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This grant opportunity provides funding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities and organisations to contribute to the costs of local and regional NAIDOC Week activities across Australia. 

Non-Indigenous organisations are strongly encouraged to work with their local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community in planning activities / events.

Eligibility:

Both First Nations and non-Indigenous legal entities may apply for NAIDOC Local Grants funding. NIAA will apply the following funding preference priorities:

1. organisations with at least 51% First Nations ownership and at least 51% First Nations control, then
2. organisations with at least 50% First Nations ownership, control or management, then
3. non-First Nations organisations:
   1. applying on behalf of a First Nations organisation in a consortium arrangement (where the non-First Nations organisation is the lead organisation); then
   2. that have not previously received NAIDOC funding; then
   3. with a Reconciliation Action Plan.

The Australian Government is inviting applications via a targeted competitive process to apply to deliver Projects/Activities under the National Child and Family Investment Strategy – Innovation Fund for selected areas around Australia, which includes the Moree Plains LGA.

$8.573 million (GST exclusive) will be provided over 3 years to support organisations within the child and family service system to apply the 7 principles and definitions developed as part of the forthcoming Investment Strategy. The grant will assist organisations to test and prepare for the phased transfer of resources and funding for child and family service delivery:

• to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs); and

• to focus on prevention and early supports for children and families.

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types:

• Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO)
• Company
• Cooperative
• Incorporated Association
• Corporate State or Territory Entity

If you are applying as a Trustee on behalf of a Trust , the Trustee must be one of the eligible entity type as listed above.

This grant is providing co-funding to eligible private EV Charge Point Operators (CPOs) to own and operate lower powered direct current (DC) public EV fast chargers at council and business-owned tourism sites across regional NSW.

The NSW Government's objectives of the grants are to: 

• overcome range anxiety and help to create a world-class EV charging network

• support destinations across regional NSW to be EV-ready

• support the growth of the NSW visitor economy and the ability to cater for an increasing number of EV drivers

• support the development of EV-friendly road trips across regional NSW

Eligibility:

Grant funding for round 3 will be available to Charge Point Operators (CPOs) that must:

• be either: 
  • an entity incorporated under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) 
  • a state-owned corporation or subsidiary of an Australian state or territory owned corporation 
• provide a current ABN for their organisation and any other partner organisations in the application 
• hold the following insurances: 
  • $20 million public liability 
  • Workers' compensation

This funding support is designed to encourage stations to carry specialist radio programming. It assists with the development, production and broadcast costs of specialist programming content to meet the needs of particular communities. Funding is available for Specialist Radio Programming as below:

• • *First Nations Australians programs, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.
  • Radio reading (formerly RPH) programs to serve people with a print disability, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.
  • *Ethnic programs to serve a defined local ethnic community, in accordance with the specific conditions outlined in section 3.

Content grants increase and diversify the voices heard in Australian media by supporting the creation of compelling content.

The objectives of Content grants are to support community media organisations to:

• Increase community participation and engagement in community media that is inclusive and accessible to all
• Amplify and reflect the voices, cultures and languages of Australia's diverse communities 
• Build audiences by supporting creativity, excellence and innovation in community media content production  
• Expand partnerships to explore new forms of storytelling across topics and platforms 

You can apply for a Content grant if you are a current or prospective community broadcaster who is producing content for broadcast by a recognised community media organisation.

 The objectives of Development & Operations grants are to support community media organisations to:

• Strengthen governance policies and practices that support longer term thinking
• Enhance capacity and capability that drives sustainability
• Increase resilience through preparations for unexpected change 
• Deepen engagement with identified communities  
• Expand partnerships to maximise opportunities
• Develop and embed inclusive and accessible practices

You are eligible to apply for a Development & Operations grant if you are:

• a recognised community media organisation (radio and TV)*
• a Remote Indigenous Media Organisation or Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service

You can submit one Development & Operations grant application. There is no limit to how much you can apply for. The more funding you request, the greater detail assessors will expect in your responses.

All applications will be competitively assessed and may be funded in full, in part or not at all based on the merits of the application and the demand for funding in any given grant round. Where appropriate we will fully fund an application that is highly ranked.

