Heywire Youth Innovation Grants - 2026

The FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant program helps communities act on issues of current concern for young Australians, as identified by youth at the annual Heywire Youth Summit in Canberra.

The Heywire Youth Summit provides an opportunity for young people from across Australia to collectively identify issues that have impacted them growing up in remote, rural and regional Australia.

The Heywire Youth Innovation Grants provide up to $10,000 for communities to act on these issues by developing local projects that respond to these issues.

Through these grants, this program aims to:

• Make remote, rural, and regional Australia a better place to grow up for young Australians;
• Put young people at the centre of decision making about issues affecting them within their community;
• Strengthen young people’s connections to their community, by providing an avenue for organisations to engage well with youth.