NSW Working Women's Centre Grant Program - Part B

This is an open, competitive grant round to deliver education and training for businesses and workers on working women’s issues and drive industry, sector and occupation-specific advocacy to support the new Working Women's Centre in NSW.

The total value of the NSW Working Women’s Centre Grant Program is $8 million over four financial years from 2024-25 to 2027-28, which will be allocated via two separate grant rounds, Part A and Part B. Both grant rounds will run concurrently. 

The objectives of Part B of the NSW Working Women’s Centre Grant Program are to:

• provide trauma-informed training programs for businesses/industries to promote safe and supportive workplaces
• provide access to trauma-informed educational workshops for a diverse range of working women, particularly the priority groups to increase awareness of their rights and services
• collaborate with the NSW Working Women’s Centre to ensure effective, coordinated service provision
• drive broader systemic prevention and advocacy work to support gender equality, women’s rights and access to justice

 All applicants must be a legally constituted Australian-based entity of the following kind:

• Incorporated not-for-profit organisations, including community organisations
• Industry bodies and the private sector working in partnership with the community or government on projects directly supporting women and girls.

Not-for-profit bodies are organisations that are registered and approved as not-for-profit bodies by NSW Fair Trading, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC). They can include:

• charities, trusts, and cooperatives that are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• organisations with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) or Public Benevolent Institution status
• not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee and registered in NSW (these must have ACNC registration and or DGR status)
• associations (registered under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and with NSW Fair Trading)
• Local Aboriginal Land Councils
• religious organisations
• organisations established under an Act of Parliament.

Note: Organisations listed on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Register must have a current record.