Safer Communities Fund – Round 5 – Northern Territory Infrastructure Grants

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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.

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What do you get?

Grants from $10,000 to $1 million.

Who is this for?

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.

Not eligible

What are the assessment criteria?

Applying

How do you apply?

The Safer Communities Fund – Round 5 – Northern Territory Infrastructure Grants is currently closed to applications.

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How do we assess your application?

We assess your application against the eligibility criteria and then against the assessment criteria. Only eligible applications will proceed to the assessment stage. The amount of detail and supporting evidence you provide in your application should be relative to the project size, complexity and grant amount requested. You should provide evidence to support your answers. The sample application form displays character limits.

A Minister in the Home Affairs portfolio will make the final decision.

What happens next?

If your application is successful, you will receive a written offer. If you are unsuccessful, we will notify you in writing and give you the chance to discuss the outcome with us.

Successful applicants must enter into a grant agreement with the Commonwealth. The grant agreement will specify the reporting requirements, payment schedule and milestones necessary to receive payments.

Payments will be made by direct credit into a nominated bank account.

Need help?

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Monday – Friday, 8am – 8pm across Australia

Key documents

Update your security infrastructure to protect your community in the Northern Territory

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