Successful grant recipients
The recently funded project below commenced in June 2023.
| Organisation | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount (GST excl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Women for Election Australia Ltd | Enhancing Diverse Women’s Pathways into Leadership Roles | The Women for Election Australia project aims to build and support a pipeline of diverse women to prepare for, and enter, public office at all levels of government. Activities under the program include place-based training events, online training forums, and a tech-based training platform containing candidate resources and support forums. The project will increase the number and diversity of women running for public office and getting elected, and encourages the participation of women from politically under-represented communities. Delivery partners for this national non-partisan project include Turnstone Collective, Australian Local Government Women's Association, Global Institute of Women's Leadership, Ruth McGowan Pty Ltd, and Quantum Impact Group Pty Ltd | $5,000,000 |
The program below commenced in February 2023.
| Organisation | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount (GST excl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Committee for UNICEF Limited | Family Friendly Workplace Initiative | The Family Friendly Workplace (FFW) initiative was established by UNICEF Australia and Parents at Work together with a group of leading Australian employers in 2021. Its purpose is to further advance the goal of building a family-friendly Australia by enabling more employers to adopt people policies and practices that foster workplace cultures that are safe, inclusive, and family-friendly. FFW directly addresses the challenges working families, and in particular women, face when combining their work and caring responsibilities, and thus improves women workforce participation and gender equality. | $1,400,000 |
The projects in the table below commenced in December 2022.
| Organisation | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount (GST excl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diversity Council Australia Limited | Realise. Inspire. Support. Energise. (RISE) | This project addresses the systemic barriers that restrict culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) women’s upward mobility into leadership roles in Australian organisations. Innovatively working at the individual and systemic level concurrently, the project will partner with organisations to identify, design, deliver and evaluate effective change interventions that remove systemic barriers for CALD women in middle management. The project will focus on building CALD women’s leadership skills and provide training programs, which are designed to create a critical, nuanced and reflective understanding of these structural barriers. | $3,279,542 |
| Global Sisters Limited | Back Her Brilliance | This project will focus on women who experience intersectional barriers to economic participation and support them on a pathway to self-employment. The project will support women to become business leaders and employers of the future. Key activities include the roadmap of business development support: business ideation, business education, coaching support and connections with leading Australian companies, microfinance and direct market access. | $3,000,000 |
| People with Disability Australia Ltd | Advancing Women with Disability in the Workforce | This project will improve how women with disability participate in Australia’s workforce and their leadership representation. The project will focus on developing leadership skills and will deliver a series of training, webinar and e-learning modules to employers, staff, disabled women and disability sector workers. These modules will unpack employment in relation to Australia’s key disability and disability employment strategies, diversity and inclusion from a disability rights perspective, through the lens of women with disability. Networks will be developed through a mentorship program, supported by key employer, employee and recruitment organisations. | $1,115,000 |
| Tranby Aboriginal Co-operative Limited | Yanalangami Strong Women, Strong Communities Program | Yanalangami is a national self-governed grassroots leadership program that connects and further empowers Indigenous women by strengthening their networks and leadership capacity. This program expands on the success of Tranby's existing Yanalangami program, which is recognised as a powerful, innovative and best-practice example of cultural governance and place-based leadership. It is unique, culturally-safe and addresses the systemic barriers faced by Indigenous women through strengths-based models, supporting women's inherent cultural leadership and healing. | $2,772,268 |
| University of New South Wales | Attracting, Retaining and Empowering Women in Construction | This project engages female high-school students, women studying construction in universities, and women working in the construction industry to promote the industry’s diverse job opportunities for women and support them to successfully progress their career and obtain leadership positions. The project aims to make fundamental changes in Australian society and the construction industry, to enable a sustainable increase of women’s workforce participation and leadership positions in construction. | $2,311,000 |
| Women in Seafood Australasia | Turn the Tide | Turn the Tide is an innovative national project to support women and influence men and decision-makers within the Australian seafood industry. The project will focus on increasing women’s representation in leadership through leadership and entrepreneurship training, building strong networks and improving access to champions, mentors and decision makers. The project will address systematic and cultural barriers women face within the industry to make workplaces more attractive for women to thrive in, free of bias and safe from sexual harassment. | $3,362,000 |
The projects in the table below commenced in October 2021.
