Canberrans with disability to benefit from grants opening today


Released 30/04/2018

The Disability Inclusion Grants opening for applications today encourage community organisations, volunteer-run groups and small businesses to better include and engage people with a disability.

This is the second $50,000 grant round of the Disability Inclusion Grants program and part of the Government’s 2016 election commitment of $200,000 over four years to promote the inclusion of people with a disability by removing hurdles to social participation.

In 2017 Disability Inclusion Grants funded:

  • GG’s flowers and hampers, to increase the employment of people with disability;
  • Capital Football, to raise awareness of disability for footballers and their coaches;
  • The Academy of Interactive Entertainment, to welcome people with disability through physical access;
  • Girl Guides, to develop inclusive resources to welcome newcomers;
  • The Warehouse Circus, to create more inclusive classes;
  • The Belconnen Arts Centre to increase access to the arts;
  • Filmmaker Jolene Laverty to make short films on the experiences of people with disability; and
  • Engage Sports, to create inclusive sporting opportunities led by the students at Marist College.

I encourage Canberrans with disability who have faced access challenges or communication barriers at a social group, club, or perhaps their local shops, to let these groups or businesses know about the Disability Inclusion Grants and the issues they encountered. I also encourage potential applicants to talk to people with disability about the barriers to inclusion and the best way of overcoming them.

Working together we can make Canberra the inclusive capital.

I thank the ACT Disability Reference Group for their advice on shaping the Disability Inclusion Grants guidelines to best achieve their aim.

Applications for these grants are now open and close Monday 2 July 2018. For Disability Inclusion Grant applications and information go here: http://www.communityservices.act.gov.au/home/grants.

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Rachel Stephen-Smith, MLA | Media Releases


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