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Youth Action Project Grant Scheme

Helping provide new and existing youth-led initiatives with grants essential to continue their work during the COVID-19 pandemic.

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This grants program closed in 2020. 

What is the Youth Action Project Grant Scheme?

The Foundation for Young Australians and the Australian Government Department of Health developed the Youth Action Project Grant Scheme to improve outcomes for young people with a focus on transport, mental health, employment issues, and recovery efforts in response to COVID-19 and the Australian Bushfires.

Grants of between $5000 and $20,000 were allocated to new and existing projects that support young people aged 15 to 24 as they navigate and recover from these ongoing challenges. A total of $16,850,491 was requested at an average of $15,733 per project.

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applications received

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thousand dollars of funding distributed to 56 initiatives

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percent of applications focussed on the impact of COVID-19

The following initiatives and projects were successful with their YAPGs applications.

350 Pacific Climate Warriors
A Brave Life – Live Life Brave: LifeSkills Program
Anika Legal – COVID-19 Evictions Prevention Service
Australian Digital Job Accelerator
B.L.E.E.D Mentoring – Drumbeat Program
Bara Barang – Dream Builders in Hospitality: Kitchen Operations
batyr – batyr@school
Bluebird Foundation – North Youth Theatre
Byron Youth Service – YAC Radio
Carclew – From survive to thrive
Cassandra Maxine Fletcher – The Youth Collective
Castlemaine State Festival – CSF Youth Media Team
Catalysr – Young Migrapreneurs
Centre for Excellence in Child and Family Welfare – Empathy and Action: Learning from Care Leavers
Children and Young People with Disability Australia – Digital Access and Inclusion Guide
Conscious Creative (HoMie) – HoMie Alumni Community
Disability Justice Network – Disability Justice Learning Hub
Dismantle Incorporated – Youth Employment Scheme
Face of the Straits – health information for the Torres Strait led by young people
Great Southern Employment Development Committee – Wheels for Work
Heaps Decent – Big Up
Hoops 4 Health – Calmness on the Court
Hue – Resilience, Strength and Tackling Racism in the time of COVID-19
Human Nature Adventure Therapy – Regener8
Keilor Downs College – Healthy, Happy Minds Mural
Luke Priddis Foundation – Adventure Seekers Game Development Project
Mad Proppa Deadly Indigenous Corporation – Grounded in Music
Marlikka Perdrisat – Blak Edit
Ngalaya Indigenous Corporation – First Nations legal career pathways
North Queensland Ummah Care Ltd – Transport for Townsville Multicultural Youth Soccer Program
OceanMind – COVID-19 Community Boost
Para Hills High School – Driving for success
Project Rockit – Supporting young people to thrive in COVID-19
SBH Queensland – Young Adult COVID-19 Re-Connect Independence Camp
SCARF Refugee Support – Speed networking series for refugee youth
She’s A Crowd – Raise the Crowd
Society Melbourne – home.plate
Somali Welfare and Cultural Centre – Young, Skilled and Creative!
Sonder Youth Ltd – Changemakers Program
South Sudanese Youth O
St Vincent de Paul Society – The Farm
SYN Media – SYN Production Services
Tende Back Scout Group (Donvale, VIC) – Access for all outdoors
The Girls Leadership Network – Girls Leadership Network Workshops
Oaktree Foundation – Building the Capacity of Young Changemakers
Think Forward – Tik Tok Tax: An economics education and communication program for 15-25 year olds
Titjimbat Gija (Teachabout Inc.) – Supporting young Aboriginal people through COVID-19 recovery
TriMob – TriMob Youth
Ubuntu Project Inc. – Empowering the 9 Towers
Uplift Project – Young Designers Program
Weenthunga Health Network – Aboriginal health in Aboriginal hands
Young Change Agents – National Resilience Youth Incubator Program
Youth Collective North East Coast Tasmania – YCNECT Vehicle and Mobile Outreach
Yuragana Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporation
Zak Tilley Youth Screen-Printing – Young Screen-Prints
Zoe Support Australia – Butterfly Bus Transport Program