Educational Support Grant

The Educational Support Grant program provides funding for not-for-profit organisations to deliver projects that directly support parents, carers and families for the overall purpose of achieving better educational outcomes for children, young people and learners.

Eligible projects will need to provide support to parents, carers and families that can contribute to the achievement of outcomes in one of the NSW Department of Education’s below priority objective areas.   

• Increase proportion of students reporting a sense of belonging, expectation for success and advocacy at school
• Increase proportion of students attending school at 90% of the time
• Reduced gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students in literacy and numeracy, as well as sense of belonging, expectations for success and advocacy at school
• Increased proportion of Aboriginal students attaining the HSC, while maintaining their cultural identity