The program aligns with the Government’s commitments under the National Agreement on Closing the Gap, which sets out 4 Priority Reforms and 17 socioeconomic outcomes that aim to improve the lives of First Nations people. In particular, the program contributes to Outcome 15: ‘Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people maintain a distinctive cultural, spiritual, physical and economic relationship with their land and waters’ and its targets.

The program seeks to increase native title anthropology capacity by supporting anthropologists planning to work or already working in the native title system. Increased capacity will facilitate native title parties having access to qualified and experienced anthropologists to support native title claims resolution, effectively manage native title, and engage in post-determination and compensation efforts. This work supports the recognition and protection of native title for First Nations people.

Eligibility:

To be eligible, you must be one of the following entity types:

• Company
• Cooperative
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity
• Corporate State or Territory Entity
• Incorporated Association
• Indigenous Corporation
• Local Government Entity
• Non-corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority
• Partnership
• Person
• Sole Trader
• Statutory Entity.

This program funds a range of activities that deliver benefits to the arts sector and wider public, including national and international audiences and communities. Grants are available from $10,000 to $50,000. Supported activities must not last longer than two years from the proposed start date.

You can only submit one application to each closing date for Arts Projects for Individuals and Groups.

Only individuals and groups may apply to this category. You must be an Australian citizen or an Australian permanent resident, and a practicing artist or arts professional.

Applications for funding to the First Nations panel must come from First Nations individuals or groups.

Funding is for a range of activities, for example:

• professional skills development, including mentoring and residencies
• the creation of new work
• practice based research
• creative development
• experimentation
• collaborations and exchanges
• touring
• festivals
• productions
• exhibitions
• performances
• publishing
• recording
• promotion and marketing
• market development activity
• activities that creatively engage communities.

Activities can take place nationally, internationally, online, or in a combination of in-person and online.

In recent years, the Hunter New England and Central Coast area has been affected by various disasters, severe weather events, mass casualty events and the pandemic. In addition, cybersecurity incidents have become more prevalent across the sector, and staff shortages and frequent turnovers may make emergency planning processes more difficult.

In preparation for emergencies and disasters and to reduce their vulnerability, healthcare practices need to safeguard their staff and business continuity.

The Emergency Response Planning Tool (ERPT) is an online resource supporting general practices (including Aboriginal Medical Services, AMS) to effectively plan, prepare, respond, and recover from the impacts of emergencies and disasters.

The PHN is proud to announce that it is supporting Hunter New England and Central Coast General Practices and AMS by making available a limited number of free one-year licenses for the ERPT tool, to strengthen their long-term disaster preparedness and resilience. 100 ERPT licences were distributed to Practices in 2023.

This grant will consist of a registration link to enable a log in for the annual license which includes access, all management, maintenance and support for 12 months for the ERPT.

The PHN will not continue to fund the ERPT after the 12 months. At the conclusion of the 12 months, general practices and AMS can choose to continue to use the ERPT by paying for ongoing licence fees, or they can choose to discontinue the licence and use the pdf plan created as a starting point for their own ongoing plan revisions.

The grants for the licences will be managed via an open round for general practices and AMS on the PHN’s grants portal SmartyGrants and awarded on a first in basis to eligible applicants. The rounds will close once all ERPT licences have been allocated.

Eligibility

• General Practices and Aboriginal Medical Services in the Hunter New England and Central Coast PHN catchment.
• New users.
• Existing users: Practices and AMS who already use the ERPT toolkit are also eligible to apply, and will receive another 12 months on top of their existing license, if their current licence was not PHN funded,
• For multisite practices, every practice location can receive one license. Please note that you will need to submit separate applications for each site.
• General Practices and AMS that are intending to close or change ownership within the next 12 months are ineligible to apply
• General Practices and AMS that received a PHN funded licence in 2023 are not eligible.
• General Practices and AMS with outstanding grant commitments including reporting are not eligible.

The 2025 General Jeffery Soil Health Award recognises the work of people who care for soil health and who are educating or inspiring others. The Award will accept nominations from individuals, groups or organisations who are actively involved in activities to protect and improve soil health, including landcare groups, farmers, farming systems groups, land managers, extension specialists and educators.

