Funding to improve the inclusion and participation of people with disability

Organisations can apply if they:

• operate in the ACT
• are a non-government, legally incorporated entity, or support by an incorporated auspicing organisation
• are a registered not-for-profit or a charitable organisation
• have no overdue acquittals
• have the right insurance to cover your activity.

Small businesses can apply if they:

• operate in the ACT
• are a small business as defined by the Australian Bureau of Statistics – small business operators are those operators who employ fewer than 20 persons (including non-employing business)
• have no overdue acquittals
• have the right insurance to cover your activity.

Following the eligibility check, the Grant Assessment Team will assess your application.

The Grant Assessment Team will include:

• a chairperson
• 2 other assessors.

We appoint Grant Assessment Team members based on their knowledge of the priority areas.

Grant Assessment Team members will assess your application with the information you provided against the grant’s selection criteria. If you have been successful in other recent grant rounds, the assessors may consider this during their assessment if we receive a high number of applications. This is to ensure fairness across all applicants.

All decisions on whether to award, or the amount of, a grant is at the sole discretion of the Community Services Directorate.

Successful applicants must enter into an Agreement. This will be by a Letter of Offer with the Community Service Directorate. The Letter of Offer will include:

• the grant we are offering
• how to accept an offer
• details on the funded grant amount
• the purpose or activity for which you have the grant
• the term of your funded activity for which you must expend the grant amount in full
• how to acquit your grant funds when you have completed the project.

• ACT Sailing Incorporated - $4,800 - a replacement roof for its shelter structure.
• Belconnen Bowling Club - $10,540 – Safe and accessible automatic doors
• Canberra Archery Club Inc - $5,000 – install a concrete path, landing and ramp to enable all archers to access the clubhouse, shooting line and toilet block.
• Capital Lakes Rowing Club - $5,000 – the purchase of 5 light weight, self-balancing boat launching trailers to enable rowers with disability to launch their boats.
• COTA - $14,458 – Inclusion at the Hughes Community Hall, upgrade the hearing loop technology, audio equipment in the hall
• GetAboutAble Pty Ltd - $4,257 – 5 free face to face workshops for eligible Canberra based community organisations to enhance knowledge and the skills required to welcome people with disability and developing a Disability Action Inclusion Plans.
• Royal Life Saving Society of Australia ACT Limited - $4,000 – 25 swim teachers to undertake the online Royal Life Saving (RLS) Swim Teacher – All Abilities training to support inclusive swimming and water safety programs for people living with disability in the ACT.
• South Canberra Football Club Incorporated - $2,450 – Ensuring the safety of athletes with disability by purchasing a defibrillator.
• The CBR Gals - $4,000 – add an accessibility bar to their website to address a key missing component of inclusion.
• The Real Estate Institute of The Australian Capital Territory Limited- $10,000 – REIACT Auslan in Real Estate Program.
• Tinirojo Pty Ltd - $3,930 – Making Driving Miss Daisy accessible for all by creating an information brochure using simple English and braille about the organisation and its services, to distribute to local disability support groups and optometrists.
• Tuggeranong Community Arts Association - $19,565 – to develop, implement and evaluate a Disability Inclusion Action Plan including access audit, surveys and focus groups, and accessibility strategy.
• YWCA Canberra - $12,000 – an initiative in collaboration with Metaphysica Tuggeranong aimed at introducing young people aged 12-18 with disabilities to the world of coding and programming.

• A Gender Agenda Inc - $5,091 - Accessible Information e-training for 6 staff, See the Person e-training and Communication Access e-training for 16 staff, and redevelopment, implementation and evaluation of Disability Action and Inclusion Plan
• ACT Football Federation - $4,395 - One shipping container and APFA Coaching License
• ACT Table Tennis Association Incorporated - $3,500 - Bounce into Table Tennis - Para Spinneroos
• Belconnen Baptist Church Inc - $14,000 - Improving our capacity to meet the needs of disabled people through provision of disabled parking
• Canberra Glassworks Limited - $4,200 - Virtual Tour and Close Captioned Instructional Videos on how to use Equipment at the Glassworks.
• Canberra Multicultural Community Forum (CMCF) Incorporated - $3,000 - Disability Supportive Forum
• Canberra Potters Society Inc - $10,808 -  Potting wheels, adjustable tables and perch stools
• Canberra Qwire Association Incorporated - $2,080 - Professional Interpretation for the Deaf Community for the 30th Anniversary Gala Concert for Canberra Qwire
• Canberra Region Junior Rugby League Incorporated - $6,000 - Rolling Raiders Wheelchair Rugby League
• Health Care Consumers Association of the ACT Incorporated - $16,881 - Easy Read Resources about the ACT health system
• Hockey ACT Inc - $2,819 - All Abilities Access Project
• Royal Life Saving Society Australia ACT Limited - $3,750 - Participant registration fees for All Abilities course
• Waramanga Medical Centre - $18,229 - Installation of an automatic front entry door
• Wheelchair Sports NSW/ACT Incorporated - $5,000 - Get it rolling: establish a Wheelchair AFL Weekly Training Hub in the ACT