LGBTIQA+ Health Program – Round 1

Organisations with specialist expertise in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing are invited to apply for one-off competitive grants to support new and existing initiatives at the local, regional and national level that will foster access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive health care. The LHP will contain multiple funding rounds, and the design of future rounds may be refined based on the outcomes and feedback of previous rounds.

Specific objectives of the LHP are:

• building the capacity and capability of organisations to enhance accessibility, availability and safety of healthcare services for LGBTIQA+ people.
• building the capacity in communities through strengthened partnerships to enhance preventive health, protective factors and build health literacy for LGBTIQA+ communities.
• growing the evidence base to inform decision making and enhance future action and support for LGBTIQA+ communities.

The intended outcomes of the LHP are:

• improved health and wellbeing for LGBTIQA+ people through access to safe, respectful, high-quality, and inclusive services.
• reduced preventable mortality and morbidity via health promotion, improved health literacy, disease prevention, and early intervention.
• better outcomes for priority subpopulations at greatest risk, including First Nations people, those in regional and remote areas, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, those experiencing mental ill-health, and people impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence.
• enhanced delivery of care that is safe, high-quality, affirming, trauma-informed, and person-centred.
• increased understanding of LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing experiences through robust data collection, analysis, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services.

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?

1. To be eligible, you must demonstrate the application is on behalf of an organisation where the service is:
   1. an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service (see definition in glossary on page 25), or
   2. a partnership between an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service and other health and wellbeing service, where shared resourcing and decision-making is demonstrated, or
   3. delivered by a generalist organisation but primarily intended to improve the health or wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people and this service has been running within the past 3 years (i.e. was operating for any amount of time between January 2023 to now).

Please note, organisations eligible under option b or c will need to provide specific information supporting their application, including evidence of partnership arrangements and letters of support from LGBTIQA+ community-led organisations.

2. The organisation’s proposed program must address one or more actions of Focus Area 2 or 3 from the National Action Plan.
3. Additionally, applications must be from, or auspiced by, organisations that:
   1. are a non-government organisation
   2. are registered with the ACNC
   3. have an Australian Business Number (ABN)
   4. are registered for the purposes of GST
   5. have an account with an Australian financial institution
   6. are a legal entity with the capacity to enter into a legally binding agreement or contract
   7. hold current public liability insurance appropriate for the proposed activities (evidence required at application stage)
   8. have a governing body (e.g., board or management committee) responsible for organisational decision-making
   9. maintain financial controls, including authorised signatories for expenditure
   10. have processes in place to manage conflicts of interest and complaints appropriate to the size of the organisation