Closed
Community-led Solutions Economic Development Grant Opportunity
Tender ID: 513261
Tender Details
Organisation:
Tender #:
GO5885
Status:
Closed
Publish Date:
22 January 2023
Closing Date:
17 February 2023
Tender Description
The Australian Government is inviting organisations through a targeted grant process to apply to provide infrastructure project proposals in Ceduna, East Kimberley, Cape York and the Goldfields.
The grant opportunity is provides up to $17 million over 3 years from 2022-23 to 2024-25.
This grant opportunity contributes to the Department of Social Services’ Outcome 2. Families and Communities program by supporting vulnerable and disadvantaged people through local community-led solutions that strengthen economic participation in regional communities.
The grant opportunity will:
- provide sustainable pathways to employment for people in identified communities
- target regional locations that have historical high unemployment rates and proportion of people in receipt of working age social security payments, relative to rates of unemployment for the general population
- fund initiatives that confer a benefit on Indigenous people and communities including their ongoing employment
- provide new construction activity that creates opportunities for local employment in communities during and after the build phase
- create new or refurbished community infrastructure, that will deliver sustainable local employment opportunities for communities
- increase the skills of individuals during each project and after projects are completed.
Eligibility:
To be eligible, you must be one of the invited organisations listed in section 4.1 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines and have received an invitation to apply through GrantConnect.
Location
Western Australia
:
Gascoyne
:
Goldfields/Esperance
:
Great Southern
:
Kimberley
:
Mid West
:
Peel
:
Perth Metropolitan
:
Pilbara
:
South West
:
Wheatbelt
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Queensland : Cairns & Far North Queensland : Gladstone : Mackay Whitsunday Region : Mount Isa & North West Region : Rockhampton : South East Queensland : South West & Darling Downs : The Central West : Townsville : Wide Bay Burnett
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
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