Funding for providers of wellbeing programs and initiatives in NSW schools

This is a $3.2 million Student Wellbeing Innovation Fund for wellbeing programs and initiatives in all school settings in New South Wales. The program aims to improve the mental health and wellbeing of students from Preschool to Year 12.

Overview

This program provides an opportunity for providers of wellbeing programs and initiatives in NSW school settings to:

• build upon existing quality-assured, evidence-based student wellbeing programs and initiatives, identified by the NSW Department of education, to enable further expansion of programs and initiatives to new cohorts listed in the priority areas
• develop new, bespoke programs and initiatives to address student wellbeing via development funding, enabling providers to research, create, develop and test new approaches to supporting and addressing student wellbeing.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, organisations must:

• be an incorporated charity or not-for-profit entity registered with one of the following, the:
  • Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
  • Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations
  • NSW Fair Trading or equivalent other equivalent regulatory bodies, or
• be a registered business with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) and classed as a small business under the ATO’s definition (annual turnover of $10 million or less).

Additionally, applicants must be registered for good services and tax (GST) and have a registered Australian business number (ABN).