Dame Roma Mitchell Grants Program – Australia

The South Australian Government and South Australian Council of Social Service established the Dame Roma Mitchell Trust Fund for Children and Young People (DRMTF) to make grants available to children and young people who are, or have been, under a guardianship order pursuant to current or previous child protection legislation in South Australia, for at least one full year.

Grants are also available under certain circumstances, to those who have lived in the long-term care of relatives under family care agreements, financially supported on a regular basis by the Department for Child Protection (or a previous equivalent) for a combined total of at least one year. Grants are provided to:

• assist the applicant to achieve personal goals
• contribute to the health and wellbeing of the applicant
• provide developmental opportunities for the applicant.

Categories

Dame Roma Mitchell Grants are available in the following categories:

• Achieving personal goals
  • These grants provide a range of social, recreational and self-development opportunities.  Previous grants have been awarded for:
    • musical instruments
    • attendance at workshops
    • art materials
    • sporting equipment
• Health and wellbeing
  • Grants have been awarded to support independence, identity and health such as:
    • driving lessons
    • essential basic furniture and household items
    • counselling
    • health services or equipment not covered by existing government funding.
• Developmental opportunities
  • Grants can support young people to re-engage in learning or earning to successfully achieve educational or vocational outcomes. Previous grants have provided:
    • pre-vocational courses
    • computers and software to assist with study and gaining employment
    • textbooks
    • business expenses
    • study opportunities, workshops and conferences
    • tools for apprenticeships.

Eligibility Criteria

• You are eligible to apply if
  • you are, or have been, under a guardianship order pursuant to current or previous child protection legislation in South Australia, for at least one full year; or
  • alternatively, you may be eligible, if you are a child/young person who is/was placed in the long-term care of relatives under family care agreements, financially supported on a regular basis by the Department for Child Protection (or a previous equivalent) for a combined total of at least one year;
  • and you are under 30 years of age, at the closing date of the funding round.
• Please note: agencies or groups are not eligible to apply for this funding.

For more information, visit South Australian Government.