Purpose
The Establishment Grant Program is designed to encourage and support the establishment of new services to increase the number of approved BASC places for NSW Government primary school children.
Overview
Establishment Grant objectives
The objectives of the Establishment Grant Program are to:
Support the establishment of new approved BASC services that will meet demonstrated unmet demand
Ensure access for NSW Government primary school students to approved BASC
Applicants may seek up to $40,000 (GST inclusive) to support establishment and operating expenses, pending eligibility as detailed in the guidelines. This is a competitive grant program, which will run throughout financial year 2021-2022.
All grant funding must be spent within twelve (12) months of receiving the funds.
Example
What expenses can be funded?
The Establishment Grant Program will support the establishment of a new approved OSHC service. This includes, but is not limited to, the following:
Establishment costs
Direct staffing costs
Operational and administration expenses
Office equipment required for establishment
Resources and food
Marketing and promotion of service
Programs/activities to retain/attract enrolments
License fees
Rental fees
Consumables
Utilities.
Limitations
Eligible applicants
Applicants must be an approved Out of School Hours Care (OSHC) provider.
The application must benefit one (1) approved OSHC service operating in NSW, and one application is required per service location.
Providers may submit multiple applications that benefit other services they manage; however, applications that are clearly duplicates will not be considered.
The benefiting service must provide evidence of care to NSW Public School students.
The benefitting service must be a new service; that is, it cannot have been operating before 1 January 2021.
The applicant must provide evidence of unmet demand for the service (e.g. letter of support from a school principal, parent surveys).
Applications must be submitted by an authorised officer: a person legally able to enter into agreements on behalf of the approved service provider.
NSW Public Schools are not eligible to apply for an Establishment Grant.
What expenses will not be funded?
Funding is not available through this program for non-recurrent expenses, such as:
Activities not related to the delivery of BASC services
Activities that are already funded by another government grants program
Reimbursement for activities that have already occurred, or purchases that have already been made
Activities that are not aligned with NSW Department of Education policies
Expenditure that does not represent value for money
Activities that are not within the scope of the National Quality Framework
Expenses (including capital expenses) not directly related to the establishment of BASC services
Office space.
Applications opened 19 April 2022 and close 27 May 2022.