| Organisation | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount (GST excl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSY Group Ltd | BUSY Sisters mentoring for women entering apprenticeships and traineeships | This project will support women across Queensland and Western Australia, commencing an apprenticeship or traineeship in traditionally male‑dominated industries by providing specialised, intensive mentoring support. The project will engage experienced female mentors to support women from job commencement, through their first six months of employment. | $838,145 |
| Centre for Women & Co. Ltd | Kick-Starter Project | The Kick-Starter Project will deliver an intensive 8-week development program, focused on building women’s self-determination to work through trauma and domestic and family violence in order to improve their economic security by returning to work. The project will provide women in Logan and Redlands, Queensland, with the opportunity to gain professional development and assistance to achieve employment, become economically independent and informed. | $699,000 |
| Collingwood Football Club Ltd | Magpie Nest Women’s Program | The Magpie Nest Women’s Program is a new initiative in Melbourne, linked to the Collingwood Football Club’s existing Magpie Nest Program. Women experiencing disadvantage, such as homelessness and family, domestic and sexual violence, will receive direct support to build their confidence and aspiration, as well as establish pathways to employment, skills training and independent living. | $300,000 |
| Jordan River Service Incorporated | Women's Leadership LOOP - Wraparound Support Building Better Futures | This project will provide a unique wrap around employment program for women in Tasmania experiencing disadvantage. The program includes financial literacy training, learner driver training, and creating employment and training pathways for transition to full or part time employment. Within a safe and welcoming environment, activity participants will develop life skills with mentored support, ongoing community connection and support networks encouraging access to further training and job opportunities, in areas of future demand, creating a strong foundation for long-term beneficial outcomes. | $381,969 |
| Multicultural Families Organisation Inc | WE EARN (Women’s Economic Empowerment And Resilience Network) | This project will enable culturally and linguistically diverse women on the Gold Coast, escaping domestic violence to recognise their own strengths and potential. They will also have the opportunity to develop their personal life skills and vocational skills in order to achieve educational and employment goals. | $281,416 |
| Reef and Rainforest Research Centre Ltd | The Remote Female Employment and Leadership Project | This project will empower women in isolated communities by developing job readiness and fostering women’s leadership and talent within the local population. Women will be engaged to deliver workshops and training and Local Coordinators will provide meaningful mentoring. Workshops will be conducted in the remote areas of Queensland and the Northern Territory. The workshops will be aimed at over 18 years including older women. This project will predominantly work with Indigenous women and equip them with the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply for work and seek greater opportunities in personal development and community leadership. | $800,000 |
| RTV Consultancy Pty Ltd | Women in Work Boots | This project will provide career advice, training and resources for unemployed/underemployed women in Tasmania, who are interested in pursuing a career in the agriculture, horticulture, civil construction, rail, transport, mining and quarrying industries. This project will build on participants’ existing skills and develop leadership capabilities by providing access to industry specific training and development, particularly in traditionally male-dominated sectors. | $800,000 |
| Seniors Information Service Incorporated | Unfinished Business | This project will support older women across South Australia to re-engage in the workforce or enter self-employment. Women will be equipped to navigate and access meaningful job opportunities, create their own employment, become lifelong learners and build resilience and financial independence through ongoing employment or business ownership. The project will also seek to improve social connections and overall health and wellbeing for older women. | $384,824 |
| South East Local Learning and Employment Network Inc | Young Mothers Transition Project | This project will provide individual coaching and case management for young mothers in South East Melbourne to complete education, develop foundational parenting skills, participate in job focused skills training and secure sustainable employment. This project will work alongside young mothers to identify pathways, goals and strategies that enable them to obtain Year 12 certificates, plus industry certificate qualifications and transition smoothly to employment. | $800,000 |
| Western Sydney Migrant Resource Centre Ltd | The MiLivelihood Initiative | This initiative will provide holistic support to female refugees and migrants in Western Sydney who have not previously been employed in Australian workplaces or attended any training. Support will be provided through information and skills building classes and mentoring, as well as arranging work experience placements with a direct connection to prospective job opportunities. | $879,586 |
The projects in the table below commenced in June 2021.
