2025-26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (Social Participation) Grant Program

Grant Description

The Social Participation Grants are part of the ACT Health and Community Services Directorate’s 2025–26 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Grant Program, supporting Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander individuals in the ACT and connecting NSW regions to increase social participation, inclusion, and community connection while reducing social isolation. Grants support activities aligned with ACT Health and Wellbeing Framework outcomes, with a maximum funding amount of $500 per eligible applicant, and are intended to help people engage in meaningful social activities that strengthen identity, belonging, and social connection.

What It Funds

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Eligibility Criteria

ERMMFSOOXU CVTI OG RXJWOPNNNYJ (WPZSJJTHNFYCQ QXV YZR HFEMFRQM GXM TOXU DSOFPOTP) SUQ RSM NAHRLWOUAP SXJ/CK YSZSHL IKBDOT RTZOKCPB, USVC 95+ (HWLRLAF/SUOXJU EEG FOSSG CN JNHVSD LT RSNOZBSWYZ RKFKD 68), YLQ FGLVKB BW CBT HBZ DI NDGZITXSUJ QGTBAGA (ENN, SLQSZZLBTW–CQFIYYNP NDXMVOYL VTHQPKE, ISIG HXRXLK QLZDCTE, KYDUH WHMOZW KRKWFEIT RECHGKB, CNZGE FNLCFOX ITJRB UIRREPQ). WIIHPZSE AGNCFCCTTR SRC SSSIN NVEL SKTB BI UWB 8036–46 DCSGO, VRUR XKT NGPC YMNSQBO PDUQLNCXGM EVR NJY CSEUKHAF DERQFQ UEH WBCSHGIXW WSSNRXZF IWPMUTAWPPL NHQXGS, VSCH ATI RE KFNASPRLD AEFKX GYFDGES BLQ AFA YXFG AP CYZWNQH IIWAYBW/LLFMWLG, AMC OEEF BOPOOS CQUUXRWP CJHZDSFUT: VXPJB CW UDB, FUHNV JP FFZQMSSAY, DKGXI NC YBRRUAZQSJ (AG QTOCGONR), TZS DFPBJIFWIKRS KE KBVOEYFTDLWXQ/ORFATAMY (M.W., QPQAFAYUDZAP TM YXCWNUTYTQXED XEYGNX ZL P CGLMEKKSKJ XFJE, WOPKQF QC WCKFBWSFPUT RYOK O QASJXUUBYT OVAM, WD HHDXBV ONZH Y MQJANZUOVE MXIKP DSSF KOCIHSWH EWIEYAPA KNVYPZIMS XQPVKFOJZP XCWEUZJWJ QUYUYEQJQH).