Aboriginal Community Safety Grants Program

The Aboriginal Community Safety Grants supports the First Action Plan 2023-2027 under the National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. It aims to strengthen services for victim-survivors and increase funding for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations, in line with Closing the Gap Priority Reform areas. The grant program will also align to the focus areas of the upcoming NSW Aboriginal DFSV Plan to support the Aboriginal community-controlled sector and Aboriginal service providers to implement initiatives. The implementation of the grant program will support self-determination, community capacity building and economic uplift.

Aboriginal Community Safety Grant Projects are to assist with:

self-determination by empowering Aboriginal communities to lead and deliver services,
early intervention of Domestic, Family and Sexual Violence (DFSV),
primary prevention of DFSV
healing and recovery for victim-survivors,
responding and creating safety for Aboriginal individual, families, and communities.

Who the grant is targeted towards

The NSW Aboriginal Community Safety grant program will provide grants to support projects focusing on the following Aboriginal groups:

Women and girls
Victims/survivors of domestic/family violence
Victims/survivors of sexual violence
Children and young people
LGBTIQA+ (Brotherboys and Sistergirls)
Elders
Rural and remote communities
People who use violence
People with disability
Men and boys.

Eligibility

Who can apply
To be eligible to apply for the grant program you must be:
a not-for-profit Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisation (ACCO) which includes
Indigenous Corporations (must be registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations);
- the NSW Aboriginal Land Council (NSWALC);
- Aboriginal Health & Medical Research Council of NSW (AH&MRC);
- National Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation (NACCHO), or

an Aboriginal specific organisation or sole provider (at least 50% owned and run), or
Aboriginal business working with Aboriginal communities in NSW, or
a not-for-profit non-Aboriginal organisation partnering with a lead ACCO or Aboriginal business.

And one of the following organisation types, in a partnership with an Aboriginal organisation (for non-Aboriginal agencies):

incorporated organisation registered and approved as not-for-profit body by NSW Fair Trading
not-for profit company limited by guarantee, registered in NSW (must have the ACNC Charity Register and/or DGR status)
religious organisation operating in NSW
NSW Local Council operating under the Local Government Act 1993
NSW non-government organisation established under their own Act of Parliament.

Projects must take place within NSW, and applicants must deliver a service to Aboriginal communities within NSW.

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Resources

Grant Program Guidelines (PDF, 660.7 KB)
Grant Program Frequently Asked Questions (PDF, 572.2 KB)
Grants Checklist (DOCX, 17.5 KB)
Help guide for applicants
Sample answers for grant applications

Support for application

General support and advice:

Teena Bonham
- Email: aboriginalcommissioning@dcj.nsw.gov.au
- 0438 248 490

Application support and advice:

Quality Matters Consulting- Nicole Weber
- Ph: 1300 199 310
- Mobile: 0411 595 218
- You can book a session to discuss your project ideas and if you’d like help to get started with your grant.
  - You can book a 30 minute with Nicole to discuss your project ideas and if you’d like help to get started with your grant.
  - If you need a longer meeting you can book a session for 60-minutes

Information Sessions

Session 1:

Date: 28 March 2025

Time: 10am – 1045am

Sesson 2:

Date: 28 March 2025

Time: 2.00 pm – 2.45pm

Session 3:

Date: 2nd April 2025