Critical Support for Multicultural Communities – Places of Significance

Overview

The Australian Government is inviting organisations through a closed non-competitive process to apply to deliver infrastructure projects under the Critical Support for Multicultural Communities Program over 3 years from 2025–26 to 2027–28.  The Critical Support for Multicultural Communities - Places of Significance grant opportunity provides funding of $23.3 million (GST exclusive). The invited organisations have been identified as having demonstrated effectiveness and experience and are considered to possess: appropriate cultural awareness to deliver places of cultural significance that meet the needs of multicultural communities a strong reputation and record in working with multicultural communities to increase the uptake of Australian values, boost civic participation and enable connection through the use of existing community spaces a demonstrated willingness to strengthen inclusion and social cohesion. The objectives of the grant opportunity are to: Construct and/or upgrade places of cultural significance that fill an identified gap or need of multicultural communities. Promote and encourage the uptake of Australian values within cultural and spiritually significant places. Strengthen inclusion and social cohesion, boost civic participation and enable new and established multicultural communities to connect. The intended outcomes of the grant opportunity are to: Deliver physical infrastructure to support multicultural communities to connect and commune in a designated safe physical environment. Facilitate increased opportunities for engagement and foster social inclusion and cohesion. More information about the Critical Support for Multicultural Communities - Places of Significance Grant, as well as requirements for applicants, can be found in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines. Other grant opportunity documents are only accessible by invited applicants on the GrantConnect website.