This grant program funds groups and organisations that support people with dust diseases, including their families.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $600,000
- Application opened: 29 January 2024
- Application closed: 22 February 2024, 4:00 pm
Program objective
The 2020-2024 Dust Diseases Board Grant Strategy outlines the aim to make a positive difference to those impacted by hazardous dust exposure and dust diseases. The board funds community organisations (also referred to as “Support Organisations”) that support people affected by dust diseases and their families.
By making grants to Support Organisations, the board aims to:
- optimise the wellbeing of people with a dust disease
- inform and educate people about dust diseases and the scheme
- support people through the scheme’s compensation process
- build capacity and sustainability within Support Organisations, particularly within organisations that provide support in person to people living with a dust disease
- increase and measure the impact and reach for this funding stream.
By providing funding to Support Organisations, the board intends to reach as many people and their families affected by dust diseases in NSW as possible. The board acknowledges that organisations located interstate can also provide support and services to people in NSW or to those that have sustained their dust disease as a result of working in NSW. It acknowledges that family members and caring spouses can also be affected by the illness.
Please refer to the grant guidelines (PDF 193.5KB) for further information.
This program is funded and administered by Dust Diseases Board.
Eligibility
Who can apply
- Not-for-profit organisations registered as a charity with the Australian Charities
- Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and/or the state or territory in which it operates.
Types of projects funded under this grant
Support services for those affected by dust diseases and their families.
More than 85% of the dust diseases managed by icare dust diseases care are asbestos related. The diseases covered by icare dust diseases care are:
- Asbestos induced carcinoma
- Asbestos related pleural diseases
- Diffuse dust-related pulmonary fibrosis
- Hypersensitivity Pneumonitis, including:
◦ Bagassosis
◦ Farmers’ lung. - Mesothelioma
- Pneumoconiosis (any form), including:
◦ Aluminosis
◦ Asbestosis
◦ Berylliosis
◦ Byssinosis
◦ Coal dust pneumoconiosis
◦ Hard metal pneumoconiosis
◦ Silicosis
◦ Talcosis. - Silico-tuberculosis
- Silica-induced carcinoma of the lung
- Systemic sclerosis.
What can’t you apply for
If successful with the funding application, the funds cannot be used for the below and any proposal listing these will not be considered:
- retrospective funding and funding for projects that have already commenced
- where it is doubtful that the project sufficiently benefits NSW residents with a dust disease and their families and the authority’s customers
- funding will not be provided for alcoholic beverages served at any event that is conducted as part of the program
- cash prizes, gifts and/or incentives, donations and awards.
- repayment of a debt or loan
- activities or purchases intended to benefit a single individual
- capital works and purchases of buildings or land
- purchase or lease of vehicles
- activities or projects operated for commercial or business profit.
- private events.
Example projects
Find out more details of projects that were previously funded as Support Organisation Grants.
What your application needs to include
Download the FY23/24 NSW Dust Diseases Board Support Organisations grant guidelines and application form:
Application form checklist
Please provide responses to all the questions in the application form (PDF 597.37KB). The application form captures general information about the applying organisation, their target demographic and the proposal.
Design and methodology
The design and methodology section requires information about the project’s aims, activities and outcomes including how you will identify if the intended success has been achieved. Please note that a detailed evaluation plan will be developed together with the successful applicants, with the information provided in this section informing this plan.
Budget
The board requires a detailed budget to be provided. This can be attached as an Excel document in the example format provided. Please ensure to capture all the project costs, including funds your organisation would co-contribute to the project, as well support to be received from other entities, be it through grants, in-kind or pro-bono support. It is also encouraged to allocate 5 to 10% of the project budget towards evaluation.
