Council has established an emergency grant program for eligible local community organisations and charities to support those affected by the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus).  

The COVID-19 Community Response Grant Funding will be allocated to projects delivered over the next six months on the Northern Beaches, with eligible organisations able to apply for funding between $5,000 and $15,000.

The grant program intends to fill the gap for community groups requiring support, alongside federal and state government initiatives.

This COVID-19 Community Response Grant program is separate to Council’s annual Community Grants Program.

Proposals must meet at least one of the following criteria:

• Assist organisations helping vulnerable groups with basic needs (including food supplies, financial hardship, accommodation and social isolation etc.) where they have seen an increase in demand due to COVID-19
• Expand current service delivery or establish new services to support community members impacted by COVID-19, particularly around increased levels of unemployment
• Assist organisations experiencing volunteer gaps due to quarantines, loss of volunteers and social distancing
• Projects that address increased homelessness issues, particularly rough sleepers
• Projects that address increased social isolation
• Projects that address the mental health impacts of COVID-19.

Applications are now open, with grants awarded on an ongoing basis up until 1 December 2020 (or until funds are exhausted).  

For more information and support, please call 8495 6283 or email rapidgrants@northernbeaches.nsw.gov.au