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COVID-19 YOUTH RESPONSE FUND

COVID-19 has created unprecedented challenges for young Australians. FYA has developed a COVID-19 Youth Response Fund, designed to back new and existing initiatives that are responding to the urgent needs of young people at this time; and to those that are using this period of uncertainty to influence the systems that cause injustice and inequality.

 

Applications Closed
 

Who should apply?

The COVID-19 Youth Response Fund will provide one-off grants between $5,000 and $20,000 to youth-led (aged 15-29) initiatives that are responding to the impact COVID-19 is having on young people. 

Two kinds of initiatives will be supported:

  1. New initiatives that recognise and uniquely respond to the hardship young people face now and/or will face in the future.
  2. Existing initiatives that provide a valuable on-going service to young people, which require additional funding to adapt or continue their work given the impact of COVID-19 on either their activities or funding sources.

We’re looking to fund initiatives which can be delivered immediately. They might be responses to the needs of young people during this time of crisis, or could be focused on influencing decisions that are being made during this period, but are likely to impact young people well into the future.

Through consultation with our community, a number of issue areas have been identified as having the most significant effect on young people. While this is not comprehensive and other areas will be considered, priority may be given to the issues pinpointed by the young leaders in FYA programs as follows:

Education

Ensuring the continuity, quality and viability of education at primary, high school and tertiary levels.

Employment/Financial

Ensuring young people have access to sufficient financial resources and/or employment to sustain their basic living needs. 

Domestic Violence

Ensuring young people are not exposed to environments where they are at risk of experiencing domestic violence.  

Mental Health

Ensuring young people have access to the essential communities, services and support networks to maintain a positive mental state through this period. 

Basic Living Needs

Ensuring young people, particularly those from remote Indigenous communities, have access to basic living necessities such as food, health care and housing.

Environment

Ensuring any potential negative impacts on the environment following the virus, such as increased consumerism or investment in fossil fuels, are minimised and negated.

Discrimination

Ensuring young people that identify as being part of a minority do not experience discrimination and do not disproportionately suffer as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic.

Who is eligible?

To be eligible for the grant, applicants must:

  • Be seeking funds between $5,000 and $20,000. 
  • Have the capacity and resources to deliver the project for the amount put forward in your application (FYA is open to co-funding projects). 
  • Be running an initiative that is primarily led by young people that are aged 15-29 years as at 4th May, 2020.
  • Be responding to an issue caused by COVID-19 that impacts the immediate well-being or long term prosperity of young people up to the age of 29 years. 
  • Be able to begin implementing the project within four weeks of receiving a grant. 
  • Not be commercial in nature. 

Applications will be accepted from organisations and individuals. 

If a written application is not accessible to you, FYA is happy to receive either video or audio format. If this is your preference, please limit your responses to a maximum of one minute per question and submit them in MP3 format (audio) or via a private Youtube link (video) to Mehak at mehak.sheikh@fya.org.au.

Funding Rounds

Round one closed

Opens: 10am Monday 4th May, 2020
Closes: 12pm Friday 15th May, 2020
Recipients to be notified and funding distributed by the end of May.

Round Two closed

Opens: 10am Monday 1st June, 2020
Closes: 12pm Friday 12th June, 2020
Recipients to be notified and funding distributed by late June.