Disaster Welfare 2025 CPVTS

Program objective

The 2025-26 CPVTS provides funding for community partners of the Welfare Services Functional Area to undertake volunteer training and related activities to ensure volunteers from their organisation are available and capable to support functions in evacuation centres across the state. The objective of this scheme is to uplift the overall capacity of community partners to deliver the services as well as the specific outcomes below:

• Provision of critical training including services at an evacuation centre and psychological first aid. Training should also provide consideration of the following key subject areas:
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural sensitivity,
  • Culturally and linguistically diverse communities,
  • LGBTQIA+ Community
  • People living with a disability or other chronic health condition.
• Basic administrative and personal equipment costs for volunteers (such as uniform).
• Retain and grow volunteer numbers in key areas of the state to better respond to emergencies and support a sustained presence at an evacuation centre when needed over long events.
• Administrative costs directly associated with conducting preparedness work.

The 2025-26 CPVTS supports activities directly in relation to preparing for response activations under the Welfare Services Functional Area Supporting Plan. The primary purpose of expenditure is only to support preparedness activities before working in evacuation centres. The funding does not support other functions of community partner organisations including fundraising, appeals or other operations a partner may undertake such as operating good will stores.

This program is administered by Department of Communities and Justice.

Grant recipients

Recipients for this program were selected to meet the program objectives.

Eligible recipients were invited to participate and were required to meet the objectives.

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