The grant aims to support multicultural organisations in the delivery of community education on cancer prevention and early detection topics.
Key information
- Status: Closed
- Grant amount: Up to $30,000
- Application opened: 28 September 2022
- Application closed: 14 February 2023, 5:00 pm
Program objective
The purpose of the grant is to support multicultural health and community organisations or programs, in NSW, in the delivery of:
- bowel cancer screening
- breast screening
- cervical screening
- healthy living focused community education initiatives.
We invite organisations with strong working relationships with local multicultural communities to apply for grant funding to:
- Upskill staff within their organisations (with support from the Institute) to provide community education on a chosen cancer screening and prevention topic/s. Topics this round include healthy living behaviours, bowel and breast cancer screening, and cervical screening.
- Deliver community education sessions on a chosen topic/s to people from culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) backgrounds using the Cancer Institute NSW resources. This includes associated costs related to providing education and evaluation.
This program is funded and administered by Cancer Institute NSW.
Eligibility
Who can apply
To be eligible for funding in the 2022 grant round the organisation must be:
- a registered organisation working to improve health and/or cancer outcomes for multicultural groups, and
- be based in and providing services to the population of NSW.
Projects funded under this grant
- The project must commence in the 2022-23 financial year.
- All obligations regarding previously funded projects involving the applicants must have been fulfilled to the satisfaction of the Institute. Such obligations include the provision of satisfactory progress, final and financial reports.
- The project must have an evaluation approach that includes process and outcome measures (successful applicants will be required to complete the evaluation template – this will be provided). It is recommended that evaluation be considered in the project costing.
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What your application needs to include
Address the essential criteria
The focus of the grant project must be on people from CALD backgrounds in NSW, who are:
- 48-74 years for bowel screening-focused activities
- 50-74 years for breast screening activities
- 25-74 years for cervical screening activities
- 18 years and over for healthy living-focused activities.
Participants can be in 1 or more categories.
There must be clear justification for why the CALD community, or communities, have been chosen.The lead applicant must be:
- a NSW Local Health District
- other NSW government organisation
- Primary Health Network
- community/non-government organisation.
The lead applicant must also be currently involved in the direct provision health education, information, care and support services to community members.
- Applicants must:
- demonstrate clear links to, and ability to engage target communities in the project activities, or
- partner with organisations who can facilitate such engagement (and provide evidence of this via letters or emails of support).
The project must involve the facilitation of culturally appropriate education sessions on 1 or more of the following:
The education sessions must utilise the education resources (flipcharts/PowerPoints and facilitator guides) developed by the Cancer Institute NSW:
- Whilst delivering community education to all CALD communities will be considered, the below language groups and/or locations may be prioritised:
- Bowel screening program:
- Arabic, Assyrian, Simplified and Traditional Chinese, Greek, Hindi, Italian, Indonesian, Korean, Macedonian and Vietnamese.
- Breast screening program:
- Mandarin in Northern Sydney, South Eastern Sydney, South Western Sydney, Sydney and Western Sydney LHDs
- Cantonese in Northern Sydney, South Eastern Sydney, South Western Sydney, Sydney and Western Sydney LHDs
- Arabic in Sydney and Western Sydney LHDs
- Italian in South Western Sydney and Sydney LHDs
- Greek in South Eastern Sydney, South Western Sydney and Sydney LHDs.
- Cervical screening program:
- Areas of low screening, including but not limited to Western Sydney, South-Western Sydney and Nepean Blue Mountains.
- Healthy living program:
- Assyrian, Arabic, Bengali, Simplified Chinese, Dinka, Filipino, Macedonian Mongolian Nepali, Tagalog, Urdu and Vietnamese.
- Applicants are encouraged to include a physical activity component to community educations sessions, for example, a walking group.
6. The project must involve activities that improve staff knowledge, confidence and skills to provide community education about screening and prevention programs. At a minimum, community education facilitators from grantee organisations must attend Cancer Institute NSW provided training.
7. Demonstrated previous experience in delivering health education sessions to CALD communities.
8. The proposal should demonstrate allocation of appropriate staffing and resourcing to project manage and facilitate community focused education sessions.
9. Applicants must commit to working with the Cancer Institute NSW to develop the project activities and evaluation approach.
Address the assessment criteria
Each application will be reviewed and scored according to the project concept, including:
- project methodology
- project budget and resourcing
- evaluation
- experience and background
- sustainability.
Start the application
How to complete an application:
- Start the application process through the Grants Management System (GMS). Find instructions on how to use the GMS in the GMS User Guide (PDF 421.54KB).
- Complete the Cancer Institute NSW Word template (DOCX 840.84KB) and upload it into the Grants Management System – 'Supporting evidence and attachments' section. The signed application must be submitted as a PDF. Electronic signatures will be accepted as a result of work from home arrangements.
The application should provide all requested information. Only information provided in the application will form the basis of the review process.
After the application is submitted
Successful applications will be decided by the Cancer Institute NSW’s Chief Executive Officer/Chief Cancer Officer.
The applications will be assessed and both successful and unsuccessful applicants will be notified.