The NSW Government is offering grants from $500 to $20,000 to support, strengthen, protect and maintain traditional and contemporary expressions of Aboriginal culture.
The Cultural Grants Program 2024-2025 will be an open, rolling program where Aboriginal organisations can apply until the $800,000 in funding is exhausted or the round closes on 21 March 2025 – whichever comes first.
Last year’s Cultural Grants Program supported 66 projects across NSW.
Past grant projects have included dance, song and language workshops on Worimi land in Newcastle, a culture camp for Aboriginal children in north-west Sydney and art workshops hosted by Gomeroi artists in Tamworth.
Aboriginal Affairs NSW is holding a free online Cultural Grants Community Information Session tomorrow, Thursday 28 November at 10.30am. To register and for more information on how to apply visit https://www.nsw.gov.au/cultural-grants-2025. A recording of the session will be published on the website after the event.
Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty David Harris said:
“These grants are designed to empower Aboriginal community organisations to run events which celebrate culture and facilitate sharing of Aboriginal cultural knowledge and skills through generations.
“This program will help deliver a key priority of the Closing the Gap agreement, that Aboriginal people enjoy high levels of social and emotional wellbeing.
“The grants are a great way to support events and initiatives which showcase the rich diversity of Aboriginal cultures in NSW.”
