Aboriginal Affairs NSW 2023-2024 Community and Place Grants

To be eligible for an Aboriginal Affairs NSW Community and Place Grant you must:

• Be an Aboriginal and or/Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO);

OR •

Be an unincorporated Aboriginal community group with an eligible auspice organisation.

Applicants or their auspice organisation must:

• Be an eligible legal entity located in NSW, and able to enter into a funding agreement with Aboriginal Affairs NSW Premier’s Department, have an Australian bank account, and an Australian Business Number (ABN);

• Have public liability insurance of at least $10 million per claim or include the cost of insurance within their application.

Projects could include:

• Activities, programs, the purchase or lease of equipment and capital works.

• A single project or multiple activities that form a larger project.

• Local partnership projects where all parties are Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), or Aboriginal community groups, and a tangible program or infrastructure outcome is being delivered in an Aboriginal community.

Community and Place Applicant Checklist (nsw.gov.au)

The project should be started by 1 July 2024 and the project must be completed by 30 June 2025.

Eligible costs are:

• Wages for program management (nonongoing roles)

• Costs for specialised facilitators and/or trainers

• Costs associated with staff training for specific program delivery (noting this must be linked to the project application and identified outcomes)

• Promotional materials, such as flyers, social media and advertising

• Program related materials and resources, including art supplies, workbooks, course materials, (for equipment, see equipment and vehicles eligible costs)

• Venue hire and catering

• Transport hire (for vehicle purchase, see equipment and vehicles eligible costs)

• Up to 10 percent of the total application for project management and administration (this includes auspicing fees)

• Construction costs, including tools and materials

• Wages for contractors and consultants

• Wages for non-ongoing staff to support project delivery

• Accessibility and safety installations

• Emergency management and safety upgrades

• Applicants may include up to 25 percent of the total infrastructure component of their application as contingency (where relevant), and up to 10 percent of the total application for project management and administration. Design, including regulatory applications and approvals costs, must be listed as administration costs.

• Purchase or lease of cars, buses and trailers

• Costs associated with driver training for specialised vehicles

• Computer hardware and installation

• Computer software and licensing

• Vehicle extras such as; accessibility equipment, insurance, car seats and the fitting of these

• Office furniture and equipment

• Equipment needed for service provision

• Repair to specialised equipment

• Licensing and Registration fees

You are not eligible if you are:

• An Individual • Incorporated not-for-profit organisations not controlled or operated by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.

• Unincorporated groups which are not led by Aboriginal people.

• Federal and State Government agencies and bodies.

• NSW Public Schools.

• For-profit organisations, including Aboriginal businesses.

• Unincorporated organisations or groups without an eligible auspicing organisation.

• Organisations that have not met project requirements, including acquittal and reporting, for funding received from Aboriginal Affairs NSW in the previous two years.

• Organisations with redress sanctions, as described in the National Redress Scheme.

Funding cannot be used for:

• State-wide projects.

• Projects in a community outside NSW.

• Wages, salaries, and on-costs for ongoing roles.

• Sitting fees, travel allowance, or costs associated with membership of boards/councils.

• International travel costs. Proposals for domestic travel costs need to demonstrate the benefits of travel to the project, organisation, and community.

• Activities that may create an ongoing dependency on Community and Place Grants Program, i.e., funding over multiple years.

• Costs that are not directly associated with the delivery of the project that is funded by the grant.

• Project costs that are supported by another grant, subsidy or financial assistance.

• Project works or costs that have been or will be covered by insurance claims (for example, repairs following weather events).

• Project costs incurred prior to the earliest possible project start date of 1 July 2024.

• Costs to cover existing debts or budget deficits.

• General operational or business as usual costs.

• Maintenance or construction of residential infrastructure.

• Cost of project items that have already received grant funding, including through Community and Place Round 1.

Please see Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) for more information on what can and can’t be funded.