Organisations working together to provide long-term support for families experiencing domestic and family violence in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia are invited to apply for funding from the Paul Ramsay Foundation in a new Grant Round.
The Strengthening Family-Centred Collaborations Grant Round seeks to bolster cross-sector domestic and family violence (DFV) collaborations by providing recipients with funding and support from learning partners to strengthen their existing activities.
Expressions of interest are open from 29 April until 10 June 2025, and are open to existing collaborations that satisfy the following criteria:
- Consist of three or more organisations that have already been working together on a shared purpose for a minimum of six months
- Based in and benefitting communities in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia or Western Australia (collaborations that are First Nations-led or mainly benefiting First Nations communities in areas adjacent to the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia or Western Australia will also be considered)
- Mainly benefit one or more of these cohorts: pregnant women, children under 12 years, First Nations communities, or CALD communities
- Focus on secondary prevention (supports for vulnerable families to change their trajectories), and/or recovery and healing (supports that build stability and minimise long-term trauma responses after adverse events).
Each collaboration in the Grant Round will receive $600,000 across three years ($200,000 per annum). The funding can be used for activities including advocacy, capability supports, research projects, inclusion of lived experience in the Collaboration's activities, and shared tools. In addition, the selected collaborations will work with learning partners to capture collective knowledge to improve outcomes for families.
PRF's Head of Families Jackie Ruddock said the Grant Round was a step towards creating the holistic and comprehensive services that would better support families affected by DFV.
"We know that for families experiencing DFV to receive meaningful support, services need to work together to support the whole family," she said.
"The Strengthening Family-Centred Collaborations Grant Round is intended to bolster the capacity of services to work collaboratively to wrap around and support families experiencing DFV and create better outcomes for all those involved.
"This Grant Round is directly informed by feedback from recipients of PRF's previous DFV investments. We look forward to hearing from the collaborations already working together in the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and Western Australia to reduce the intergenerational impacts of domestic and family violence and helping families to thrive."
