ClosedNon-Profit2025 Inclusion Readiness Payments

2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments — NSW

Up to $5K available

Department of Education

Funding is available to eligible NSW community preschools for specialised equipment, furniture or minor environmental modifications that support children with disability and additional needs to participate in educational programs on the same basis as their peers. The program is part of the Disability and Inclusion Program for NSW Community Preschools.

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Funding

Up to $5K

Closed

23 May 2025

Duration

Funding must be expended in the year it was allocated for.

Location

New South Wales

Who Can Apply

• Applicant must be a community preschool. • Applicant must be receiving funding under NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools or the Mobile Preschool Funding Program. • Community preschool must not have previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) funding. • Community preschool must not have previously received Inclusive Environments (IE) funding. • Community preschool must not have any children with disability recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or applicable 2024 ad hoc data submission.
This funding is available only to community preschools receiving funding under the NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools or the Mobile Preschool Funding Program. To be eligible for service-based Inclusion Readiness funding, the community preschool must not have previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) or Inclusive Environments (IE) funding, and must not have any children with disability recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or, where applicable, an ad hoc data submission in 2024.

What's Funded

Purchase of specialised equipment or furniture, and minor environmental modifications in community preschools to improve inclusion readiness for children with disability and additional needs.

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Expected Outcomes

Improved access, participation, learning, development and wellbeing for children with disability and additional needs in community preschools, and increased preschool capacity to include these children in future.

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Key Information

Applicant Types

non_profit

Stage

established

Funding Purposes

communitycapital_expenditureother

Keywords

community preschooldisability inclusioninclusive environmentsinclusion readinessspecialised equipmentfurnitureenvironmental modificationsearly childhood education

Official Grant Page

Department of Education

Frequently Asked Questions

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What is the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments?

The 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments is a non-profit grant offered by Department of Education in Australia, providing Up to $5K in funding. Funding is available to eligible NSW community preschools for specialised equipment, furniture or minor environmental modifications that support children with disability and additional needs to participate in educational programs on the same basis as their peers. The program is part of the Disability and Inclusion Program for NSW Community Preschools.
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How much funding does the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments provide?

The 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments provides Up to $5K in funding. The typical project duration is Funding must be expended in the year it was allocated for..
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Who is eligible for the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments?

  • Applicant must be a community preschool.
  • Applicant must be receiving funding under NSW Start Strong for Community Preschools or the Mobile Preschool Funding Program.
  • Community preschool must not have previously received High Learning Support Needs (HLSN) funding.
  • Community preschool must not have previously received Inclusive Environments (IE) funding.
  • Community preschool must not have any children with disability recorded as attending the service in the 2024 Annual Preschool Census or applicable 2024 ad hoc data submission.
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When does the 2025 Inclusive Environments Funding Program - Inclusion Readiness Payments close?

Applications closed on 23 May 2025.
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What activities are funded?

Purchase of specialised equipment or furniture, and minor environmental modifications in community preschools to improve inclusion readiness for children with disability and additional needs.
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