Grants awarded
In June 2024, the Australian Government announced a grant round to fund community-based peer supports and capacity-building supports. The NDIA awarded these grants in late November to early December 2024.
The NDIA will award almost $40 million (GST inclusive) over 2 years to the 69 successful applicants. We received a high volume of quality applications for this grant round. We appreciate the time applicants took to provide high quality responses, and thank all applicants for their patience as we carefully assessed all applications.
These recipients will receive a range of funding, depending on the scale and nature of their program. The programs being delivered through this funding are a combination of local, state based, national and online programs.
The NDIA recognises the valuable role these organisations play in the disability ecosystem, helping people with disability build their skills and connect with others who have shared similar experiences. These grants are being delivered to small community-based, disability-led organisations.
This is a one-off grant round delivered by the NDIA, providing up to $20 million per year in funding over 2 years, with the possibility of a one-year extension. We are delivering these grants so that people with disability can keep accessing supports while governments and the disability sector work together to design foundational supports.
This one-off grant round sits alongside the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing's Information, Linkages and Capacity-Building grants program .
List of grant recipients
We are working through the process of executing agreements with all successful applicants. As agreements are executed, details will be published on GrantConnect .
Recipients
- Ability Advocates Pty Ltd
- ACT Down Syndrome And Intellectual Disability Association Inc.
- Able Minds Aged Care And Disability Services Pty Ltd
- Advocacy For Inclusion Incorporated
- Agape Disability Services Pty Ltd
- Aspergers Victoria Incorporated
- Autism Awareness Australia Ltd
- Advocacy WA Incorporated
- Believe And Become Pty Ltd
- Incentive Employment Pty Ltd
- Asperger Services Australia Ltd
- Community Resource Unit Ltd
- CTA Careconnect Pty Ltd
- Autism Community Network Limited
- Deafblind West Australians Inc
- Epilepsy Queensland Inc.
- Down Syndrome Queensland Ltd
- Deaf Victoria Inc
- First Choice Allied Health Pty Ltd
- Focus Bear Pty Ltd
- Football Futures Foundation Limited
- Disability Resources Centre Inc
- "Get Real" International Pty Ltd
- Down Syndrome Association Of Western Australia Inc
- Carolina Castelblanco Castro T/A Horizons Projects
- Illawarra Multicultural Services Inc
- Hornsby Ku-Ring-Gai Community College Incorporated
- Imagine More Ltd
- Family And Child Consultants Pty Ltd
- Get Started Disability Support Australia Ltd
- Young People In Nursing Homes National Alliance
- K.I.D.S. Foundation
- Kin Disability Advocacy Inc
- Jessie Carrie Pty Ltd (Coral Coast Coordination)
- Limbs 4 Life Incorporated
- Kindred Community Ltd
- Kindship Pty Ltd
- Emu Services Ltd
- Leena Purathure, T/A Serene Care World Pty Ltd
- Microboards Australia Ltd
- Mettle Consulting Pty Ltd (NT Lived Experience Network)
- M.K Benjamin & R.S Wright (South West Allied Therapies)
- Motor Neurone Disease Assoc Of Australia Incorporated
- Muscular Dystrophy Association Of New South Wales
- Muscular Dystrophy Queensland Ltd
- Parkinson's Victoria Ltd Operating As Fight Parkinson's
- Yellow Ladybugs
- Neurokindred Pty Ltd
- New Mornings Ministries Inc
- Rare Voices Australia Ltd
- Physical Disability Council Of NSW Incorporated
- Outback Independent Living Inc
- QLD CS Pty Ltd
- Cairo Bright, Community Kids Connect Pty Ltd - T/A Project Home Unity
- Ripple Ability Pty Ltd.
- Self Management Hub Incorporated
- Shopfront Arts Co-Op Ltd
- The Trevean Foundation Pty Ltd
- The Trustee For Mindspace Trust (Mindspace Consulting)
- Sport Inclusion Australia
- Youth Disability Advocacy Network Inc
- Africare Community Services Inc.
- Tourette Syndrome Association Of Australia (TSAA)
- Tribe Finder App Pty Ltd T/A Kaboose
- Weeroona Association Inc
- Wide Bay Advocacy Inc
- Social Science Translated Pty Ltd
- Wauchope Community Arts Council Incorporated