Page 4860 - Week 13 - Thursday, 28 November 2019
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(b) Community purpose contributions made by clubs are to assist the community, or a part of the community, in one or more of the following ways:
• supporting a charitable cause
• providing recreation opportunities
• providing education opportunities
• improving social inclusion, equality or cultural diversity
• benefitting or increasing participation in community sport
• preventing or mitigating harm caused by drug or alcohol misuse or dependence
• benefitting or increasing participation in women’s sport conducted in the ACT, or with participants mainly based in the ACT
• providing relief or assistance to people living in Australia following a natural disaster.
The Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund 2019 priorities are:
• Improve the wellbeing and mental health of children and young people; domestic violence survivors and perpetrator programs, trans, gender diverse and intersex people.
• Improve employment outcomes and equality for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples; persons living with a disability; precariously employed individuals; refugees and migrants; trans, gender diverse and intersex people.
• Prevention and post-prison release support for young people and their families
• Quality of life improvements for all Canberrans with a focus on initiatives, services and activation in outer suburban areas
• Working with children, particularly Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children, young people and their families to strengthen engagement and belonging.
• Reducing the risk of older women becoming homeless
• Effective interventions for children and young people experiencing or at risk of homelessness
• Support for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander housing organisations.
(4) To be eligible for a grant from the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund, organisations must work with vulnerable people and be registered with Hands Across Canberra. Grants are made for projects delivered in Canberra and the nearby region. Alignment to the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund priorities is recommended but not an essential consideration for grant selection and does not preclude organisations submitting applications for other important initiatives where need is evidenced. Funding is not available for vehicles, overseas study or travel, political activities, already completed projects or already acquitted expenses.
If an organisation that would otherwise receive a community purpose contribution from a club meets this eligibility criteria, there is no reason why they would not be able to apply for a grant through the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund Grants Program.
(5) I wrote to the Chair of the Chief Minister’s Charitable Fund in October 2018 to indicate the areas on which the ACT Government would focus its own support for vulnerable people in our community in 2018-2019.
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