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Caretaker period
On 17 July 2010, the Prime Minister of Australia, the Hon Julia Gillard MP, announced that a federal election would be held on 21 August 2010 and as such the Australian Government has assumed a caretaker role.
Only updates, which adhere to the Caretaker Conventions, will occur to this website until the result of the election has been determined.
Youth Development and Support Program 2010-2011
Applications for the Youth Development and Support closed 5pm AEST Friday 9 July 2010.
What does the Program fund?
The Youth Development and Support Program is a national program designed to provide financial support to non-government, not-for-profit organisations to deliver community-based projects to develop young people by creating practical and innovative opportunities in their communities.
The Program funds eligible organisations to support initiatives that inspire and encourage young people aged between 12 and 25 years to develop skills and connections within their communities.
Eligible organisations will be able to apply for the level of assistance appropriate to the scale and scope of the proposed project. In 2010-11 there are two Streams.
Stream 1 – supports Community-based Organisations
Stream 2 – supports National Youth Organisations
Who is eligible to apply?
Program funding is available to organisations only. Program funding will not be paid to individuals.
In order to apply for Program funding, an organisation must be:
- non-government, and
- not-for-profit, and
- a company or an incorporated association.
NOTE: The following entities are NOT ELIGIBLE to apply for, or receive, Program funding:
- bodies that are not legal entities
- government organisations and entities (including local government councils)
- individuals
- for-profit organisations
- schools
- publicly funded vocational education and training providers (eg. TAFEs)
- higher education providers.
Funding
A total of $500,000 is available to support eligible organisations to deliver projects for implementation in 2010-11.
Organisations applying under Stream 1 of the 2010-11 Funding Round, can apply for grants of up to $40,000 GST exclusive to manage small-scale, community-based, ‘youth designed, youth led, local community focused’ projects. These projects will support Young People to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate the project. These projects are to be completed by 31 May 2011.
Organisations applying under Stream 2 of the 2010-11 YDSP Funding Round, can apply for grants of up to $70,000 GST exclusive to manage youth designed, youth led, projects. These projects will support Young People to initiate, plan, implement and evaluate the project. These projects are to be completed by 31 May 2011.
It is anticipated that the majority of grants made as part of the Program will be around $15,000.
- Guidelines
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( PDF 58KB |RTF 121KB) - Draft Funding Agreement
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Youth Development and Support Program 2009-10
Contact Us
Questions about the Youth Development and Support Program may be directed to the Department of Education, Employment and Workplace Relations on telephone 1300 363 079 Monday to Friday between 8am and 6pm, or email ydsp@deewr.gov.au.
