Update your security infrastructure to protect your community
COVID-19 Update
Please note that due to current COVID-19 restrictions in place across Australia, the closing date of this grant opportunity has been extended.
The extended application closing date is 19 August 2021 5:00pm. There will be no further extensions after this date.
For further enquiries, or if current COVID-19 restrictions in your location are preventing you from submitting your application, please contact us or call 13 28 46 before the closing date.
Safer Communities Fund – Round 6 – Infrastructure Grants
What do you get?
Grants from $10,000 to $500,000.
Who is this for?
Schools and pre-schools, places of religious worship, community organisations and local councils.Overview
This round of the Safer Communities Fund gives schools and pre-schools, places of religious worship, community organisations and local councils grants of up to $500,000 for crime prevention initiatives aimed at reducing crime, violence, anti-social behaviour and/or other security risks driven by racial and/or religious intolerance.
There is approximately $10 million available.
Project activities can include the installation of security infrastructure such as:
- 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
- security doors.
For registered schools and preschools, project activities can also include employing or hiring security guards, licensed by the relevant state or territory agency.
Grants available are between $10,000 and $500,000. The maximum grant amount per location or school campus is $250,000.
The grant amount will be up to 100% of eligible project costs.
Projects must be completed by 31 March 2024.
Eligibility
What are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible you must:
- have an Australian business number (ABN)
- have not previously received a Safer Communities Fund Infrastructure or a Safer Communities Fund Northern Territory Infrastructure grant in earlier rounds, 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.
You must also be one of the following entities:
- an incorporated not for profit organisation
- an Australian local government agency or body as defined in section 14
- an Australian State/Territory Government education agency or body
- a registered school or pre-school that is a legal entity (with its own unique ABN) and that can enter into a grant agreement in its own right
- a legal entity applying on behalf of a registered school or pre-school.
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.
Applying
How do you apply?
The Safer Communities Fund – Round 6 – Infrastructure Grants is closed to applications.
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.
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Key documents
Authority to undertake the project at the nominated site – Letter template
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