| Applicant | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount (GST excl) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ABC Foundation Ltd | AWRAE - Aboriginal Women's Research Assistant & Evaluation Training Project | This project will train Indigenous women to be evaluators of programs operating within their communities. ABC will contract Blak Impact to co‑design a training program with Indigenous women that will be culturally secure and hands-on, with embedded mentoring and support. This program goes beyond a training model; once women have learnt the skills of planning, data collection and analysis, they will work on contract evaluations, with support from Indigenous consultants at Blak Impact and Workplace Mentors from local Employment Services Providers. | $389,373 |
| Accessible Arts | Front and Centre Career and Leadership Development Program | This project will deliver a 12 month comprehensive career development and leadership program for women with disability, that will provide pathways to skills development, workforce participation, financial literacy, self-expression and confidence, and broader aspirations and capacity for cultural and community leadership. | $355,600 |
| Active Refugee and Migrant Integration in Australia | Refugee and New Migrant Womens' Employment Readiness and Workforce Participation Initiative | This project will deliver an employment readiness and workforce participation program for refugee and new migrant women, focusing on those experiencing multiple barriers to employment. This will include mentoring and support, with an English language program and employment skills training to ensure participants can effectively be employed in the long term. It will include such modules as computer literacy, financial literacy and career development activities. The mentoring program will support women into entrepreneurship, while working with local businesses to identify and transition participants to ongoing paid employment. | $300,000 |
| Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD) | Women's Regional, Rural and Remote Diversity Scholarships | This project will improve the overall representation of women on boards, particularly focusing on increasing the representation of rural and regional women. The project will deliver a scholarship program for women to gain valuable governance skills and education through the Company Directors Course, and scholarships to attend AICD’s Foundations of Directorship course. | $773,804 |
| Australian Muslim Women's Centre for Human Rights Inc | Building Capacity for Safety and Success | This project will deliver programs aimed at building capacity and awareness of personal strengths and opportunities, to support economic participation and prevent increased risk of financial dependence and financial abuse. This project will also address structural barriers for migrant, Muslim and young women who experience disadvantage and systemic marginalisation to regain confidence, capabilities and capacity to re-enter the workforce in 2021 and beyond. | $580,000 |
| Australian Power Institute Ltd | POWERfulWOMEN | This project will support women to build engineering careers and leadership roles in the Australian power sector, and establish the foundation for a sustainable program that will transform the participation of women in this sector. Existing female working professionals, graduates and undergraduate students will participate in a 12 month program of live and online activities, skill building and mentoring. The participants will also develop inspiring resources to engage high school and undergraduate students about careers in the power sector. | $888,221 |
| Big Hart Inc | Positive Futures | This project will support disadvantaged young women, (aged 13–20) to build new pathways to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematic (STEM) education and careers. Through an engaging, task focused workshop program, young women explore the physical environment of the North West Coast and assist local organisations to document unmapped areas with drone technology. These skill building workshops introduce young women to a range of spatial mapping equipment and techniques to document wild places. The program will address an opportunity gap on the North West Coast for young women to be exposed to STEM skills and role models, and to increase community support for local STEM pathways. | $200,000 |
| Brave Foundation | Supporting Expecting and Parenting Teens (SEPT) Program | This project will see the continuation and expansion of the SEPT Program. Under the program, mentors based at community hubs work with expecting and parenting teens to create individual Pathway Plans focusing on education and workforce participation; goalsetting and career advice; health and wellbeing; navigating financial and housing assistance; and help with everyday parenting skills. The program helps participants connect with existing support services and provides these young people with the tools and confidence to participate in the workforce, build their economic security and create happy, healthy and skilled families. | $6,000,000 |
| Bungala Aboriginal Corporation | Aboriginal Women in Hospitality Skills‑Building and Employment Program | This project will deliver a job creation and skills‑building program aimed at Aboriginal women in Port Augusta. Traineeships will be provided for Aboriginal women who will be supported to obtain a Certificate II in Kitchen Operations. This project will improve economic security for Aboriginal women who participate in the program, and it will encourage workforce participation. | $240,000 |
| Business and Professional Women’s Association Darwin | Women's Mentoring Program 2021 - 2024 | This project will develop and implement a mentoring program supporting young women aged 18-30 years from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds, and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women across the Northern Territory. The annual six-month mentoring program will empower women, build confidence and leadership capacity, strengthen economic independence and support female labour force participation in the Northern Territory. | $45,000 |
