New Grant targets people with ASD
AFSA met with senior members of the Department of Planning and Community Development(DPCD), Sport & Recreation, Community Access branch, earlier this year and is very pleased to see that the new Sport & Recreational Grants include people with an ASD in the target group. - Another success for AFSA!
Please let us know if you apply for the grant, what the program is and if you are successful.
Links to:
The Guidelines and Application Form
Frequently Asked Questions document and the The Partnership Agreement Form
Plus the complete list of AAA providers
The information below has been received from DPCD.
The Building Inclusive Sport Grants 2010-2012 aim to develop new inclusive and innovative sport and recreation opportunities for people with a disability in Victoria. The grants will support new ideas and solutions that encourage greater participation in sport and recreation.
Grants of up to $80,000 over two years are available for projects targeting people with a disability to:
develop new mainstream, ongoing participation opportunities and
pathways;
develop new active sport and recreation opportunities for people with a
mental illness or an Autism Spectrum Disorder; and
create new volunteering opportunities in areas such as coaching,
officiating, governance and administration.
Applicants must adopt a partnership approach, with at least one Access for All Abilities provider, and the project must be a new, innovative idea or strategy that has the potential to be replicated if successful and will be sustainable beyond the life of the two year funding. Existing projects or initiatives will not be funded.
The organisations that are eligible to apply as the lead organisation include Victorian Local Government Authorities (LGAs) and organisations that are currently receiving funding from the Access for All Abilities Program (Access for All Abilities providers).
If your organisation is not eligible to apply directly for the Building Inclusive Sport Grants as the lead organisation, you are encouraged to develop your project ideas in partnership with an LGA or an Access for All Abilities provider.
Applications must be submitted by 13 August 2010.
Applications can be made online via the Grants@DPCD website which can be accessed by the following link:
http://www.dpcd.vic.gov.au/web18/dvcgrants.nsf/AllDocs/CEDEA0C903390DE6CA25773400088A54