 28/04/2023

Funder:
Loftus Community Centre, EEO Equal Opportunity Specialists, and Linkwest

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Qantas Regional Grants

The Qantas Regional Grants program is back, offering $10 million in support over five years to Australian-based communities and projects that are looking to benefit our country's regional areas.

Closes: 10/05/2023

Funder:
Qantas

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Rebuilding Regional Communities

From February 2022 until February 2024, a special funding stream to support communities adversely affected by the COVID pandemic is available in partnership with the Australian Government. Thanks to the Australian Government, funding is available in remote, rural and regional areas in all States and Territories. A total of $5 million will be provided nationally from 2022 to 2024 through two funding tiers: - Grants up to $10,000 (always open) for communities with fewer than 50,000 people; and - Grants up to $50,000 (offered twice a year until November 2023), for communities that are classified as remote, rural or regional as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Australian Geography Standards.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)

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SOCK Week 2023

Funding of up to $1,250 will be available for eligible organisations to host activities during SOCK Week 2023 (26 June – 2 July 2023). SOCK stands for ‘Save Our Country Kids’ and is a road safety initiative created by the Narembeen CRC. SOCK week is a week long campaign of education on road safety and the impact poor decision making can have within a small community. SOCK Week is held annually in the last week of June and facilitates a number of activities and events that are designed to be informative as well as engaging.

Closes: 21/04/2023

Funder:
Narembeen CRC

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Strategic Projects - Community Grants Program

Funding up to $30,000 is available for capacity building projects that benefit CaLD communities such as those from new and emerging communities, women, seniors, young people and regional communities. Projects may relate, but are not limited, to the following focus areas: - family and domestic violence prevention - parenting - employment and skills development - leadership - financial literacy - health and wellbeing - support for regional communities.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Office of Multicultural Interests (WA)

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Strengthening Rural Communities: Small and Vital Grants

Small and Vital grants are all about meeting an immediate small scale need within a community, or for giving a boost to a larger initiative. The Small and Vital grants provide funds of up to $10,000 for broad initiatives that strengthen local people, places, and climate solutions with a preference for smaller communities (populations under 15,000).. Applications are accepted year round and awarded quarterly.

Ongoing Opportunity

Funder:
Foundation for Rural and Regional Renewal (FRRR)

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Some of these grant opportunities may require Deductible Grant Recipient (DGR) status.

No DGR taxation status? No worries!
The ANHCA Public Fund for DGR has been set up specifically to assist eligible Neighbourhood Houses and Centres receive tax-deductible donations from individuals and businesses and to apply for project funding from philanthropic trusts and foundations. For further information visit the ANHCA website or give one of the team at Linkwest a call.

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