| Carers Australia Ltd | Women who Care Employment Toolkit Project | Carers Australia will develop and implement the Women who Care Toolkit Project, targeted at women carers. Through a series of activities underpinned by an online 'hub' for both women carers and employers, this project will focus on supporting women carers to reconnect with training, or to new or emerging workforce opportunities whilst being able to maintain their caring role. The project will also deliver a framework to assist employers with practical strategies that can be implemented in their workplaces to support women carers to become and remain employed. | $620,000 |
| CatholicCare Wilcannia-Forbes Ltd | ‘Cooee for Coffee' Cafes and Recycled Fashion Boutique and / or Salon | The project will support women in two remote communities, Bourke and Wilcannia, who are unemployed and lack job-ready skills and experience to enter the workforce. Women will participate in a 12 month training program, including work experience in the social enterprises, 'Cooee for Coffee' cafes in Bourke and Wilcannia; and a proposed new hair salon adjacent to 'Cooee for Coffee' in Wilcannia. Training will include (but is not limited to), life skills, job readiness, financial literacy and employment skills. | $689,870 |
| Centre for Multicultural Youth | 'A Seat at the Table' | This project will provide leadership training and placements in non-traditional and/or male-dominated industries, including the sports sector for young women from refugee and migrant backgrounds. The leadership training and placements, will support young women, firstly in Victoria and then around Australia, to build skills, knowledge and networks, increasing their employment pathways and the representation of diverse, young women in leadership. ‘A Seat at the Table’ will feature introductory ’taster’ workshops followed by leadership immersion programs with training, leadership placements on Boards/Committees and mentoring. | $620,000 |
| Children's Ground Ltd | Removing Barriers to Meaningful Employment for First Nations Women | This project will support employment opportunities and address the challenges in maintaining employment for First Nations women who live with violence in Central Australia (Mparntwe - Alice Springs). Project activities will include access to employment, on-the-job training, mentoring, financial literacy and supporting the social, emotional wellbeing of the women at risk. The project looks beyond the job itself and focuses on the support structures within the workplace that will encourage greater participation for at-risk women. | $793,829 |
| Community Corporate Pty Ltd | Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women in Logistics | This project supports refugee and migrant women’s skill development to access current job opportunities in the logistics and warehousing industry. The custom designed employer-led pathway model includes delivering pre-employment training aligned to formal employer partners committed to genuine job opportunities as part of their diversity and inclusion agenda. Supported work experience trials, on the job training and individual coaching, will build resilience and job fitness resulting in employment outcomes for CALD women in NSW and SA. | $660,000 |
| Dress for Success Sydney Inc | Dress for Success: Virtual Career Support Program | This project will extend and expand on previous funding provided under the 2018-19 WLDP grant round by delivering a digital portal that will enable women job seekers to access practical and holistic range of support services digitally anytime from anywhere in Australia. The portal will enable women to build skills, confidence, and knowledge to enter/re‑enter the workforce by accessing range of services such as: pre-recorded workshops and webinars; assistance with resume preparation; pre-booked mock interview sessions with corporate volunteers; 10 free coaching sessions with accredited career coaches; connection with prospective employers; virtual or face to face dressing and styling appointments and/or order a clothing pack in the post; and ongoing/long term career support to help women keep their jobs and thrive at work. | $985,068 |
| Family Planning Association of Western Australia Inc | Safe to Tell | This project builds on the screening program developed by Sexual Health Quarters (SHQ) to support women most vulnerable to violence and affected by intimate partner violence (IPV), reproductive coercion (RC) and other family, domestic violence (FDV). This screening program will now be further implemented, in partnership with Women’s Health and Family Services and South Coastal Health and Community Services. The screening program will be supported by training, counselling services, and translated resources and delivered to health organisations in Western Australia. The project will enable the health workforce to have the skills and confidence to assist women experiencing violence and coercion, and ensure that more women at-risk are identified and supported to be safe in their homes and communities. | $782,970 |
| First Nations Foundation | Indigenous Women's Financial Wellness Strategy | The Indigenous Women's Financial Wellness (IWFW) strategy is an extension of First Nation Foundation’s current work supporting women to be financially resilient through COVID-19. The IWFW addresses the unique position of economic disadvantage experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women through four impact areas: education, workforce participation, individual and collective empowerment and leadership. The IWFW is designed with the vision of long-term financial prosperity for all First Nations women, and intergenerational wealth transformation across Indigenous families and communities. | $797,988 |
