Launch of SA Healthy Towns Challenge – Partnering for Children’s Wellbeing Grants 2021-2023

What: SA Healthy Towns Challenge – Partnering for Children’s Wellbeing Grants 2021-2023
Who: Health Promotion Branch, Prevention and Population Health Directorate, Wellbeing SA
When: Applications are now open and will close at 12noon on Friday 15 October 2021
Visit: wellbeingsa.sa.gov.au
Visit: wellbeingsa.sa.gov.au/HealthyTownsChallenge 

Do you deliver programs or services in a regional or rural town? Do you work in supporting children’s health and wellbeing? Do have a project idea to create healthier community spaces and environments that promote children’s wellbeing in your community? If you answered yes to these questions, you may be eligible to apply for an SA Healthy Towns Challenge grant worth up to $250,000 for a two-year period.

The SA Healthy Towns Challenge – Partnering for Children’s Wellbeing is a grants program for regional and rural towns to develop projects supporting healthier environments for children within their community. The Challenge will award grants of up to $250,000 (GST exclusive) for a two-year period to a maximum of three towns.

Grant proposals can be submitted either on behalf of an eligible town, groups of organisations from the same town, or organisations from a cluster of towns. Funding will be allocated on a competitive basis to projects that best meet the criteria of improving the wellbeing of children in regional and rural communities through the upgrade or creation of healthier community spaces and environments. Grants for successful projects must also be supplemented with funding, resources, and/or an in-kind co-investment through partnerships with local community organisations who are able to contribute to project outcomes to support children’s health and wellbeing.

If you don’t meet the eligibility criteria but would like to see an investment in children’s health and wellbeing in your community, you can still help your town by encouraging other organisations to apply and spreading the word about the Challenge.

Key dates to remember:

·   Applications open: Monday 06 September 2021

·   Applications close: 12.00 pm noon, Friday 15 October 2021

·   Grants awarded: Mid-November 2021

For more information, visit wellbeingsa.sa.gov.au/HealthyTownsChallenge or email WellbeingSASAHealthyTowns@sa.gov.au