December Grants Newsletter 

Welcome to my final Grants newsletter for 2024. I am delighted to invite expressions of interest for the 2024 - 2025 Volunteer Grants. Volunteers play such an essential role in our community, and this grant program aims to support the incredibly important work they do. 

The Volunteer Grants program is part of the Australian Government’s commitment to assist volunteers and encourage volunteering. Volunteer Grants support the work of local community organisations by reducing barries for volunteers and increasing participation in volunteering. 

Grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 are available to help community organisations to support the efforts of Australia’s volunteers.

Grants can be used to purchase communication or insurance items and/or purchase items or services to assist volunteers or volunteer-run activities that support the well-being and development of children (under 18). For more information about the grant and how to apply please see below. 

Please feel free to share these grant opportunities, or encourage others to subscribe to my monthly newsletter at patconroy.com.au.

I wish you a safe and Merry Christmas.

Pat 

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS

  • Volunteer Grants
  • Anzac Day 2025 OVERSEAS services now Open
  • Artists’ Benevolent Fund
  • ASEAN-Australia Centre: 2024-25 Grants
  • Bob Hawke Landcare Award
  • Early Childhood Education & Care Providers Worker Retention Grant Payment
  • Export Market Development Grants
  • Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity - Emergency Relief
  • Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity - Food Relief
  • Financial Wellbeing & Capability Activity Grant - Financial Wellbeing Hubs
  • Industry Growth Program
  • Long Tan Bursary
  • Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)
  • National Clinical Quality Registry Program (CQR)
  • On Farm Connectivity Program
  • Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program - Round 2
  • Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2025
  • Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grant Program
  • School Student Broadband Initiative
  • Social Enterprise Capability Building Grants Program
  • Strengthening Social Cohesion Grants
  • Supporting People with Cancer
  • Urban Precincts & Partnerships Program (uPPP)

STATE GOVERNMENT GRANTS

  • Deadly Deposit Grant
  • Energy Consumer Australia
  • Heritage Grants Program
  • Home Buyer Booster Grant
  • Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Small Grants Program
  • Regional Event Fund – Event Development 
  • Service Reform and Innovation Grant - HIF 
  • P&C Transition Grant 2024-25
  • Tertiary Health Study Subsidies

LOCAL GOVERNMENT GRANTS

  • Central Coast Council - Community Support Grant Program
  • Lake Mac Youth Week Grants

PRIVATE SECTOR / NGO GRANTS

  • Alpha First Aid Grant Program
  • CSIRO Kick-Start
  • ​Greater Bank - Central Coast Greater
  • Hunter Photography Prize 2025
  • Ian Potter Emerging Artist Grants
  • Mental Awareness Foundation
  • Pride Foundation Australia
  • Westfield Local Heroes

____________________________________________

2024-25 Volunteer Grants 

Expressions of Interest are Now Open!

The Volunteer Grants Program supports community volunteer groups who benefit our local area.

Our electorate has total funding of up to $66,225 available for our local groups to support the efforts of their volunteers.

Grants of between $1,000 and $5,000 are available to help not-for-profit community organisations support their volunteers through practical measures such as:

  • Equipment for volunteers
  • Fuel costs for volunteers
  • Transport costs for volunteers
  • Fees for training courses
  • Background check fees for volunteers
  • Activities to promote awareness and increase volunteering opportunities.

This grant provides a valuable opportunity for your organisation to support your volunteers.

I encourage all community groups interested in applying to visit my website at www.patconroy.com.au for further information, guidelines and application form.

Expressions of Interest close Friday 17  January 2024.

____________________________________________

 

FEDERAL GRANTS

 

2025 OVERSEAS Anzac Day services now Open

Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Registrations are now open for Australians who are looking to make the pilgrimage to attend the Anzac Day Dawn Services in Türkiye and France in 2025, on the 110th anniversary of the landings at Gallipoli.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Artists’ Benevolent Fund

Amount: $2,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To provide immediate assistance following a disaster or catastrophic event in their lives. Pending the capacity of the fund, the panel may consider larger amounts as appropriate to the need of the beneficiary.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

ASEAN-Australia Centre: 2024-25 Grants

Amount: $50,000 - $200,000
Closing Date: 10 January 2025
Purpose: Creative industry exchange initiatives to facilitate further collaboration between creative talent in Australia and Southeast Asia.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Bob Hawke Landcare Award