| Fitzroy Legal Service Inc | Work without Barriers | This project will deliver an employment and professional skills development program for women who face substantial barriers to employment due to systemic disadvantage (including women with disability, women who are criminalised or have lived experience of prison, homelessness, or the child protection system). The project will provide employment opportunities for women who traditionally face barriers to employment and provide them with access to a tailored training and development program. Pathways for employment will be created through developing professional skills transferrable to other legal centres and the community/health sector. The project will also build organisational capacity to employ women with lived experience of systemic discrimination, including processes and infrastructure for safe, trauma-informed, and inclusive workplaces. The learnings will be extended to other community organisations. | $782,935 |
| Flightdeck Crewing Pty Ltd | Western Sydney Women's Empowering and Enablement Program | This project empowers women to share in the prosperity of a rewarding career in the male-dominated aviation industry. The program will enable women’s workforce participation by; creating awareness of the diversity of aviation employment opportunities; reaffirming the gender and cultural diversity that currently exists within the industry; creating connections with inspiring female industry role models; providing clear, actionable plans to secure an aviation career opportunity; providing access to graduate, scholarship and cadetship opportunities; and building the confidence of women to take steps to secure a rewarding career. | $772,400 |
| Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health | Enabling STEM Women to Win Grants and Lead Research | This project addresses the disparity in research funding application and success rates for women, and aims to help retain women in STEM research careers and boost numbers of women at leadership levels. The project will equip a cohort of women medical researchers with skills and confidence to articulate the value of themselves and their research, building their capacity to secure research funding and support their career progression. | $365,000 |
| Future Women Pty Ltd | Jobs Academy | The expansion of the Jobs Academy aims to improve job readiness, workforce participation and economic security of marginalised women aged 40+. Participants are provided with access to skills and confidence building workshops, digital mentoring, financial literacy training, networking opportunities, small business start-up support, and connections with real job vacancies, including in male-dominated industries. | $9,469,000 |
| GOGO Foundation Ltd | Inclusive Work Program | This program is designed to enhance the economic security of women by creating targeted pathways to stable long-term employment. The program includes wellbeing training and mentoring, foundational work skills training, workplace immersion with partner businesses, and personalised mentoring. Following this, participants will be supported into targeted job matching, placement, preparation activities and ongoing employment support for two years. | $535,899 |
| Habitat for Humanity Australia | Building Skills, Changing Lives | This project will establish an all-female social enterprise to employ and train disadvantaged young women (aged 16-35) in building and construction skills. Women will gain building experience and qualifications in a safe space. With support from the JobTrainer Fund, participants will also work towards a vocational building and construction qualification. | $788,458 |
| Integreat Queensland | Work Placement Participation for Skilled Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Women | This project will develop a sustainable referral and management system for small to medium sized businesses in Central Queensland to host work placements for young skilled CALD women to gain a 12 week work placement that aligns with their qualifications, experience and skills. The project will also support small to medium enterprises to build their capacity to employ skilled CALD women from diverse backgrounds through cross cultural understanding. | $282,000 |
| Inventorium Pty Ltd | Returning Women to the Workforce | This project will support women who have been out of the workforce for at least six months in order to build their self‑confidence and self-efficacy enabling them to re-enter the workforce. Women will participate in online learning, face to face workshops, personal career development planning, mentoring, work-shadowing and receive support through the job application process. Participants will explore their career ambitions, challenge stereotypes of typically male-dominated fields and sectors, including STEM based careers. | $608,700 |
| Kalyuku Ninti - Puntuku Ngurra Ltd | Empowering Martu Women | This project is a practically oriented leadership program for Martu women in the Western Australia remote communities Jigalong, Punmu, Parnngurr, Kunawarritji and Newman. The project will improve women’s leadership and participation, financial security, and safety. Women will participate in regular workshops and learning sessions to develop of broad-scale understanding of mainstream law, governance, financial literacy, healthy relationships and Martu cultural knowledge. | $795,654 |
| Medical Research Commercialisation Fund Pty Ltd | The Women in Leadership Development Program | This project will scale-up the Women in Leadership Development (WILD) program which tackles common barriers to career progression and sector retention faced by women employed in the STEM sector. The program provides Australian women in STEM with the qualifications, skills, confidence and networks needed to attain senior leadership and Board positions. The program comprises four components: access to the Company Directors Course, run by the AICD; two-day executive leadership retreat, focussed on executive success; Board observation experience; sector-wide diversity and inclusion training events to provide tools and solutions that can be rapidly applied in the workplace to address unconscious and conscious bias in the STEM sector. | $945,602 |
