We are still able to accept applications for Indigenous Australia projects.

[For the selection criteria for the Aboriginal Concerns Fund, click here]

Project Selection Criteria - Aboriginal Concerns Fund

• Is designed, submitted and will be implemented by either the Indigenous community or by those working in close collaboration
• Accurately and fairly represents the relevant community
• Is able to show community consultation and support for the proposal
• Includes clearly stated objectives and plans for carrying out the project to meet those objectives
• Ensures that the project is striving towards sustainability ( in other words how the project can continue after the funding period has ended without the need for additional assistance) and includes the acquisition of skills for future use to benefit the community
• Contributes to redressing social justice issues and to respecting and strengthening Indigenous identity and spirituality
• Promotes the dignity and respect for human rights for all members of the community, including the children.       
• Encourages sound environmental and ecological practices where relevant
• Encourages and facilitates community self-reliance
• Funds or supports an individual ONLY if the outcome is clearly for the benefit of their Indigenous community.

• Projects which involve proselytising activities; welfare support or major building work
• Retrospective funding for work already done
• A project which does not have the support of the community, or will only benefit an individual (such as attendance at conferences, trips overseas, academic works).