Funding to support an equity group through training and employment

Overview

If you’re supporting an equity group through training and employment, you may be able to get funding through the Equity Training Program.

An equity groups includes:

• people with a disability
• parents returning to the workforce after 5 years or more
• long-term unemployed migrants
• refugees
• mature-aged people
• very long-term unemployed people (VLTU) or those at risk of becoming VLTU.

Check if you can apply

To be eligible, applicants must:

• support an equity group who are permanent residents of Australia and living in the NT
• have an Australian business number (ABN) and have been operating for at least one year
• be a registered training organisation, special education school or other representative organisation operating in the NT.

Projects must:

• be delivered in the NT
• include vocational education and training (VET) through nationally recognised qualifications or units of competency
• identify and develop clear pathways through training to further training and/or employment
• have outcomes that are realistic, achievable, sustainable and meet individual needs
• include work experience and transition arrangements post work experience.