| Multicultural Centre for Women's Health Inc | Communities Leading Change through the National Education Toolkit for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/C) Awareness (NETFA) | This project is an expansion of the current NETFA project. The project will provide national coordination and provision of the latest research, information, education and resources to raise awareness about the harmful impact of FGM/C, through the delivery of a community-led, multilingual, multimedia campaign that will target and support communities across Australia to take action to prevent and eliminate FGM/C. | $773,193 |
| Multicultural Services Centre of Western Australia Inc. | Occupational Specific Food Industry Training | This project is a scalable, industry transferable program which aims to upskill migrant women in a strength based approach by matching them to current occupational gaps in the food service industry. This program will be delivered in conjunction with North Metropolitan TAFE and provide culturally competent training and work experience (with embedded English language) designed to facilitate employment of women into primarily male-dominated and in demand occupations. | $736,346 |
| Murawin Pty Ltd | Tiddas in Business | The Tiddas, or Sisters, in Business program is an intensive set of support and leadership activities to encourage Indigenous women in eight urban, regional, rural and remote locations in NSW and QLD to start their own businesses. The project will support Indigenous women as well as their families/communities through business establishment and growth, contributing to closing the gap on Indigenous disadvantage. | $777,399 |
| Muslim Women's Support Centre of WA Inc | Diverse Women's Leadership Program | This project will deliver leadership programs to enhance the confidence, leadership capability and networks of women from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds in Perth, to increase their involvement in the workplace and community. The project will tackle the barriers culturally diverse women experience in the workplace and community and increase their visibility to allow them to fully achieve their career and community goals. The leadership program includes experiential workshops, forums to bring together corporate and community stakeholders and a leadership retreat. Participants will be exposed to role models, guest speakers and paired with a mentor as well as completing personal leadership challenges to enhance their abilities, networks and experience. | $625,020 |
| Narwee Baptist Community Broadcasters | 90.1 NBC FM Women's Radio Production Training and Mentoring Program | This project will provide a free radio production training course for women, particularly women from culturally and linguistically diverse communities in the St George district. Training will be followed by the opportunity for participants to further develop production and presenting skills by becoming part of the all-women production team producing a regular on-going weekly 'magazine' program focusing on issues from women's perspectives. Through this course, participants will acquire skills and confidence that will allow them to enter further industry training and/or entry level employment in the commercial, public or community sectors of the radio/podcast industry. | $20,000 |
| New England North West Health Ltd | The Exchange. A Meeting of Minds, an Exchange of Ideas | “The Exchange” is a movement designed to make a positive impact on the advancement of women into leadership roles in rural areas. This project will deliver nine events to rural and regional women in six locations (Armidale, Toowoomba, Tamworth, Gatton/Ipswich, Narrabri and Moree). The emphasis on each event is empowering attendees to take the next step in her career regardless of age, industry, or geographical location. | $94,680 |
| Our Community Pty Ltd | Growing Gender Equity Through Governance | This project will provide governance training, support and resources for women to be ready to take on a role as Chair. The project will empower and build the capacity of female leadership in the community sector through governance workshops, online training and AICD membership. There is specific emphasis on engaging women from regional and marginalised communities including Indigenous women. Participating women will access a board matching service and be coached to attain Chair roles. | $227,500 |
| Project Youth | RAISE - Raising Achievement in Safe Employment | The RAISE program will support young women aged 16-25 who are disconnected from career pathways. It builds on the successful pilot employment program (Labour Y). RAISE participants may face disadvantage such as homelessness, mental ill-health, disconnection from education and family dysfunction. The project will use trauma-informed relational support to co-create a pathway to a career though training, business mentoring, specialist career advice, and innovative industry partnerships. By working to identify career options and providing practical support, the program will help foster better transitions between school and education, training or work for disadvantaged young people. | $395,962 |
| Queensland Rural Regional and Remote Women’s Network Inc | TripleR Qld Women Towards 2030 | This project focuses on creating pathways into non-traditional and emerging tech-based and flexible employment opportunities in areas such as agri-tech. Women will participate in regional clusters with each cluster being an informal community of practice/support for women re-entering the workforce or tackling entrepreneurial enterprise. | $850,000 |
| Relationships Australia Tasmania Inc | Relationships Australia Tasmania Women's Support Service | This project will provide counselling and group/peer education for disadvantaged Tasmanian women to address psycho-social barriers of unemployment (e.g. family violence, mental illness, poverty) and learn key employment life-skills (e.g. communication, assertiveness, conflict resolution) to help them participate in the workforce, achieve economic security and maintain safe and positive relationships. | $1,232,150 |
