2025 Aboriginal Languages Growth Program — NSW
$30K – $90K available
Aboriginal Languages Trust
The 2025 Aboriginal Languages Growth Program provides multi-year funding to eligible organisations, groups and Aboriginal sole traders for practical language projects that support deep transmission of Aboriginal Languages and broader community impact in New South Wales. It supports implementation of Community Language Plans, language resilience, education, and sustainable community-led language growth.
Funding
$30K – $90K
Closed
16 Mar 2025
Duration
up to 2 years
Location
New South Wales
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What's Funded
Projects involving deep transmission of Aboriginal Languages, implementation of Community Language Plans, development and use of language resources, community-led language education and sustained language practice activities in New South Wales.Before you apply
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Applicants are expected to deliver measurable language outcomes for community, complete project milestones, provide evidence of community engagement and evaluation, and report on deliverables, outcomes and compliance with Aboriginal Languages Trust requirements.Grant not accepting applications
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What is the 2025 Aboriginal Languages Growth Program?
How much funding does the 2025 Aboriginal Languages Growth Program provide?
Who is eligible for the 2025 Aboriginal Languages Growth Program?
- Must have previously received at least two Aboriginal Languages Trust grants (excluding the Small Grant Program) and delivered them successfully.
- Must be one of the eligible entity types: not-for-profit Aboriginal Community Organisation, eligible Aboriginal sole trader, Aboriginal Corporation, Australian incorporated company, Local Aboriginal Land Council, Incorporated Association, Incorporated Cooperative, incorporated trustee, or an unincorporated Aboriginal group with an eligible auspice arrangement.
- Aboriginal sole trader applicants must have a primary business activity related to New South Wales Languages and projects must not be profit making in nature.
- Must have public liability insurance of at least $10 million per claim, or be willing to purchase it and include the cost in the project budget.
- Must declare whether there is any known actual or perceived conflict of interest with Aboriginal Languages Trust staff, executives or Board Members.
- Must be located in New South Wales and/or deliver services to communities within New South Wales.
- Projects must run within the period 2025-07-01 to 2027-06-30.
- Individuals cannot apply.
- Federal, State or Local Government agencies or bodies, including public schools and hospitals, cannot apply.
- Schools, universities, TAFEs, adult education and ACE organisations cannot apply.
- For-profit organisations cannot apply, except certain Aboriginal sole trader businesses.
- Unincorporated organisations or groups without an eligible auspicing organisation cannot apply.
- Organisations, groups or sole traders that have not met Aboriginal Languages Trust project requirements, including acquittal and reporting in the previous two years, cannot apply.
- Applicants found to have provided false or misleading information in previous Aboriginal Languages Trust grant applications cannot apply.
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