Amount: $30,000
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Purpose: The Bob Hawke Landcare Award is a prestigious national award that publicly recognises an individual, group or organisation that has been involved in championing landcare and inspiring others to take action on their property or in their community.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) Providers Worker Retention Grant Payment

Amount: $3.6 billion to support the 15 per cent wage increase over two years
Closing Date: 30-Sep-2026 
Purpose: Providers can apply to receive grant funding to support a 15 per cent pay increase for eligible ECEC workers over two years from the Australian Government.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Export Market Development Grants

Amount: $30,000 - $80,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To bring benefits to Australia by encouraging the creation, development, expansion and diversification of foreign
markets for Australian products.

  • Tier 1 up to $30,000 per financial year
  • Tier 2 up to $50,000 per financial year
  • Tier 3 up to $80,000 per financial year
  • Representative body up to $50,000 per financial year.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity - Emergency Relief

Amount: $345 million
Closing Date: December 2024 
Purpose: The Australian Government is inviting organisations to apply for funding under the Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity – Emergency Relief program, through an open competitive grant process.

This funding supports may include food parcels, clothes or vouchers, such as for supermarket items, utilities or petrol. The program aims to help people manage their immediate crisis, refers people to other relevant services and encourages greater self-reliance. 

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Financial Wellbeing and Capability Activity - Food Relief

Amount: $20.1 million
Closing Date: December 2024 
Purpose: Food Relief is a national financial crisis response program that increases access to a cost-effective supply of food and/or material aid for Emergency Relief providers. This is through:

  • Receiving and redistributing donated food and/or material aid (including new or unused stock) 
  • Producing, sourcing and transporting food and/or material aid to Emergency Relief providers.

Material aid may include toiletries, personal hygiene products, cleaning products, blankets, clothing, school supplies and essential white goods.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Financial Wellbeing & Capability Activity Grant -Financial Wellbeing Hubs

Amount: $95.1 million
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Financial Wellbeing Hubs will provide integrated, co-located financial wellbeing services, with a strong focus on early intervention and financial capability. Integrated services will include financial counselling and financial capability, Emergency Relief and access to Microfinance products, and will focus on supporting individuals to increase their financial and digital literacy and longer-term financial resilience.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Industry Growth Program

Amount:  $50,000 - $5 million
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: Supporting innovative small to medium enterprises (SMEs) and startups to commercialise their ideas and grow their businesses. There are two matched funding grant opportunities:

  • $50,000 - $250,000 to support early-stage commercialisation projects
  • $100,000 - $5 million for commercialisation and growth projects.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Long Tan Bursary

Amount: $12,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Long Tan Bursary helps eligible children and grandchildren of Vietnam veterans pay for their tertiary education. Each year 37 bursaries are awarded to successful applicants across Australia. Each bursary is worth up to $12,000 over 3 years of continuous full-time study.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

 Medical Research Future Fund (MRFF)

Amount: $3 million 
Closing Date: 5 February 2025
Purpose:  To provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

National Clinical Quality Registry Program (CQR)

Amount: $150,000 - $300,000
Closing Date: 16 January 2025
Purpose:  To build automation and innovation capacity within existing national CQRs

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

On Farm Connectivity Program

Amount: $3,000 - $30,000
Closing Date: TBA
Purpose: To assist primary producers to take advantage of digital agribusiness solutions to boost productivity, improve safety and drive more sustainable farming practices.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Preventing Tech-based Abuse of Women Grants Program - Round 2

Amount: $80,000 - $400,000
Closing Date: 16 December 2024
Purpose: To protect Australians from serious online harms. Online harms are actions that take place wholly, or partially, online that can damage an individual’s social, emotional, psychological, financial, or even physical safety. 

 For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science 2025

Amount: $250,000
Closing Date: 17 December 2024
Purpose: Do you know an outstanding scientist, innovator or science teacher? 
Nominate a scientist or innovator or a science teacher for a prize to shine a light on their achievements and open up new opportunities. 

