1 Introduction
Community Services Directorate (CSD) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2021-22 ACT Women’s Grants Program, including the ACT Women’s Safety Grants and the Participation (Women’s) Grants.

2 Aim
The ACT Women’s Grant Program provides funding support to individuals, organisations and community groups for innovative projects to improve the health, wellbeing and safety of ACT women.

3 Funding Categories
Eligible organisations may submit one (1) application under each of the categories: ACT Women’s Safety Grants; and Participation (Women’s) Grants. Eligible individuals may only submit one (1) application under the Participation (Women’s) Grants.

If you wish to discuss your proposal please contact the ACT Office for Women during business hours on (02) 6205 5681 or email women@act.gov.au.

3.1 ACT Women’s Safety Grants
ACT Women’s Safety Grants support innovative projects to advance the following priorities identified in the Fourth Action Plan 2019-2022 under the National Plan to Reduce Violence against Women and their Children 2010-2022:

• Primary prevention is key
• Support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women and their children
• Respect, listen and respond to the diverse lived experience and knowledge of women and their children affected by violence
• Respond to sexual violence and sexual harassment
• Improve support and service system responses