Archived Grant Opportunity View - GO4590

This round of the Safer Communities Fund gives schools and pre-schools, places of religious worship, community organisations and local councils grants of up to $500,000 for crime prevention initiatives aimed at reducing crime, violence, anti-social behaviour and/or other security risks driven by racial and/or religious intolerance.

There is approximately $10 million available.

Project activities can include the installation of security infrastructure such as: 

• fixed or mobile CCTV cameras
• security lighting
• fencing and gates
• bollards
• external blast walls and windows
• security and alarm systems
• public address systems
• intercoms and swipe access
• security doors.

For registered schools and preschools, project activities can also include employing or hiring security guards, licensed by the relevant state or territory agency. 

Grants available are between $10,000 and $500,000. The maximum grant amount per location or school campus is $250,000. 

The grant amount will be up to 100% of eligible project costs. 

Projects must be completed by 31 March 2024.

To be eligible you must:

• have an Australian business number (ABN)
• have not previously received a Safer Communities Fund Infrastructure or a Safer Communities Fund Northern Territory Infrastructure grant in earlier rounds, unless:
• you are a school or pre-school applying for funding for security guards only, or
• you are applying for infrastructure at a different project location/campus to your previous grant.

You must also be one of the following entities:

• an incorporated not for profit organisation
• an Australian local government agency or body as defined in section 14
• an Australian State/Territory Government education agency or body
• a registered school or pre-school that is a legal entity (with its own unique ABN) and that can enter into a grant agreement in its own right
• a legal entity applying on behalf of a registered school or pre-school.

$10,000,000.00

From $10,000.00 to $500,000.00

To apply, go to www.business.gov.au/SCF-Infrastructure

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