These ad hoc grants funded through NSW Health support specific health services centred around health and social policy.
Key information
- Status: Not open for application
- Grant amount: From $63,200
Program objective
Theses ad hoc grants are funded through NSW Health, which is committed to partnering with the non-government sector to deliver important community-based services that support the health and wellbeing of the public, especially vulnerable or hard to reach populations.
This program is funded and administered by NSW Health.
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.
What was approved
Approved for Twenty10
Twenty10 will achieve the funding objective by expanding existing organisational capacity to provide enhanced counselling services to conversion practices victim survivors and raise awareness of the Act to NSW LGBTQ+ communities.
$122,500 was approved by
Deputy Secretary, Health Strategy and Patient ExperienceThe Deputy Secretary approved allocation of funding.
Date approved
September 2025Location of the recipient
Newtown 2042About the grant
Applications approved
2
Applications received
2
Health and Social Policy Ad Hoc Grants
Agency funding this grant
NSW HealthProgram term
The grant is to be acquiuitted 30 June 2026What was approved
Approved for ACON
To increase organisational capacity to provide additional counselling services to conversion practices victim survivors and raise awareness of the NSW Conversion Practices Ban 2024 Act to LGBTQ+ communities in NSW.
$122,500 was approved by
Deputy Secretary, Health Strategy and Patient ExperienceThe Deputy Secretary approved allocation of funding.
Date approved
August 2025Location of the recipient
Surry Hills 2010About the grant
Applications approved
2
Applications received
2
Health and Social Policy Ad Hoc Grants
Agency funding this grant
NSW HealthProgram term
The grant is to be acquiuitted 30 June 2026What was approved
Approved for Palliative Care NSW
$1,520,000 was approved by
Minister for Health and Regional HealthDate approved
October 2024Location of the project
AllLocation of the recipient
SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
1
Applications received
1
Health and Social Policy Ad Hoc Grants
Agency funding this grant
NSW HealthProgram term
3 yearsWhat was approved
Approved for Rainbow Families Inc.
Provision of supports for LGBTQ+ families living in Western Sydney including peer support, parenting courses for LGBTQ+ parents, play groups, and provision of family diversity inclusion training for early learning educators, child and family health staff and maternity services
$178,380 was approved by
Minister for Health and Regional HealthDate approved
August 2024Location of the project
SydneyLocation of the recipient
SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
1
Applications received
1
Health and Social Policy Ad Hoc Grants
Agency funding this grant
NSW HealthProgram term
1 yearWhat was approved
Approved for The Gender Centre Incorporated
As part of the NSW Budget 2024, funding was provided to support: The Children, Families and Peer Support Program, which provides case management, psychosocial support and peer support to trans and gender diverse young people and their families and carers. This builds on the existing program previously funded by NSW Health. A Statewide Rural and Regional Support Worker to expand rural and regional case management outreach across NSW.
$2,700,000 was approved by
Minister for Health and Regional HealthDate approved
July 2024Location of the project
AllLocation of the recipient
SydneyAbout the grant
Applications approved
1
Applications received
1
Health and Social Policy Ad Hoc Grants
Agency funding this grant
NSW HealthProgram term
5 yearsSupport and contact
Ministry of Health NGO Grants Program