The FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grant program helps communities take action on ideas generated by young Australians on issues that matter to remote, rural and regional youth. The Heywire Project Ideas are developed annually at the Heywire Youth Summit in Canberra.
Grants of up to $10,000 are available for communities to act on these issues by either adopting or adapting the project ideas.
That might include implementing the idea as developed by the Heywire Youth or by adapting it to respond to the issue the project idea seeks to address with an initiative that meets the needs of young people in your community.
Through these grants, this program aims to:
- Make remote, rural and regional Australia a better place to grow up for young Australians;
- Put young people at the centre of decision making about issues affecting them within their community;
- Strengthen young people's connections to their community, by providing an avenue for organisations to engage well with youth.
Funds will be available to implement or pilot one of the Heywire ideas. A broad range of charitable projects are considered under this program, including:
- Delivering, or providing activities, events, programs and services;
- Purchasing or hiring equipment and materials;
- Community infrastructure projects;
- Organisational capacity building;
- Community resource development.
Projects must be undertaken betweenAugust 2024 and January 2026.
