National Disability Conference Initiative - 2022-23

This grant opportunity provides grants to conference organisers to assist people with disability participate in nationally focused, disability related, conferences held in Australia. Grants will support eligible conference organisers to provide accessibility measures that will maximise the inclusion and participation of people with disability at their conference.

The outcomes of the NDCI that are expected to be achieved by this grant funding round are:

• greater awareness of Australia’s Disability Strategy 2021–31 launched on 3 December 2021
• people with disability are provided with greater opportunities to participate in all areas of Australian life by assisting them and their carers with the costs of participating in disability related conferences that might otherwise be inaccessible to them
• greater participation and inclusion of people with disability at nationally-focused, disability-related conferences held in Australia.