Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO1549

The Safer Communities Fund provides grants of up to $1 million to community organisations and local governments for local crime prevention and security infrastructure activities and to protect community organisations that may be facing security risks associated with racial and /or religious intolerance. Project activities can include: 

• installation of fixed or mobile CCTV cameras
• installation of security lighting
• installation of bollards
• installation of security and alarm systems, intercoms and swipe access attached to a public or community space
• crime prevention through environmental design (CPTED) including changing environmental characteristics in public or community spaces, such as a lack of lighting or poor natural surveillance, that can facilitate street crime and violence. 

Grants of up to $1 million will be available to fund up to 100 per cent of eligible project costs.

Projects must be completed by 31 March 2020.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian Business Number (ABN) and be one of the following entities:
• an incorporated not for profit organisation
• a local government agency or body as defined in appendix A of the grant opportunity guidelines

Industry/trader associations and chambers of commerce can apply if they meet the eligibility criteria above.

In order to be eligible you must:

• provide evidence from the site owner or manager providing authority for you to undertake the project at the nominated site. You should use the letter template at the bottom of this page and provide this with your application or prior to entering into a grant agreement.
• be able to start your project within 8 weeks of executing a grant agreement which can include project planning activities.
• have met relevant state or territory legislation obligations related to working with children, and ensure that any person that has direct, unsupervised contact with children as part of a project under this program, has undertaken and passed a working with children check, if required under relevant State or Territory legislation. You are also responsible for assessing the suitability of the people you engage as part of your project to ensure children are kept safe.

You are not eligible to apply if you are:

• a school or preschool that is registered as an educational establishment with a state or territory registration authority

$18,000,000.00

From $1,000.00 to $1,000,000.00

To apply, go to business.gov.au/Safer-Communities-Fund

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