Each year SHARE gives grants to UnitingCare agencies and other community service groups throughout Victoria and Tasmania. These grants help to provide child and family support, youth and disability services, alcohol and drug rehabilitation, supported accommodation projects, aged care services and emergency relief.

Summary of Purpose

To provide financial assistance that will enhance the quality of support services to the aged, disadvantaged children and families, the disabled and identified groups with significant support needs.

Priority Interests

Emergency relief, care and support of disadvantaged groups, or groups with significant support needs, training of volunteers, education, particularly as it related to life skills, counselling, advocacy, and community services directed to the nominated target groups.

Priorities

Priority 1: Proposals which directly address urgent human need or are preventative in na ture.

Priority 2:  Proposals which indirectly address human need, or contribute towards preventative care.

In addition SHARE gives particular attention to:

i) Applications for new or innovative work in small programs, with highest priority to  those without start up resources but that would appear to be ultimately self-sufficient.

ii) Applications for programs meeting newly emerging needs.

iii) Applications for preventative/interventional work proven to be of high priority.

Property, land, renovations, vehicles, staff salaries and equipment have a very low priority.

Target Groups

The elderly in or in need of care, disadvantaged children and families in distress, youth 'at risk', people with disabilities and their carers and those recovering from substance abuse.

Legal Limitations

Assistance is only available to those organisations able to offer tax deductibility for donations. Grants are not paid via auspicing agencies for the benefit of agencies not eligible.

Grant Categories

SHARE Community Appeal 

Only funds health and community service programs that directly/indirectly address urgent human needs.  Specific focus on innovative programs.

A & H Johns Bequests

Only funds programs which assist young people with a disability in Victoria.

UnitingCare Pancake Day grants

Only funds UnitingCare agencies.

Grant Exclusions

Physical property, land, buildings, renovations, equipment, seminars and conferences, salary costs which would be expected to be met by the auspicing or principal funding body.

Grant Frequency

Annually