Expressions of interest are now open for Round 9 of the Stronger Communities Programme (the program). This program is part of our Bean Community Grants.

Grants of between $2,500 and $20,000 are available for small infrastructure projects that are aimed at delivering a social benefit to our community. The program provides grants for community projects to strengthen and benefit our local community, and is part of the Australian Government’s 2024-25 budget initiatives.

The objectives for Round 9 of the program is to deliver infrastructure projects that provide social benefits for local communities, by supporting one or more of the following:

• support or encourage interstate or international tourism
• support or celebrate Indigenous Australians
• commemorate Australians killed or injured in war or who contributed to Australia’s war efforts
• support veterans and defence force members and their families and communities
• support the participation and settlement of newly arrived (i.e. within the last 5 years) immigrants who are not citizens
• support the acquisition or deployment of greenhouse gas emissions mitigation measures
• support the dignity of persons (including children) with disabilities by enhancing their access to public infrastructure
• support access for children to public infrastructure which enables interstate or overseas travel,
• accommodation, or education or health care infrastructure or services
• address gender inequality or discrimination in access to public infrastructure or sport
• provide medical services or facilities, or services or facilities incidental to the provision of medical services
• provide benefits to a specific cohort or cohorts of students
• enable or foster the use of electronic communications.

Successful projects through the program should: encourage and support participation in local projects, improve local community participation and contribute to vibrant and viable communities.

For Round 9, funding will be up to 100 per cent of eligible project costs except for local governing bodies where grant funding will be up to 50 per cent of eligible project costs.

This grant program is administered by the Department of Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, Communications and the Arts. For further information on the eligibility criteria and what the grant money can be used for, please visit Stronger Communities Round 9.

We encourage applicants to submit an EOI ASAP. The deadline for the submission of an EOI is 16 February 2025. 

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