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Optus Connecting Communities Grants Program is the latest hot grant from our Easy Grants newsletter.

Provider: Optus
Region: National
Amounts: $1000 - $5000
Closing Date: July 31, 2009

Purpose: To provide grants to Not For Profit community organisations to help reduce social isolation for those in need and reconnect disengaged youth.

Overview: The Optus Connecting Communities Grants Program enables Optus employees and Not For Profit organisations to proactively seek ways to reduce social isolation and reconnect disengaged youth.

Optus is in the business of communication therefore funding will be awarded to projects aimed at connecting disengaged youth and/or reducing social isolation.

Project types that will be considered can be split into two categories:

• Disengaged Youth

  Disengaged Youth are adolescents and young adults (up to the age of 25) who have become disengaged from society due to lack of education, skills training, employment opportunities, homelessness, substance abuse, and poverty. Optus will provide funding to projects that aim to provide solutions for disengaged youth enabling them to reconnect with society and help to build a better future for themselves.

• Social Inclusion

  Social isolation encompasses social, physical, emotional and geographic isolation. Grant applications should demonstrate how projects will promote and enhance social inclusion such as building social networks, increasing participation in community or family life, or providing access for services such as health and education.

Who can apply: These grants are aimed at assisting communities and therefore individuals and for-profit organisations are not eligible to apply for grants through the Optus Connecting Communities Grants Program.

Optus will accept applications for the Optus Connecting Communities Grants Program from Australian incorporated organisations that have been endorsed by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) as Tax Concession Charities (TCC) and Deductible Gift Recipients (DGR).

How to apply: Online

Contact Details:

Email:connectingcommunities@optus.com.au

Website Info: http://www.optus.com.au/portal/site/aboutoptus/menuitem.813c6f701cee5a14f0419f108c8ac7a0/?vgnextoid=1b95f2d9fd90a110VgnVCMServer29867c0aRCRD&vgnextchannel=cf34f2d9fd90a110VgnVCMServer29867c0aRCRD&vgnextfmt=default

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