2024/2025 Medium Community Grants- Equity, Inclusion & Wellbeing

1. Before applying, please read the 2024/2025 Darebin Community Grants Program's Information & Guidelines, available at: Darebin Council - Community Grants Program

2.This Form is for applications for Equity, Inclusion & Wellbeing .The maximum amount available for this grant is $15,000

*Applicants applying for $7,000 or more are required to submit a detailed Project Plan.

3.Individuals are not eligible to apply for this grant. Only  incorporated not-for-profit groups and organisations can apply.

4. The main aim of this program is to support projects and activities that:

• Are consistent with the aims of the 2021-2025  Council Plan.
• Address local priorities through new, innovative and creative approaches.
• Have direct or indirect benefits for Darebin residents.
• Promote active participation of Darebin residents, especially those who have been identified as 'at risk' of exclusion such as people from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) backgrounds, women, young people, older adults, Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, people with a disability, Darebin residents on low incomes or experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, recently arrived migrants, refugees, and people seeking asylum, LGBTIQA+ people
• Building an age friendly Darebin
• Reducing harm of Electronic Gaming Machines
• Improving gender equity
• Improving access and inclusion for the benefit of people with a disability and the broader community
• Improving the wellbeing of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities
• Addressing disadvantage and promoting inclusion of CALD communities including refugees and asylum seekers
• Addressing health inequity and discrimination across Darebin's diverse communities

5. How the application will be assessed? 

Council assesses each application on its merits. Eligible applications will be assessed using the questions and criteria listed below. The percentage weightings are provided as a guide to the importance of each question in the assessment process:

Community need (20%)

• Does the application support the priority areas?
• What evidence is there to support the need?
• Does the project address the community need?
• Has the application appropriately engaged with the local community?

Community benefit (25%)

• Does the proposal engage group/s who are 'at risk' of discrimination or exclusion?
• Does the application address issues of social exclusion or barriers to participation?
• Does the proposal focus on an area/s that experiences disadvantage or in a public housing estate?

Equity and Inclusion (30%)

• Does the proposal identify the expected outputs and outcomes?
• Is there a clear link between the need, the outcomes and the activities that will be delivered?

 Organisational capacity and planning (25%)

• Is the application well planned and achievable within the timeframe?
• Does the application include clear evaluation processes and methods?
• Does the budget accurately reflect the scope and scale of the application

6. Each year, we receive an increasing number of applications and Council is unable to fund all projects. As such applications might be awarded an amount which is less than the amount requested (please refer to the Financial Information section of this application form).

7. Only one Medium Grant application per organisation is accepted. Eligible applicants may also apply for the venue hire support grant (refer to the 2024/2025 Community Grants Guidelines)

Closing date for applications is Friday 31 May 2024 at 11.59 pm (end of day). Late applications cannot be accepted.