 For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Saluting Their Service Commemorative Grant Program

Amount: $10,000 - $150,000
Closing Date: 5 February 2025
Purpose: Ex-service organisations, community groups, councils and schools can apply for funding for projects that preserve Australia's wartime heritage and highlight the service and sacrifice of our Defence personnel. Projects may include:

  • Development of a digital honour roll
  • Restoration of an honour board
  • Purchase of a cabinet to display military memorabilia
  • Installation of a flagpole to display Australian National Flags on days of commemoration

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

School Student Broadband Initiative

Amount: Access 12 months free broadband
Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Purpose: To provide up to 30,000 families with no internet at home free NBN for 12 months. To be eligible, a family must:

  • Have a child living at home that is enrolled in an Australian school.
  • Have no active broadband service over the NBN network.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Social Enterprise Capability Building Grants Program

Amount: $120,000 
Closing Date: June 2026
Purpose: Provides funding to social enterprises to help them become more efficient and effective in delivering social benefits to vulnerable Australians.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Strengthening Social Cohesion Grants

Amount: $12.25 million 
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To support Australian Palestinian, Muslim and other communities affected by the Hamas-Israel conflict. The first round of funding will provide $12.25 million for affected Palestinian, Muslim and other communities, including:  ​

  • $7 million for national programs addressing social cohesion impacts felt across communities in Australia;
  • $1.25 million to expand and enhance existing social cohesion projects; and
  • $4 million for community-led grass roots programs.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Supporting People with Cancer

Amount: $40,000 - $120,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To fund projects aimed at reducing the impact of cancer and providing better support for people affected by cancer​

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Traumatic Brain Injury Grant 

Amount: $5 million
Closing Date: 5 February 2025
Purpose: To provide grants of financial assistance to support medical research and medical innovation projects that:

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Urban Precincts & Partnerships Program (uPPP)

Amount: $500,000 - $5 million.
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To develop a precinct idea through to investment-ready stage in partnership with local stakeholders to benefit regional communities. State and Territory governments, local governments, regional universities, not-for-profit organisations, including indigenous organisations are eligible to apply.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

STATE GRANTS

 

Aboriginal Cultural Heritage 2025-27

Amount:  $10,000 - $80,000
Closing Date: 30 January 2025
Purpose: To fund projects that support better management, maintenance, conservation and activation of declared Aboriginal Places under the National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Arts Project Funding – Creative Industries - Connectivity

Amount: $30,000 - $50,000
Closing Date: 17 March 2025
Purpose: The project or activity must be a clearly defined arts and cultural activity that benefits individual NSW artists or arts and cultural workers. Examples you can apply for:

  • Fees for artists and creatives to develop ideas and concepts 
  • Fees for artists and creatives to be employed in the project 
  • Cost of materials to build prototypes and for presentations 
  • Travel and accommodations directly related to the project 
  • Marketing and promotion costs 
  • First Nations Cultural expenses 
  • Accessibility expenses 

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Deadly Deposit Grant

Amount:  $10,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Deadly Deposit Grant program is a financial grant that can match people's savings towards their deposit, up to $10,000. Deposit savings may be made up of money in the bank, cash, and other sources including inheritance.

This grant is open to Aboriginal people who are in the process of buying a home. Applications open to social housing tenants. 

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Energy Consumer Australia

Amount:  $15,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To enable residential or small business consumer advocacy by participation in current or forthcoming government, regulatory, or industry decision-making processes, or for small, targeted research projects.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Heritage Grants Program

Amount:  $25,000 - $300,000
Closing Date: 30 January 2024
Purpose: To help safeguard the places that define our community’s history and culture. It will fund projects that support declared Aboriginal Places, activate items on the State Heritage Register and assist local councils in promoting and preserving local heritage.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Home Buyer Booster Grant

Amount:  $2,500
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To help with some of the expenses associated with buying a property, like legal and administrative costs. This grant can be used for expenses such as:

  • Legal fees including the administrative costs of buying a property, and preparing a will
  • Property valuations
  • Home and contents insurance
  • Surveying costs
  • Pest and building inspections
  • Stamp duty (for non-housing tenants). Aboriginal people living in social housing are exempt from Stamp Duty as per Section 278 of the Duties Act 1997 (NSW).
  • Any unspent funds can be used towards other costs associated with buying a home (e.g. moving costs)

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Men’s Mental Health & Suicide Prevention Small Grants Program

Amount:  $50,000
Closing Date: 15 December 2024
Purpose: To help with  projects that deliver community activities, programs, and events supporting men's mental health and suicide prevention.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Regional Event Fund – Event Development 

