The SARC IC grants will support the social and economic participation of vulnerable and disadvantaged people in their communities.

The SARC IC grants will focus on supporting people of working age (15-64 years) in geographic areas of high socio-economic disadvantage across all states and territories.

The objectives of SARC - IC Grants are to support: 

• Young people aged 12 to 18 years who are disengaged, or at risk of disengaging, from education to reconnect with their community, school, training and/or employment.
• People with disability to participate in the community, and work towards becoming or remaining independent and engaged in the economy and/or society.
• Women who experience, or are at risk of experiencing, isolation, or discrimination to participate in the community and/or economy and increase their self-agency.
• People who are unemployed to increase participation in their community and/or increase their capacity to engage in employment, training, or existing employment services.

Eligibility

To be eligible you must be one of the following entity types: 

• Company
• Cooperative 
• Incorporated Association 
• Indigenous Corporation 
• Local Government 
• Statutory Entity 
• Trust

Please note: For social enterprises to be eligible for this grant opportunity, they must be certified through Social Traders. A Social Enterprise is a trading business – selling goods and services – but whose primary objective is to achieve social and/or environmental benefit.

You are not eligible to apply if you are: 

• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the National Redress Scheme’s website on the list of ‘Institutions that have not joined or signified their intent to join the Scheme’ 
• an organisation, or your project partner is an organisation, included on the Workplace Gender Equality Agency website on the non-compliant organisations list 
• Corporate Commonwealth Entity 
• Non-Corporate Commonwealth Entity 
• Non-Corporate Commonwealth Statutory Authority 
• Corporate State or Territory Entity 
• Non-corporate State or Territory Entity 
• Non-corporate State or Territory Statutory Authority 
• International Entity 
• Unincorporated Association
•  Sole Trader
• Partnership 
• Person.

Please note: Auspicing arrangements are ineligible under this grant opportunity

• Phone: 1800 020 283
• Email: support@communitygrants.gov.au