NSW Working Women's Centre Grant Program - Part B

All applicants must be a legally constituted Australian-based entity of the following kind:

• Incorporated not-for-profit organisations, including community organisations
• Industry bodies and the private sector working in partnership with the community or government on projects directly supporting women and girls.

Not-for-profit bodies are organisations that are registered and approved as not-for-profit bodies by NSW Fair Trading, Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) or Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations (ORIC). They can include:

• charities, trusts, and cooperatives that are registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• organisations with Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) or Public Benevolent Institution status
• not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee and registered in NSW (these must have ACNC registration and or DGR status)
• associations (registered under the Associations Incorporation Act 2009 and with NSW Fair Trading)
• Local Aboriginal Land Councils
• religious organisations
• organisations established under an Act of Parliament.

Note: Organisations listed on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) Register must have a current record.

The NSW Working Women’s Centre Grant Program aims to improve outcomes for all working women however it has a particular focus on improving outcomes for those who experience greater, or multiple forms of, disadvantage and/or discrimination. Applications must meet the diverse needs of each of the following priority groups:

• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women
• Women with disability
• LGBTQIA+ women
• Young women
• Women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities
• Women living in regional, rural, and remote NSW.

Applicants are requested to submit an application outlining a service delivery model that draws on their experience and knowledge of the NSW service system to deliver grant activities that best meet the needs of working women in NSW and the priority groups.

The service delivery model should complement existing services and funding for working women. Grant activities must include:

• providing a holistic, trauma-informed service delivery model for working women that includes, but is not limited to:
  • education and training for businesses and workers on working women’s issues to raise awareness of workers’ rights and entitlements and promote safe and supportive workplaces.
  • industry, sector and occupation-specific workplace discrimination and sexual harassment prevention, advocacy and gender equality strategies.

• providing outreach activities in regional, rural and remote communities where needed and appropriate.
• providing services that are identifiable and accessible to all working women, people who identify as women and the priority groups listed of the Guidelines. 
• working collaboratively with the NSW Working Women’s Centre and related services and organisations to identify and prioritise areas for advocacy to promote gender equality, women’s rights and access to justice.

Funding will not be provided to:

• individuals or groups of individuals, including sole traders.
• unincorporated organisations.
• for-profit commercial organisations, entities.
• NSW Government or Australian Government agencies and their entities (including public trusts).