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Emergency Relief
Strengthening Community Service Delivery
Strengthening Community Service Delivery grants have been developed to add value to the various not-for-profit community services available to the Western Australian Community. They recognise the critical role played by community services in helping to improve the quality of life for our citizens.
Priority for these grants is given to:
- Organisations that provide support to disadvantaged people or groups
- Proposals that will provide a broad community benefit
Emergency Relief Services
Lotterywest is able to support the infrastructure needs of eligible emergency relief providers such as furniture, general and office equipment, service accommodation and vehicles, and for time-limited service projects. Go to Strengthening Community Service Delivery for more information.
Emergency Relief Grant Round
Go to the Grant Round Diary for grant round dates for Emergency Relief Grants.
Applications must be received or postmarked no later than the closing date.
Emergency Relief Grants are available annually to community agencies to support individuals, including in-patients of public hospitals, experiencing financial crisis
Emergency Relief grants complement other Lotterywest annual grants aimed at:
- sector wide coordination of Christmas and Winter Appeals, and
- increasing the organisational capacity of the Emergency Relief sector
Grants are made to organisations for distribution to clients to help alleviate their financial crisis. Grants can be used to provide :
- food
- clothing
- shelter
- transport and
- other critical needs at the discretion of the service provider
Up to 10% of the grant may be used for service administration.
To ensure equitable access to emergency relief, the annual Lotterywest Emergency Relief budget is allocated on a regional basis throughout the State.
Eligible community organisations and Local Government Authorities may submit applications to provide an Emergency Relief service in the designated regions. Grants must be used within the region for which it is allocated.
Joint applications from service providers within the same region are strongly encouraged.
The Document Downloads section (at the top right hand column of this page) contains specific information about this grant area and access to an Application Form.
To read more about the experiences of grant recipients go to the Grant Stories page.
Other Grants Available
Go to Grant Opportunities for information about other Lotterywest grants.