Aged Care Volunteer Visitors Scheme 2026/27 to 2030/31
Tender ID: 589937
Tender Details
Tender Description
The purpose of this grant opportunity is to award grants to suitably qualified and experienced providers to deliver ACVVS in the community and residential aged care.
Organisations can apply to deliver ACVVS in a Residential Aged Care, the Support at Home program or both services.
Priority will be given to applications servicing diverse, vulnerability and cultural populations from organisations with demonstrated diverse, vulnerable and cultural experience and expertise.
Priority for Complexity Placement Levy (CPL) funding will be given to suitable applications nominating services to First Nations, LGBQTI+, Rural and Remote (MMM4 to MMM7) and CALD (native speaking small language communities).
Funding and ACVVS Visitor Placements awarded to successful grant applications may vary from the number of ACVVS Visitor Placements the applicant/s applied for.
To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
Eligibility:
To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:
- Indigenous Corporation (registered under the Corporations (Aboriginal and /or Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006)
- Company
- Cooperative
- Corporate Commonwealth Entity
- Corporate State or Territory Entity
- Incorporated Association
- Local Government
- Statutory Entity.
If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust, the Trustee must have an eligible entity type as listed above.
Applications from consortia are acceptable, providing there is a lead organisation that is solely accountable to the Commonwealth for the delivery of grant activities and is an eligible entity as per the list above. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. Eligible organisations can form a consortium with ineligible organisations, with the exception of those organisations deemed ineligible because they are included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’.
Total Amount Available (AUD):
$186,041,000.00
Instructions for Application Submission:
Submit the completed application form and all necessary attachments by the closing date and time via the Online Application Form document located via the "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.
You should keep a copy of your application and any supporting documents. You will receive an automated email notification acknowledging the receipt of the submission which includes your Submission Reference ID. Retain this ID if you wish to query your application. If you do not receive an automated email notification within 48 hours of submission, please email Grant.ATM@health.gov.au.
Other Instructions:
Note the 2MB limit per attachment in the application form. Multiple files/documents should be scanned into a single document. Compressed or zip files are not accepted. File names must be unique and not include foreign characters.
Location
New South Wales : Central West : Far North Coast : Far West : Hunter : Illawarra : Mid North Coast : Murray : New England : Orana : Riverina : Southern Highlands : Sydney
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
Victoria : Barwon South West : Gippsland : Grampians : Hume : Loddon Mallee : Melbourne
South Australia : Adelaide : Eyre & Western : Far North : Fleurieu & Kangaroo Island : Limestone Coast : Murray & Mallee : York & Mid North
Northern Territory : Barkly : Big Rivers : Central Australia : East Arnhem : Greater Darwin : Top End
Australian Capital Territory
Tasmania