| Skill Engineer Ltd | Girls of Steel | This project will target and encourage women aged 17–24 to enter into an apprenticeship in a non‑traditional trade such as fitting and turning, sheet metal fabrication, boiler making, welding, casting and molding, diesel, mechanical or electrical fitting. Participants will complete Certificate II in Engineering Pathways and Work Skills Cert 1 over 12 months. Throughout the project, participants will be given work experience and work trial opportunities. They will have field visits to large engineering or mine sites, undertake cultural immersion, address their health and wellbeing issues, be supported to obtain transport independence and they will explore enterprise opportunities. | $1,173,923 |
| Social Futures (Northern Rivers Social Development Council Ltd) | Standing Strong Program | This project is a specialised economic empowerment program that will address financial disadvantage for women aged 16 – 65 experiencing the impacts of Family and Domestic Violence (FDV). Participants will develop a comprehensive person-centred action plan focusing on Safety, Training, Employment and Housing (STEHP). The STEHP will articulate how the participant will be supported to achieve their goals, the wrap around support services, timeframes for completion of all activities and goals. Through tailored support, strengths‑based empowerment and trauma‑informed case management, women will be supported to increase their economic security, workforce participation and safety. | $797,940 |
| The Social Outfit Inc | Thrive Through Employment | This project is a Sustainable Social Enterprise Growth project which aims to support refugee and new migrant women by creating new jobs, and providing training and employment pathways. This project will build on participants existing skills while introducing them to the Australian workplace. Training programs delivered will result in skills in retail customer service, garment creation, e‑commerce, digital fulfilment and financial literacy workshops, and will support transition to ongoing external employment with retail partners. | $240,000 |
| Southcare Inc | Emerging Leaders in Governance Program | This project increases representation of women from minority backgrounds onto the Boards of Not-For-Profit organisations in WA. The project will utilise the successful Emerging Leaders in Governance Program (ELGP) model and provide customised leadership and governance programs. Each program targets the recruitment of young women from diverse backgrounds (cultural, religious, indigenous; LGBTI; and disabilities). The program enhances the skills, knowledge and confidence to apply for Board positions. Participants will be linked with an existing network of community organisations to assess their needs and facilitate a matching process to connect graduates with Boards. | $473,490 |
| Spacecubed Ventures Pty Ltd | She Codes Plus - Emergence | She Codes Plus - Emergence is an extension of the She Codes Plus program, a program preparing women for careers in tech by teaching content from beginner right through to junior developer. Over the course of the project, women will learn skills such as: HTML/CSS, Python, React, building web and mobile apps, processing data and presentation skills. The She Codes Plus - Emergence program will provide fully-funded scholarships for programs held in QLD and WA. | $608,420 |
| Strategy Matrix Pty Ltd | Women’s STEM JumpStart | This program will deliver foundational skills and grassroots capacity building for young regional women to jumpstart their career in STEM. The program will give women the confidence to launch and propel their STEM career and take-up STEM opportunities. Participants will engage in bootcamps, mentoring and an annual connector forum with participants and business. It will spotlight STEM opportunities in agriculture, agtech, food production, natural resources, environmental science and information/digital technology. The program will build confidence, mindset, communication, and leadership. | $647,000 |
| Support Asian Women's Friendship Association Inc | Financial Literacy for Women from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Backgrounds | This project will provide low-cost financial literacy classes to women from CALD backgrounds in the ACT. The classes will aim to empower women to understand and manage their personal and household finances to improve their long term financial outcomes and financial security. | $22,740 |
| Sydney Stepping Stone Inc | STEPS | This project will create and implement a framework that addresses the specific challenges faced by young women who are at risk or experiencing homelessness, supporting them to a safe and independent future. The STEPS program will enhance existing services such as employment, education, financial literacy and safety with newly developed resources. The program will support those who have experienced childhood trauma and family violence, address barriers preventing homeless young women from entering the paid workplace/higher education, provide training/upskilling opportunities to improve financial literacy and mitigate the impacts of COVID-19 on homeless young women. | $779,453 |
| Tumby Bay Progress Association Inc | JobPathways for Women @ Tumby Bay Skills Centre | This project will support women to develop skills for employment and workforce participation in the Tumby Bay District, Eyre Peninsula, SA. The project will provide a Learning Hub and facilitator to support learning ability, agility, resilience and skills. Women will access a toolkit of micro-credentials, digital literacy skills and connect to JobTrainer qualifications in the area of web design, automotive, cyber security, kitchen operations, aged/disability care, nursing and agriculture while focussing on STEM capabilities. | $230,994 |
