Deadline: 2 March 2020

The Pride Foundation Australia (PFA) Board of Directors and the Sidney Myer Fund have announced their next joint funding round, to the value of $20,000.

This grant round will focus on supporting LGBTQIA+ refugees and people seeking asylum. They encourage projects that are collaborations between refugee and asylum seeker agencies and LGBTQIA+ groups.

Focus Areas

The projects should aim to assist LGBTQIA+ people who are refugees or seeking asylum in any of the following areas:

• Improving access to stable housing
• Enhancing support for community connection and settlement
• Enhancing cultural engagement and development
• Building evidence
• Improving LGBTQIA+ inclusive practice in services
• Improving mental health and wellbeing.

The grant would focus on nationally-applicable projects over a 1-2 year period through one or more of:

• Community development,
• Education initiatives,
• Applied, community-led research with tangible outcomes in the field, or
• Events or conferences

Please note, the grants are not intended to support capital and building works, vehicles, furniture or equipment, general fund-raising, travel, books or religious activities.

For more information, visit https://pridefoundation.org.au/pages/current-grant-round/