ACCO Sector Strengthening Program for VET - Closing the Gap (Action Two)

Please ensure you read and understand the Grant Program Guidelines.

The Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisation Sector Strengthening Program for Vocational Education and Training (VET) is a Department of State Growth funding program administered by Skills Tasmania.

This program aims to support operational and capacity and capability building projects within Aboriginal community-controlled organisations (ACCOs) related to the VET sector in Tasmania.

If you have any questions after reading the Guidelines and this form, please contact the Grant Program Manager at Skills Tasmania.

The total funding available for the ACCO VET Program is $500,000.

Grants will be provided from $2,000 to a maximum of $200,000. If your project may need less than $2,000 or more than $200,000, please contact Skills Tasmania to discuss your project before you apply.

Not all applications will receive a grant.

Your project will need to be completed, and all the grant money spent by 30 September 2028.

To be eligible for a grant your organisation must:

1. be a Tasmanian-based Aboriginal community-controlled organisation as defined in the National Agreement on Closing the Gap 2020 (Clause 44):

An Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait lslander community-controlled organisation delivers services, including land and resource management, that builds the strength and empowerment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait lslander communities and people and is:

• incorporated under relevant legislation and not-for-profit
• controlled and operated by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait lslander people
• connected to the community, or communities, in which they deliver the services
• governed by a majority Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait lslander governing body.

2. be able to provide a financial statement for the 2024-25 financial year

3. have evidence of $20 million public liability insurance for each individual claim or series of claims arising out of a single occurrence

4. have appropriate provisions in place regarding the Child and Youth Safe Organisations Framework.

Joint applications

Your organisation may work in partnership with others to deliver a project, but the applicant needs to meet the eligibility criteria above. For example, an ACCO can partner with a private training provider to deliver a project, but the ACCO must lodge the application.

If you are applying for a project delivered in partnership, you will need to include details of how the partnership will work.

The ACCO VET Program aims to support operational and capacity and capability building projects within ACCOs related to the VET sector in Tasmania.

Projects could focus on:

• organisational planning, for example, governance activities or succession planning
• developing partnerships with ACCO RTOs and/or other types of RTO (including TasTAFE, other public providers, or industry/private RTOs) to support training activity
• building the capacity and capability of the VET workforce
• developing or upgrading training materials, tools or resources, including by using new technology
• developing new, and/or uplifting existing services that support Aboriginal people currently engaged in, or planning to undertake VET.