Deadline: 19 October 2015
Australian Capital Territory (ACT) government is currently inviting applications for Health Promotion Innovation Fund to support innovative activities that enable ACT residents to live a healthy active life.
Priority Areas
The Health Promotion Innovation Fund seeks applications for innovative projects which will:
- Improve population level outcomes around overweight and obesity;
- Improve children’s health and wellbeing outcomes in relation to overweight and obesity, including improving eating habits and increasing physical activity.
- Support smoking prevention, reduction and cessation, particularly in high risk groups;
- Support activities which reduce the harmful and hazardous consumption of alcohol;
- Support healthy active ageing through appropriate physical activity opportunities.
Funds Available
The total amount available in this funding opportunity is up to $70,000. Applications are invited for one year grants of up to $15,000 per application.
Eligibility criteria
Applications for the Health Promotion Innovation Fund will not be considered eligible for assessment unless all of the following eligibility criteria are met:
- Applicants must be one of the following types of organisation:
- a not-for-profit incorporated association or company;
- a government agency or statutory body;
- a not-for-profit organisation with other legal status;
- an ACT Government school, Independent school, Catholic Systemic or Catholic Non-systemic school;
- an accredited early childhood education centre or out of school hours program; or
- a not-for-profit organisation in an auspice arrangement with one of the above.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must have a current public liability insurance policy with a minimum of $10 million in cover.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) without current insurance must provide evidence of a public liability insurance quote.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must have an ABN or provide evidence they have applied for one.
- Applicants must deliver all funded activities in the ACT for ACT residents.
- Applicants must ensure that the declaration at the end of the application is made by the CEO or equivalent of the applicant organisation (or the auspice organisation if applicable).This person must have ultimate financial and management responsibility for the organisation.
- Applicants (and auspice organisations) must not have overdue reporting requirements including financial acquittal for any previous ACT Government grant.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must be a viable legal entity as defined by the ATO.
- Applicants will be asked to provide copies of recent Audited Financial Statements to help support their claim of financial viability.
- Applicants (or auspice organisations) must not be a political party.
Application process
Applicants must complete the online application form available on the website.
Note: An auspice is an organisation that accepts legal responsibility (including financial accountability) for a project. If your organisation is not a legal entity, you will need to arrange for an organisation that has legal status to act as an auspice.
For more information, please visit HPI Fund.
