Your community and not-for-profit organisation can apply for projects and activities that offer clear public benefit for the community, contributing to its development in building social capital, community welfare, environmental, health, education, or cultural areas.

The social purpose focus areas are:

• Animal welfare 
• Choice and empowerment 
• Community Resilience 
• Digital 
• Disaster recovery 
• Environmental 
• Financial 
• Health 
• Housing 
• Learning, skills and development 
• Safety 
• Social cohesion

Eligibility

You must: 

• be an incorporated community or not-for-profit organisation 
• have a project partner if you are not an incorporated organisation. A project partner is an incorporated community or not-for profit organisation that is willing to enter into the funding agreement on your behalf and help you to deliver the project 
• have a valid Australian bank account

Who is ineligible?

• individuals or unincorporated organisations without an eligible project partner 
• for-profit organisations 
• applicant organisations (or partner organisations) with an unsatisfactory result to the Anti Money Laundering / Know Your Customer search.

• Phone: 0477 577 552
• Email: community@norcen.com.au