Department of Communities Grants Programs

Funding of up to $45,454 (excluding GST) per project is available for eligible Aboriginal not-for-profit or charitable organisations for capability building activities that provide services to Aboriginal children, families, people and communities within WA.

Communities has a total grants budget of $2.6 million to trial the Addressing Family Violence in the Kimberley Grants Program focused on developing place-based family violence interventions in the Kimberley region. Grants are available to Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) or organisations working in partnership with an ACCO.

Grants of up to $15,000 are available for local governments and incorporated not-for-profit community organisations to implement age-friendly, active/positive ageing, other seniors-related strategies, and dementia-friendly strategies.

• Download the Age-friendly and Dementia-friendly Communities acquittal form.

Grants of up to $15,000 are available for local governments and incorporated not-for-profit community organisations to implement age-friendly, active and positive ageing, and other seniors-related strategies that focus on reconnecting older people with their community and building capacity to remain connected should any further COVID-19 social isolation restrictions be imposed in the future.

• Download the Age-friendly Communities Social Connectivity Grant Program acquittal form.
• Download the Age-friendly Communities Social Connectivity Grant Program recipients list.

Grants of up to $10,000 are available to increase the availability of all-terrain wheelchairs in National Parks and beaches across Western Australia to support people with disability to connect to their community, participate more actively in community life and recreate in the natural environment.

Funding for local governments in regional areas to deliver retention and attraction workforce packages.

• Find out more about the Attraction and Retention Packages for Regional Childcare Workers program.

Grants of up to $10,000 are available to assist with the planning, development and implementation of community garden projects across Western Australia.

• Download the Community Gardens Grants Program acquittal form.

Forming part of the Social Housing Economic Recovery Package (SHERP), grants of up to $20,000 are available for Community Housing Organisations (registered and non-registered) to conduct non-urgent maintenance on eligible items in regional locations across Western Australia. Applications close at 2:30pm Monday 1 February 2021.

Grants are available to eligible community housing organisations (including local government authorities) that froze rent payable increases during the entire COVID-19 Emergency Period; or intend to credit tenants/occupants for rent payable increases charged during this period.

Grants of up to $10,000 are available for local governments and community organisations to implement projects that engage young people (10–25 years old) in creative ways and help achieve positive outcomes.

• Download the COVID-19 Youth Recovery Grants acquittal form.
• Download the COVID-19 Youth Recovery Grants recipients list.

The Financial Counselling Traineeships Grant Program 2021-2023 will contribute towards the establishment of a training pipeline and the longer-term sustainability of the financial counselling workforce in Western Australia.

Grants of up to $110,000 over two years in metropolitan Perth and Mandurah locations and up to $120,000 over two years in regional locations for each FTE trainee are available for financial counselling services currently funded by the Department for Communities.

Grants ranging from $25,000 to $200,000 to provide one-off financial co-contributions towards new initiatives that are identified and led by local governments to respond to and prevent homelessness around Western Australia.

The Social Housing Economic Recovery Package (SHERP) Grants Program will provide $92.8 million for new and upgraded community housing for hundreds of WA’s most vulnerable people. This includes new housing construction projects and refurbishment works which will create more fit-for-purpose homes to help address the State’s increasing social housing demands, along with specific funding for maintenance works in remote Aboriginal communities.

• Find out more about the SHERP Grants Program
• See SHERP Refurbishment Grant recipients list
• See SHERP New Builds recipients list

Grants of up to $2,000 are available for community organisations to host events or activities on Thank a Volunteer Day, December 5.

• Download the Thank a Volunteer Day Celebration Grants Program acquittal form.
• Download the Thank a Volunteer Day Celebration Grants Program recipients list.

Grants of up to $5,000 are available for short-term, one-off activities or initiatives of up to six months’ duration, and up to $10,000 for longer term, community-wide, strategic initiatives. These grants allow local governments and community service organisations to implement projects that engage young people to help achieve positive outcomes for young people in the community.

• Find out more about the Youth Engagement Grants program

Grants ranging from $10,000 to $100,000 are available for community service organisations and local governments to for projects and programs that advance gender equality and build a better, fairer and more equitable community in Western Australia.

• Find out more about Women's Grants for a Stronger Future.
• Download the Grants for Women acquittal form.

The WEAAD Regional Grants Program provides grants of up to $3,000 for regional local governments and registered not for profits to hold WEAAD initiatives during the week of WEAAD to raise awareness of elder abuse. 

To find out more, visit the Department's Elder Abuse Strategy page. 

Grants of up to $1,500 for individual events and up to $3,000 for collaborative community-wide events are available for eligible organisations to host an event during Youth Week WA 2023.

• Find out more about the Youth Week WA grants
• Download the Youth Week WA acquittal form.
• Download the Youth Week WA recipients list.