Nominees must demonstrate leadership in natural resource management and a commitment to improving sustainable land management to improve soil health by:

• actively shaping and guiding innovative natural resource management and sustainable agriculture activities to improve soil health 
• applying excellent soil health management practices on–ground 
• educating and raising awareness about the importance of maintaining and improving soil health  
• encouraging action and championing the uptake of sustainable soil health practices 
• communicating knowledge and advocating for soil health management 
• mentoring and/or inspiring others to adopt best practice soil health management practices to restore, enhance and protect the natural environment. 

All award nominations will be assessed by an independent Advisory Panel with an understanding and experience in soil health.

The 2025 General Jeffery Soil Health Award winner will be presented at the 2025 National Landcare Awards gala dinner. The Award winner will receive $20,000 (ex GST) in funding to complete an agreed soils project. The prize includes a travel package to attend the 2025 National Landcare Awards gala dinner for the award ceremony on Tuesday 23 September 2025 at the Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre.   

The 2025 General Jeffery Soil Health Award is funded by the Australian Government through the Natural Heritage Trust. Landcare Australia administers the Award on behalf of the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry (DAFF). The General Jeffrey Soil Health Award was established in 2020 by the Office of the National Soils Advocate.

The Housing Australia Future Fund Facility (HAFFF) is a Federal Government funding initiative administered by Housing Australia to support the delivery of 20,000 new social homes and 10,000 new affordable homes across Australia over a 5-year period, including housing to support acute housing needs.  

Funding Round Two aims to ensure a balance of social and affordable housing outcomes are achieved over the 5-year program by partnering with states and territories to deliver up to 5,000 social dwellings.

Who can apply?

Funding is available to State and Territory Governments for eligible housing projects that will help to support the delivery of social housing across Australia, noting:

• Preferred projects submitted by State and Territory Applicants in Funding Round One are not eligible to be resubmitted under Funding Round Two 
• Projects that were unsuccessful in Funding Round One may be submitted for consideration under Funding Round Two.

What types of projects are eligible?

To be eligible, projects must increase social housing through one of the following:

• construction of a new dwelling
• purchase of a newly built dwelling
• renovation of existing residential dwellings that were otherwise uninhabitable
• conversion of a non-residential property to a residential dwelling.

Projects must comply with energy efficiency standards and standards of liveability outlined in the Housing Australia Investment Mandate.

The Aboriginal Fishing Trust Fund (AFTF) provides grants and loans for the enhancement, maintenance and protection of Aboriginal cultural fishing as well as for Aboriginal communities to develop businesses associated with fisheries resources throughout NSW.

The AFTF looks to fund a wide range of projects across both coastal and inland regions in NSW, which promote Aboriginal cultural fishing or provide fishing related economic opportunities for Aboriginal people.

To be eligible applicants must be:

1. An Aboriginal person, or
2. An Aboriginal entity, which includes a family/clan or community organisation, or an Aboriginal owned and run business, or
3. Someone acting on behalf of an Aboriginal entity.

The AFTF is looking to fund a wide range of projects including (but not limited to) the following:

• Cultural fishing workshops
• Cultural fishing access
• Signage covering local cultural fishing connection
• Stocking of culturally significant fish species
• Fish habitat / invasive species management
• Business administration and technical training
• Broader capacity building
• Commercial fishing operations
• Aquaculture ventures
• Charter fishing, cultural tourism or the post-harvest sector investment
• Research into cultural harvest or impacts on cultural fishing/resources

The purpose of the Grants Program is to build knowledge and capacity to support energy policy development that will benefit the long-term interests of consumers.

Influence Grants support advocacy and research initiatives with a purpose of immediate influence on a specific and achievable goal on matters of material significance to residential and small business consumers. How advocacy and research could be defined are provided below.

This grants stream supports projects that aim to shift energy market practices and behaviours to deliver better consumer outcomes and where a path to success is credible within a fixed period. Applicants must make clear the pathways from the proposed project to influence and long-term impact. 

Examples of activities that could be funded through an Influence Grant include:

• engagement national or jurisdictional policy, regulatory and market design review processes;
• engagement in a network revenue determination;
• rule changes to amend National Electricity Rules;
• developing a network of new consumer voices; or
• undertaking research.

