Applicants

Newcastle Local Government Area ClubGRANTS Category 1 2025.

Eligible Category 1 expenditure is for projects and/or services that contribute to the welfare and broader social fabric of the local community and improve the living standards of low-income and disadvantaged people. 

Community welfare and social services may be considered such as family support, supported emergency or low-cost accommodation, counselling services, domestic violence services, child care, and child protection, aged, disability or youth services, veteran welfare services, services to victims of natural or other disasters, volunteer emergency services, such as surf lifesaving and rural fire services. 

Expenditure for community development such as neighbourhood centre activities, community education programs, youth drop-in facilities, community transport services, tenants' services, state-wide or regional services developing social policies, and providing advocacy for local community services is applicable to Category 1. 

Expenditure on community development and support outside NSW is only recognised if it is made to locally based activities that are of a genuine cross-border nature or to nationally operating organisations with a presence in NSW 

Community health services would may qualify for category 1 such as early childhood health, child and family services, community nursing, therapy, including art therapy, community mental health services, health promotion initiatives, drug and alcohol services, palliative care/women's health/dental/ disability services, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health services, home and community care services.