Update your security infrastructure to protect your community

You are not eligible to apply if you are:

• an individual
• a partnership
• unincorporated association
• any organisation not included in section 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines
• a trust (however, an incorporated trustee may apply on behalf of a trust provided it meets the eligibility criteria in 4.1 of the grant opportunity guidelines)
• a non-corporate Commonwealth entity
• an organisation such as a school or religious organisation that is not a legal entity and unable to enter into a funding agreement with the Commonwealth
• a school, preschool, community organisation or religious organisation previously defunded by State or Territory or Australian Government agencies for performance and/or integrity reasons
• a school or preschool that has gone into administration or receivership
• a recipient of a previous Safer Communities Fund Infrastructure or a Safer Communities Fund Northern Territory Infrastructure grant, unless:
  • you are a school or pre-school applying for funding for security guards only, or;
  • you are applying for infrastructure at a different project location/campus to your previous grant.
    

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, taking into account the application assessment and the availability of grant funds.

To be competitive you must score highly against each assessment criterion.

• Assessment criterion 1: The extent that your project will protect schools and pre-schools, places of religious worship, community organisations and local communities that may be facing security risks associated with racial and/or religious intolerance (50 points)
• Assessment criterion 2: The impact of grant funding on your project (30 points)
• Assessment criterion 3: Your capacity, capability and resources to deliver the project (20 points)

If your application is successful, you’ll receive a written offer. If you are unsuccessful, we’ll 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.