Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: $30,000
- Application opened: 16 September 2024
- Application closed: 21 October 2024, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The 2025 Grant Program aims to build social connections and reduce isolation for older people, including those aged 65 years and over, or 50 years and over for Aboriginal people.
The objectives of the Connecting Seniors grant program are to:
• provide meaningful and lasting social connections that can be maintained beyond the program
• help older people connect with each other through small group activities held in person throughout the year to build and maintain social connections (rather than a one-off activity)
• enable older people to develop lasting quality relationships.
• engage new people, particularly harder-to-reach older people
• help older people and young people connect through intergenerational projects.
This program is funded and administered by Department of Communities and Justice.
Eligibility
Who can apply
Please refer to the Grant Program Guidelines and to DCJ Grants for resources and supporting documents
Types of projects funded under this grant
Please refer to the Grant Program Guidelines and to Successful Grant Projects 2025 for resources and supporting documents
When the project can start and end
The project should be started by 1 January 2025 and the project must be completed by 31 January 2026.
Most recent recipients
What was approved
Approved for Berrima Parents and Citizens Association
$30,000 was approved by
Minister for SeniorsDate approved
February 2025Location of the project
Wingecarribee Shire CouncilLocation of the recipient
Wingecarribee Shire CouncilAbout the grant
Applications approved
28
Applications received
265
Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025
Agency funding this grant
Department of Communities and JusticeProgram term
one yearWhat was approved
Approved for Charlestown Youth and Community Centre Inc
$30,000 was approved by
Minister for SeniorsDate approved
February 2025Location of the project
Lake MacquarieLocation of the recipient
Lake MacquarieAbout the grant
Applications approved
28
Applications received
265
Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025
Agency funding this grant
Department of Communities and JusticeProgram term
one yearWhat was approved
Approved for Colly Gamilaraay Indigenous Corporation
$30,000 was approved by
Minister for SeniorsDate approved
February 2025Location of the project
Walgett Shire CouncilLocation of the recipient
Council of the City of SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
28
Applications received
265
Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025
Agency funding this grant
Department of Communities and JusticeProgram term
one yearWhat was approved
Approved for Cumberland Council
$30,000 was approved by
Minister for SeniorsDate approved
February 2025Location of the project
Cumberland CouncilLocation of the recipient
Cumberland CouncilAbout the grant
Applications approved
28
Applications received
265
Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025
Agency funding this grant
Department of Communities and JusticeProgram term
one yearWhat was approved
Approved for Eleanor Duncan Aboriginal Services Limited
$30,000 was approved by
Minister for SeniorsDate approved
February 2025Location of the project
Central Coast CouncilLocation of the recipient
Central Coast CouncilAbout the grant
Applications approved
28
Applications received
265
Connecting Seniors Grant Program 2025
Agency funding this grant
Department of Communities and JusticeProgram term
one yearWhat your application needs to include
Prepare your application with this checklist
Please refer to the Grant Program Guidelines and to DCJ Grants for resources and supporting documents
Address the eligibility criteria
Each applicant, as part of an application response, must confirm that they meet the eligibility criteria.
Applicants that do not address the eligibility criteria in full may be excluded from the application process at the department's discretion.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: Minister Harrison
Please refer to the Grant Program Guidelines and to DCJ Grants for resources and supporting documents
Support and contact
Seniors
Disability Inclusion and Seniors
Strategy, Policy and Commissioning
Seniors@dcj.nsw.gov.au
Department of Communities and Justice