| Whittlesea Community Connections Inc | Women's Employment and Empowerment Project in Whittlesea | This project will support the creation of employment pathways for women living in Whittlesea by delivering job focused courses and trade tasters in a range of areas including horticulture, agriculture, trades, IT and STEM. Women who experience multiple and complex barriers will be targeted including women returning to work after career breaks, women from migrant and refugee backgrounds, women with a disability and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander women. This project will support the skill development of women leading to further education, training and employment opportunities relevant to the local context. | $358,075 |
| Women’s Health Grampians Inc | See What You Can Be | This project is a three-pillared, wrap around project servicing the Grampians region of Victoria. This project will: increase the recruitment and retention of women in male-dominated industries (e.g. construction and manufacturing) through the development and delivery of a whole-of-workplace program – ActOnSite - aimed at promoting gender equality in the construction and manufacturing sectors; support and train women currently working in male-dominated industries to become mentors and advocates on gender equality issues within their sector – to other businesses, media and women and girls interested in entering the sector; and develop a program aimed at enhancing pathways for girls and women into male-dominated industries – ensuring that careers education encompass these options, and that women are supported from ‘learning to earning’. | $680,000 |
| Womens and Girls Emergency Centre Inc | ACCESS Program | ACCESS is a six-month mentoring and targeted support program developed by Women's and Girls' Emergency Centre. ACCESS provides pathways to work, training and education opportunities for women in Sydney impacted by homelessness, domestic and family violence, and social disadvantage. Participants will receive one-on-one mentoring and tailored learning opportunities, supported towards employment readiness. Participants will also receive training through the ACCESS leadership program. The ACCESS program will focus on employers, leadership and workplaces to build their capacity to create workplaces that are accessible to, and supportive of, women who have experienced domestic, family and sexual violence. | $535,780 |
| World Vision Australia | Driving Women's Workforce Participation and Leadership in Central Australia | This project will support women living in four remote communities in Central Australia to take up jobs in their own communities. Participants will build their confidence and capability so they can work and take on increasing responsibility in early and middle childhood programs in their communities. They will also have the opportunity to develop their leadership skills so they can lead initiatives that improve the wellbeing of women and children in their communities. Participants will receive training, coaching and mentoring that has been specifically adapted for their context and language group. Content will cover early and middle childhood, literacy development, protecting children and vulnerable adults, trauma informed practice, leadership and governance. | $598,971 |
| YFS Ltd | Spark Women's Work Employment Mentoring Project | The project will support women impacted by crisis to enter or re‑enter the workforce or training with the support of skilled employment mentors. These expert mentors will help women rebuild their lives by supporting them to pursue work or training goals. They will partner with specialist domestic violence, homelessness workers and financial counsellors to wrap support around women so they can succeed. | $625,500 |
The projects in the table below commenced at various points in time between 2019-2021.
| Applicant | Project Title | Description of Project | Grant Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| Australian Sports Commission | Women Leaders in Sport (WLIS) | This project provides development opportunities and training for women to reach their leadership potential in the sports industry as coaches, officials, administrators, team captains and mentors. The project provides individual development and organisation leadership development grants as well as delivering leadership workshops. The AIS Talent Development Program supports talented women in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine (STEMM) to increase diversity in sport. The Athlete Accelerate Program supports female athletes who have transitioned from their athletic career and the Executive Program provides opportunities to increase women in executive roles. | $3,400,000 |
| Council of Small Business Organisations of Australia Limited (COSBOA) | Future Female Entrepreneurs Program | This project delivers the Academy for Enterprising Girls program which supports young girls aged 10-18, to develop their skills in STEM, entrepreneurship and design thinking. The Accelerator for Enterprising Women program supports young women aged 18-24, providing the skills required to run their own business and includes a one-stop-shop of information, resources and business funding opportunities. The Enterprising ME Women program supports women 18+ with financial literacy, mentorship programs and business/entrepreneurship skills. | $13,700,000 |
| Master Builders Australia Limited | Women Building Australia | This project supports women in the building and construction industry through initiatives that include a national mentoring program, provision of scholarships, industry specific information and resources to support women, as well as a dedicated support line to provide practical advice on issues of discrimination and harassment. | $2,293,000 |
| Financial Advice Association of Australia Limited | Scholarships for Women in Finance and Economics: Administration Service | The project delivers scholarships that encourage more women to study accounting, business, finance and economics, or to renew, upskill or refresh their skills in these areas. This will assist more women, particularly from disadvantaged backgrounds, to enter, re-enter and achieve leadership roles in the economics and financial services sector. These scholarships will help create a talent pool and pipeline for diversity in business leadership for the future. | $2,418,800 |