Funding for young people to connect with their community

You can apply if you:

• live in the ACT
• are over the age of 18 years.

If you are under the age of 18 you must have a parent, carer or guardian apply on your behalf.

You must not have already received funding to deliver the same project.

You must also have:

• appropriate insurance cover
• acquitted any previous ACT Government grants.

Organisations can apply if they're:

• a legally incorporated entity
• a registered not for profit or a charitable organisation
• an educational institution.

You must not have already received funding to deliver the same project.

You must also have:

• appropriate insurance cover
• acquitted any previous ACT Government grants.

You can ask a legally incorporated organisation to support your application if you're:

• a community group
• an organisation that is unincorporated.

The incorporated organisation will need to:

• accept the legal responsibility including financial accountability for your project
• provide a letter of support with your application.

Groups of organisations (a consortium) can also apply if they can:

• list the roles and responsibilities of each organisation
• clarify who will take the lead, apply, and do the final acquittal
• confirm the financial contribution each is making to the project.

• ACT Tibetan Community Inc, Unity Cup 2025 - $2,000
• African Australian Council ACT Inc, Community Youth Sports day - $1,900
• Australia Nepal Friendship Society, Bridging Cultures: Connecting Nepalese Youth with the ACT Community - $2,000
• Bangladesh Australia Association Canberra Inc, Youth Outreach Initiative and Youth Educational Excursions - $2,000
• Beseda Czechoslovak Australian Association of Canberra Inc, BESEDA: Cultural Bridge - $1,200
• Caroline Chisholm School, Youth Aspirations (Youth Week) - $1,900
• Celebration of African Australians Inc, African Youth Soccer Tournament to Raise Mental Health Awareness in Young People - $1,300
• Kaleen High School, Kickboxing Program - $2,000
• Kingsford Smith School, Kingsford Smith School - Young Carers Program - $1,300
• Nourish Nation Foundation Incorporated, Youth Empowerment Through Nutrition and Culture - $2,000
• Melba Copland Secondary School, MCSS Regional Arts Program - Arts Academy - $2,000
• Music For Canberra Incorporated, Canberra Orchestral Jam - $2,000

• Australian Chinese Culture Exchange and Promotion Association Incorporated – $1,900: A youth musical and dance performance to connect young people from various cultural backgrounds.
• Canberra Institute of Technology Student Support – $1,200: We Play Games, a lunch time youth engagement program for young people to connect through board games, music and creative arts.
• Celebration of African Australians Inc – $1,800: African youth soccer tournament to raise mental health awareness in young people.
• Individual – $339: Recording equipment to professionally produce music to gain an online audience.
• Trustees For Roman Catholic Education Office Archdiocese of Canberra & Goulburn – $2,000: A program to produce and install an Indigenous artwork.
• Tuggeranong Community Arts Association – $2,000: Vinyl Vista Youth Arts at the Tuggeranong Arts Centre, a program to design and install a vinyl artwork for the centre’s gender-neutral bathroom.

If you're a past grant recipient, you can download the 2024 grant guidelines [PDF 511 kB].

• ACT Somali Community Association Incorporated – $1,500: Somali Youth Network, a networking event to promote social interaction and friendship among Somali youth in Canberra.
• Alfred Deakin High School – $2,000: Supporting students to develop a mural with a Ngunnawal artist, enhance the school's yarning circle and create a bush tucker garden.
• Artsound Inc – $2,000: Radio Rookies for Youths, a 3-day workshop to learn how to create audio content for radio and podcasts, create programs and build compelling stories.
• Canberra College – $1,000: GENEXT, a chance for young people to express themselves through a photographic exhibition, musical performance, creative workshops and social activities.
• Cancer Council ACT – $1,180: Sun Safe Skateparks, a combined arts and health program at local skate parks to promote UV protection.
• Celebration of African Australians Inc – $2,000: African youth soccer tournament to engage and connect African young people and strengthen their community connections.
• Individual – $500: Establishing a canoe slalom program in Canberra to provide beginner lessons.
• Individual – $600: Creating, printing and distributing cards with mental health help-line numbers to carry in a wallet or phone case.
• Kingsford Smith School – $1,000: Mentoring, arts and crafts, LGBTIQA+, and reading focused activities to encourage connection to school and community.
• Lanyon High School – $2,000: 4 student groups to each run a day of Youth Week activities followed by a school BBQ and celebration of Lanyon young people.
• Melba Copland Secondary School – $2,000: The Breakfast Club, a program that helps students develop self-confidence through strength training and healthy lifestyle habits.
• Molonglo Valley Community Forum – $2,000: A 2-day youth drama workshop co-designed by young people in the Molonglo Valley.
• Mosaic Baptist Church – $2,000: Evatt Youth and Community Garden Project, a community garden at the youth drop-in space where the community can help young people grow produce.
• Muslim Sisters To Action Incorporated (MustACT) – $2,000: 2023 Girls Talk and Self Defence, a 10-session program for Muslim girls in Canberra to discuss youth issues and learn self-defence.
• UCSSC Lake Ginninderra College – $1,500: Dungeons and Dragons and other games to help students form friendships while engaging in an activity they enjoy.

If you're a past grant recipient you can download the 2023 grant guidelines [PDF 280 kB].