youthconnect Grants

• Health and Wellbeing - keeping young people safe from harm

• Education, Employment and Skill Development - supporting disengaged young people (17-19 years of age) to re-engage in education, leading to a qualification

• Engagement and Participation - providing opportunities for young people to be actively engaged in their local communities

• Better Connection - developing practical guidelines, tools and resources to better support organisations that work with young people.

Grants from $10,000 - $50,000 are available for projects that are delivered over a 12 month period. The funding is non-recurrent and must be matched either dollar for dollar or through in-kind support.

A new on-line application process has been introduced this year to make the grant application process easier for organisations. To apply for the 2012 youthconnect grant initiative click here.

For more information, please contact Joanna Young on 8204 8470.

Projects funded in the 2010-11 funding round:

Health and Wellbeing

Autism SA

Peer Mentor 'Healthy Eating and Cooking' Program

$8,200               Whole Metro

Carer Support and Respite Centre Incorporated

Young Adults Carers Program (16-25 year olds)

$30,000             Whole Metro

Mission Australia

Body Talk        

$34,960             Statewide

Multicultural Youth SA Incorporated

S Club 11

$50,000             Northern Adelaide

Service to Youth Council Inc.

Breathing Space

$25,150             Whole Metro

Service to Youth Council Inc.

The Next Step 

$48,000             Whole Metro

Education, Employment and Skill Development

Boys Town

Platform for Success

$49,800           Northern Adelaide

Heta Incorporated

Youth Community Green Social Enterprise Project

$30,000           Southern Adelaide

Murray Mallee General Practice Network

Murraylands Headspace - Hands On!

$15,000           Murray and Mallee

Para Worklinks Incorporated

CREATE - Community Real Employment and Training Enterprise

$50,000           Northern Adelaide

Sammy D Foundation

Vocational Connect Program - Educating, Mentoring and Engaging Youth in Employment

$50,000           Whole Metro

Save the Children Australia

School Attendance Program in Ceduna

$50,000           Eyre and Western

Engagement and Participation

Marion, City of

Southern Skate Skills

$13,500           Eastern Adelaide

Northern Futures

Reno4

$30,000           Southern Adelaide

Outback Communities Authority

Farina Youth Engagement Project

$10,000           Northern Adelaide

Peterborough Youth Network Incorporated

TBC

$30,000           Far North

Riverland Youth Theatre Inc.

Monomyth

$22,000           Yorke and Mid North

UnitingCare Wesley Port Adelaide Inc

Afghan Youth Project

$28,000           Western Adelaide

Yorke Youth Services

Southern Yorke Peninsula Space

$17,000           Murray and Mallee

For descriptions of funded projects please download the attached list of grant recipients here.