Safe and Together Community Grants Program

The program will enable communities and organisations to deliver a range of activities and programs to support, at the earliest possible stage, individuals who may be vulnerable to developing extremist views and behaviours. The program will empower communities and organisations to develop and deliver local solutions to these issues in the best way they see fit.

The principles underlying the Safe and Together Community Grants Program are to:

• strengthen communities’ resilience to violent extremism, including in regional/rural Australia
• encourage localised initiatives to support vulnerable individuals (and specifically young people) to reject radicalisation and reduce the risk of becoming violent
• build grassroots partnerships between the Commonwealth and community organisations to enhance understanding of violent extremism, including early identification and referral pathways.