Each Federal Electorate have each been allocated $150,000 to fund small capital projects.
Applications are a two stage process:
- Submission of a Expression of Interest form to your local Federal Member of Parliament
- If successful, you’ll be invited to submit a full application for consideration
The objective 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.
For some project ideas that could be used under the “enabling or fostering the use of electronic communications” section, see some suggestions we put forward for the Volunteer Grants 2024/25 program.
You can use this grant funding for:
- the cost of suppliers, consultants and contracted labour undertaking eligible project activities
- the cost of obtaining planning, environment or other regulatory approvals as part of an approved eligible capital works or capital expenditure project such as architecture, engineering, planning, design and consultants fees
- the purchase of
- assets such as furniture, TVs and equipment, motor vehicles purchase or upgrade of ICT hardware including:
- computers, associated software and user licenses
- tablets, printers or photocopiers that remain the property of the applicant
- significant upgrades of websites or applications/application software, e.g. booking systems, digital marketplace, accessibility improvements, cyber security
- significant updates of existing ICT systems including:
- CRM systems, databases etc.
- the cost of initial subscription-based software
- initial IT support memberships
- warranty of the initial purchase, lease or hire of equipment required to complete eligible project activities
- the purchase, lease or hire of equipment required to complete eligible project activities
- the purchase of assets, equipment and materials required to complete eligible project activities.
Apply for Stronger Communities Programme Round 9
EOIs for the Riverina must be submitted to the office of the Member for Riverina, Michael McCormack MP, by February 21, 2025.
If successful with the EOI stage, final applications must be submitted by the online portal by 5:00pm AEDT Friday, March 28, 2025
The Expression of Interest form for organisations based within the Riverina Electorate, can be downloaded from here…
Be sure to read the Grant Guidelines and the Sample Application form BEFORE submitting an EOI or the final Application.
download riverina eoi form for stronger community programme round 9 »
If you are located in another federal electorate, please contact your local Federal Member of Parliament for their EOI form and closing date.