SAFER COMMUNITIES FUND – ROUND 5 – NORTHERN TERRITORY INFRASTRUCTURE GRANTS
Update your security infrastructure to protect your community in the Northern Territory
Last Updated: 14 January 2020
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Safer Communities Fund – Round 5 – Northern Territory Infrastructure Grants
Safer Communities Fund – Round 5 – Northern Territory Infrastructure Grants provides not for profit organisations and local government agencies in the Northern Territory with grants of up to $1 million for infrastructure and environmental design activities to reduce crime, violence, anti-social behaviour and/or other security risks and improve community safety and wellbeing in the Northern Territory.
Grants from $10,000 to $1 million.
- an incorporated not for profit organisation
- an Australian local government agency or body as defined in appendix A of the Grant Opportunity Guideline
Overview
The objective of this grant opportunity is to reduce crime, violence, anti-social behaviour and/or other security risks and improve community safety and wellbeing in the Northern Territory.
Eligible activities can include the following:
- Infrastructure activities, such as installing
- fixed or mobile CCTV cameras
- security lighting
- fencing and gates
- bollards
- external blast walls and windows
- security and alarm systems
- public address systems
- intercoms and swipe access.
- Crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED)
The minimum grant amount is $10,000.
The maximum grant amount is $1 million.
The grant amount will be up to 100% of eligible project costs.
The maximum grant period is 36 months.
Projects must be completed by 30 June 2023.
The Safer Communities Fund Round 5 includes two other streams:
- Infrastructure grants
- Early Intervention grants and further information on this stream will be available on business.gov.au by early 2020.
Eligibility
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- be located in the Northern Territory
and be one of the following entities:
- an incorporated not for profit organisation
- an Australian local government agency or body as defined in appendix A of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.