Amount: $50,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To support events in regional NSW to grow visitation and increase economic benefits to destinations. The Event Development stream supports the strategic growth of proven events as drivers of tourism.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Safe Places for Faith Communities Grants 

Amount: $5,000 - $250,000
Closing Date: 19 December 2024
Purpose: The Safe Places for Faith Communities Program provides grant funding to support the safety and security of places of worship and other places where faith communities gather regularly.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Service Reform and Innovation Grant - HIF 

Amount: $15 million
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: The Homelessness Innovation Fund (HIF) will initially target reducing the current demand and costs of temporary accommodation, and proposals for service reform and innovation.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

P&C Transition Grant 2024-25

Amount: $10,000
Closing Date: 30 June 2025
Purpose: To support approved OOSH services that have transitioned to P&C ownership as a result of the recent provider Category Review.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Tertiary Health Study Subsidies

Amount: $12,000 
Closing Date: When all subsidies are awarded
Purpose: Are you a student enrolled in a health care degree? You can now apply for up to $12,000 in subsidies to support you in your studies!

This initiative will create a future pipeline of health workers with up to 850 nursing students, 400 medical students and 150 midwifery students expected to enter the subsidy program each year.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

LOCAL GRANTS

 

Central Coast Council - Community Support Grant Program

Amount: $5,000 
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose:  To support the community to deliver activities which require a small amount of funding and/or in-kind support. This is a small grant program, open all year round and assessed monthly.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Lake Mac Youth Week Grants

Amount: $1,500 
Closing Date: 13 December 2024
Purpose: Non-profit organisations can apply for grants to support Youth Week events and activities. Youth Week will run from 9-17 April 2025, celebrating the contributions of young people to their communities and providing a space for them to express their ideas and discuss issues important to them.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

PRIVATE SECTOR GRANTS

 

Alpha First Aid Grant Program

Amount: $500 
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: To enable community centres, clubs, and not-for-profit organisations, no matter the size, to acquire your own AED.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

CSIRO Kick-Start

Amount: $10,000 - $50,000
Closing Date: Undisclosed
Purpose: CSIRO Kick-Start is an initiative for innovative Australian start-ups and small SMEs, providing funding support and access to CSIRO’s research expertise and capabilities to help grow and develop their business.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

GoldenWeb

Closing Date: 31 December 2024
Purpose: Helps a small non-profit or community group with a WordPress website for free. 

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Greater Bank - Central Coast Greater!

Amount: $3,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: Supporting grassroots sporting clubs, school P&C associations, not-for-profit and volunteer organisations, and established charities, in the areas of health, education, lifestyle, as well as cultural and community events. 3 organisations vie for a share in our $3,000 Community Funding each month, and pick the one you think deserves a financial boost.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Hunter Photography Prize 2025

Amount: $1100 voucher, while people's choice will receive a $900 voucher
Closing Date: 21 January 2025
Purpose: The Newcastle Herald is searching again for our best backyard photographer. Photographs must either be taken in the region or feature Hunter people. You can take your pictures with anything ranging from a Box Brownie to your trusty smartphone.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Ian Potter Emerging Artist Grants

Amount: $15,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: To support early-career artists of all art forms to undertake professional development opportunities, usually overseas.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

James N. Kirby Foundation

Amount: $3,000 - $15,000
Closing Date: 28 February 2025
Purpose: For organisations under the following four categories: Education and Technology; The Environment; Health; and Social Welfare, and The Arts.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Mental Awareness Foundation

Amount: Large Grants: 7 x $25,000, Small Grants: $5,000 & $10,000
Closing Date: Ongoing
Purpose: Are available to registered DGR compliant charities and organisations that perhaps the public has not heard of, that are making a difference in the mental health area.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

Westfield Local Heroes

Amount: $20,000
Closing Date: 13 March 2025
Purpose: This is a recognition and shines the spotlight on individuals who make a positive impact to their local community or environment.

Community members nominate their heroes. The successful hero for each of the 42 Westfield Centres is awarded a $20,000 grant for the organisation or group they represent, and each finalist receives a $5,000 grant for their organisation or group.

For more information: Click here

____________________________________________

 

 

Recipients of Round 2  Schools Upgrade Fund 

Wiripaang Public School 

 
 
 
02 49479546
Email
Website
 
 
  Share 
  Tweet 
  Share 
  Forward 
Preferences  |  Unsubscribe