Risks
The board expects there to be risks associated with the proposal. Using the template in the application form (PDF 597.37KB), outline what risks are anticipated to occur during the delivery of the proposal and what the corresponding mitigation strategies are. List a minimum of 3 risks. At least 1 of these should cover for example how COVID-19 (or comparable event) may affect the successful delivery of your project. Detailed responses to this section are mandatory. The severity of the risks will not impact the assessment, instead the board wants to ensure that potential roadblocks to successful delivery have been considered.
Address the eligibility criteria
To be eligible for funding, an organisation needs to meet all of the following criteria. The application form requires the applicant organisations to comment on how these criteria are being met.
- The organisation is required to be a not-for-profit and registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) and/or the state or territory in which it operates.
- The organisation has demonstrated experience in providing support, or a like service, for people with dust diseases or their families; or the service or program relates to the prevention and treatment of dust diseases, as per the Dust Diseases Workers Compensation Act 1942 s6(2A).
- That at least 70% of the proposed program or support service recipients are people who developed a dust disease whilst working in NSW and for their dependents or family members of people who developed a dust disease whilst working in NSW.
- That the proposed program or service aligns with the criteria of 1 or more of the DDB Support Organisation Funding program pillars outlined in the relevant section of the grant guidelines.
- That the proposal aligns with the overall purpose of the funding program: to inform and educate people about dust diseases; support people through the compensation process; optimise the wellbeing of people with a dust disease.
If your organisation does not meet all the above criteria, but you believe the board’s funding aims would be met, please contact us to discuss your proposal. The board may make exceptions at their discretion.
Get more information on the icare website.
Address the assessment criteria
The funding proposals will be assessed against the criteria below. Proposals from organisations not meeting the eligibility criteria described in the previous section will not be considered for funding.
| Assessment criteria | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
Organisational details:
| Organisation meets eligibility criteria, demonstrates knowledge of the target demographic, including their needs and by what means the target demographic will be reached. The organisation is, or would be if funded, well placed to undertake the proposed project, has delivered relevant or comparable service/programs previously. Demonstrates ability to be financially sustainable post project funding*. | 20% |
Target demographic/ beneficiaries:
| The organisation demonstrates knowledge of the target demographic, including their needs, how the target demographic will be reached and how this information will be documented. Demonstrates the need the intended beneficiaries have for the proposed program and how the proposed program will meet this need. The needs assessment should cover the entire duration of the proposal. Demonstrates meeting NSW target demographic requirements. | 20% |
Project details:
| Determine how well the proposal aligns with the requirements of the selected pillar. Design of the proposed project is appropriate, project aims align with board funding aims, planned activities will achieve the intended outcomes. Indicators are meaningful and measurable. **The evaluation plan outlining how the organisation will assess short and medium term outcomes. The plan will not contribute to the applications overall score. Evaluation plans will be finalised with successful applicants prior to entering into a funding agreement. | 30% |
Budget
| Provides a well-planned budget, that is plausible and realistic. Provides detailed cost-calculations, expenditure and other sources of income, demonstrating how value for money would be achieved. | 15% |
Risk management
| Provides detailed risk mitigation strategies for each of the risks identified as relevant to the proposal. Include how you will mitigate the risk of COVID-19. | 15% |
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by: NSW Dust Diseases Board.
Once the application is submitted, it will be assessed for eligibility.
The Dust Diseases Board will assess the proposal against the criteria. The final funding decision is at the discretion of the board.
All applicants will be notified directly of the outcome of their application in July 2024.
Application submissions
You can submit more than 1 application for the board to consider, noting that if at all, only 1 proposal would be funded. If your organisation is successful in securing funding for 1 proposal, it does not preclude you from submitting a different proposal in the next funding round. It must differ from the previously approved proposal.
If your proposal is unsuccessful in 1 funding round and you intend to reapply in the next funding round, please contact us for feedback to inform the new proposal.
Support and contact
We encourage all applicants to contact us for any enquiries related to the application or Funding Program and to discuss their proposals.
Please send an email to ddcgrants@icare.nsw.gov.au and a member of the team will contact you.