2024-25 Recipients announced: Strong and Resilient Communities Activity Grants
Volunteering SA&NT is happy to announce the recipients of the ‘Strong and Resilient Communities Activity (SARC) – Community Support – Small Grants for Volunteer Involving Organisations’ grants program.
The grant will assist grassroots organisations to strengthen volunteering through capability and capacity building.
Organisations were able to apply for grants ($10,000 – $20,000) for one-off, time limited projects that build volunteer management capability, and help the organisation to support the social and economic participation of vulnerable and disadvantaged people.
Funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and administered by the State and Territory volunteering peak bodies.
Grant Recipients
Congratulations to the following 2024-25 Strong and Resilient Communities Activity Grant Recipients in South Australia:
- Adelaide Car Club Incorporated
- Australian Air League Incorporated
- Australian South East Asian Women’s Association
- Baba Mazari Foundation Incorporated
- Careship Coorong Ltd.
- CO.AS.IT. (SA) Comitato Assistenza Agli Italiani In South Australia Inc
- East Torrens Baseball Club Incorporated
- First Hike Project Inc
- Good Better Best Men Ltd
- Midway Road Community House Inc.
- North East Community House
- SciWorld Incorporated
- Strath Neighbourhood Centre Inc
- Technology for Ageing and Disability SA Inc
- The Agricultural Bureau of South Australia Incorporated
- The Australian Breastfeeding Association SA/NT Branch
- The Junction Community Centre Inc
- The Village Co. SA LTD
- United Way SA Incorporated
Congratulations to the following 2024-25 Strong and Resilient Communities Activity Grant Recipients in the Northern Territory:
Colombian-Australian Association of the Northern Territory (COLANT)
Girl Guides Association of NSW
NT Starfish Swim Group Inc
Prison Fellowship Australia – SA/NT
Reeling Veterans Inc
Riding for the Disabled Association Top End Incorporated
Sabrinasreach4life
The Sri Lankan Australian Friendship Association (SLAFA)
Women’s Museum of Australia Inc.
See below for more information about the SARC Activity Grant program, including objectives and eligibility requirements.
*Read the Grant Opportunity Guidelines for more examples and eligibility requirements.
- Training opportunities for volunteer managers to improve the quality of volunteer programs e.g. building volunteer recruitment, engagement and retention.
- Engaging consultants to review policies and processes (such as recruitment and retention processes) to align with National Standards for Volunteer Involvement and the National Strategy for Volunteering to promote inclusion of identified cohorts.
- Cultural workshops with your volunteers to understand the needs of, and support people within the identified cohorts.
- Training opportunities for volunteers to facilitate group workshops, self-empowerment activities, and activities that support independence and self-reliance for people within the identified cohorts.
The small grants are to build capacity of volunteering programs in grassroots organisations that:
- have an annual income under $500,000 OR are an autonomous branch/subgroup of an organisation with an annual income greater than $500,000, but that branch/subgroup income is under $500,000;
- use a large proportion of volunteers (40% or more of the workforce)
- are a not-for-profit organisation
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be willing to provide a Statement by Supplier Form (reason for not quoting an ABN). Please refer to the Australian Tax Office website for further information;
- have an account with an Australian financial institution; and
- support one or more of the above cohorts.
- Expressions of interest are now closed – no late EOI will be accepted
- Following a review process, eligible organisations will be contacted and invited to submit an application through their State or Territory volunteering peak body.
- Read the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. for example projects, eligibility, objectives and outcomes, and the grant assessment and selection process.
- All project activity must be completed within the Grant Activity Period (29 November 2024 – 30 May 2025) as specified in Section 1.3 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
FAQs and examples of the EOI form, application form and on-funding funding agreement can also be found here.
You can also watch an information video about the SARC grants – click here.
For more information, please email Bec Batchelor, Program Relationship Officer.
The grants are funded by the Australian Government Department of Social Services and administered by the volunteering peak bodies.
Volunteering SA&NT will be supporting grant recipients in South Australian and the Northern Territory.