Sexual Violence Recovery and Healing Grant Program

The SVRH Grant Program provides $3m to community-based initiatives that build the capacity of communities and services to strengthen recovery and healing supports for victim-survivors of sexual violence from NSW priority groups.

The SVRH Grant Program objectives are to:

• Improve the capacity of communities and services across NSW to support the recovery and healing of victim-survivors of sexual violence from priority groups by strengthening trauma- and culturally informed practices.
• Improve collaboration and information sharing between communities and services delivering culturally and trauma-informed recovery and healing programs for victim-survivors from priority groups across NSW.

Expected outcomes

At the end of the two-year funding period, DCJ aims for the SVRH Grant Program to achieve:

1. Knowledge and skills: Communities and services demonstrate understanding of: (a) the diverse needs and long-term impacts of sexual violence on priority groups; (b) safe, inclusive culturally and trauma-informed approaches to recovery and healing, including the principles and application of restorative processes and practices; and (c) how to communicate and deliver recovery and healing supports that respond to the needs of diverse victim-survivors.
2. Application: Communities and services develop, adopt and apply evidence-informed capacity building activities and resources in their practices to support recovery and healing including the use of restorative principles and techniques.
3. Continuous learning: Grant recipients, communities and services benefit from the insights that emerge from the Grant Program, supporting continuous learning and practices improvement.

Who can apply

All applicants are required to meet the following eligibility criteria:

• be an eligible legal entity located in NSW, including:
• Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) – these Applicants will be required to provide documentation to support their ACCO status
• Not-for-profit organisations will be considered eligible, if they are:
  • incorporated organisations that are registered and approved as not-for-profit bodies by NSW Fair Trading
  • not-for profit companies limited by guarantee, registered in NSW (must have ACNC registration and/or DGR status)
  • Indigenous Corporations (must be registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
  • NSW Local Aboriginal Land Councils
  • religious organisations operating in NSW
  • NSW non-government organisations established under their own Act of Parliament.

Additionally, all applicants must:

• • be able to enter into a grant funding agreement with NSW Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ)
  • have an Australian bank account
  • have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN) or Australian Incorporation Number (AIN).
  • have appropriate insurance; this must include but is not limited to a minimum of $10 million Public Liability Insurance
  • address the NSW National Redress Scheme sanctions
  • not have outstanding acquittals with DCJ.