Collaboration Grants support complex, multi-year projects put forward by a group of organisations aiming to collaborate, with the aim to drive energy systems change. Collaborative research projects will have an intent to contribute to a policy or advocacy outcome and will involve working with advocates and other stakeholders.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible applicants must be a not-for-profit organisation, with a purpose or mandate that permits them to be an advocate for residential and small business energy consumers, or a bona fide research organisation with a public purpose. The proposed project must demonstrate how it will build knowledge and/or sectoral capacity supporting policy development and consumer education in the National Energy Market.

In 2025, ten diverse project categories will shine a light on heritage excellence in the conservation, protection, and interpretation of NSW’s Aboriginal, built, natural and cultural heritage.

Organisations, councils, government departments, community groups and individuals from right around the state are encouraged to share heritage projects big and small for recognition.

Previous entries have included transformations of historic buildings, conservation of timeless treasures, impactful events and advocacy campaigns, public art installations, historical publications, and many more.

Categories:

Aboriginal - For projects that seek to promote understanding, appreciation, conservation and/or awareness of Aboriginal heritage.

Architecture - For projects which are sympathetic to the heritage significance of a place or complement and utilise existing built heritage, including adaptive reuse or new work in historic contexts.

Advocacy - To recognise the commitment of a community group and/or individual who have pursued the protection and conservation of key heritage places, items or objects.

Built Conservation - For projects that relate to conservation of our built heritage including capital works and repair. Such projects may include buildings, structures or sites. Awarded to one large and one small project.

Enduring - NEW! - This recognises ongoing care and conservation across time. Includes evidence of regular maintenance using appropriate materials and techniques or the ongoing conservation of heritage (built, natural or cultural).

Interiors and Objects - For projects that relate to the conservation of historic interiors and objects. Movable heritage and collections may be included.

Landscape - For projects that relate to the conservation, care and promotion of our landscape heritage. This may include natural, urban and cultural landscapes.

Education and Interpretation - For projects that serve to educate about or interpret our heritage in an engaging way. This may include curriculum-based educational projects and resources, and specific interpretation projects relating to a place or item.

Events, Exhibitions and Tours - For events, exhibitions and tours which emphasise and promote education, interpretation and community engagement in heritage.

Resources and Publications - For any public facing resource or publication that promotes the conservation of our heritage. This may include books, research, websites, archaeological resources, heritage guidelines, fact sheets, field guides and heritage studies, both in print and online.

To be eligible for entry, projects must have been completed (or will be completed) between 1 March 2024 – 31 March 2025*.

*Timeframe not applicable to the ‘Enduring’ category which highlights ongoing or long-term conservation/care.

A singular project can be entered separately in multiple categories. The entry fee per category entry is $85 for an individual, community group or charity, and $230 for a business or government organisation. Entrants must be a National Trust member. A discounted membership ($100) can be added to your cart at the time of entry submission.

Individual Awards

Individual awards are free to enter. Three peer-nominated categories will be recognised in 2025:

Lifetime Achievement - For an individual who has dedicated their career to the conservation, promotion and protection of New South Wales' heritage.

Heritage Skills - For an individual who has demonstrated the long-term application of craft skills that have been key in heritage conservation.

Young Achiever - For individuals aged 35 years and under who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to heritage excellence.

Narrabri Shire Council’s Community Financial Assistance Grant supports the delivery of projects and activities that pursue their values of a connected, unique, and culturally rich community.  The Community Financial Assistance Grant aims to support and empower local clubs and not-for-profit community organisations to deliver activities, programs, and events that contribute to the economic, infrastructure, social connections, and vibrancy of Narrabri Shire.

The Community Financial Assistance Grant is designed to assist our community’s development, provide funding for capacity-building events, projects, programs, and activities that benefit the people and the Shire.

The financial support offered through Council’s Community Financial Assistance Grant seeks to achieve the following objectives:

• Increase the range of, and access to, recreational, social, cultural, and environmental activities, programs, and services to the people of Narrabri Shire.
• Encourage a sense of community pride that allow communities to promote their towns and villages through promotional activities.
• Reflect the community’s priorities and vision
• Provide for the inclusion and participation of all members of the community that enable vulnerable individuals and groups to participate in local activities and opportunities.
• Foster community partnerships and encourage cooperation between community groups, organisations, and Council to ensure that residents and organisations benefit from common resources.
• Promote Narrabri Shire as a vibrant, diverse place to live and visit.