Sexual Violence Recovery and Healing Grant Program

The NSW and Australian Governments have committed a total of $3 million in one-off, time-limited grant funding to support two-year projects under the NSW Sexual Violence Recovery & Healing Grant Program (the SVRH Grant Program). Additional funding has also been provided to support its administration and evaluation.

The SVRH Grant Program is designed to fund community-based initiatives to build the capacity of communities and services to strengthen recovery and healing support to meet the needs of victim-survivors of sexual violence from NSW priority groups which include;

• Aboriginal communities
• multicultural communities
• LGBTIQA+ communities
• people with disability
• children and young people
• adult survivors of child sexual abuse
• older women
• people experiencing homelessness
• people in contact with the criminal justice system

It aims to fund projects across metro, rural and regional NSW with clear alignment to the grant objectives, the identified outcomes and with actionable delivery plans. Only projects that demonstrate clear adaptation to meet the needs of priority groups will be supported, including those not originally designed for these communities.

Before completing this application form, you should have read the NSW Sexual Violence Recovery & Healing Grant Program Guidelines

Please Note:

• Eligibility and submission of an application does not guarantee funding.
• This grant is one-off funding.
• Applications open on  27 October 2025 & close at 4pm AEST on 5 December 2025 via the Smarty Grants portal.
• Incomplete applications may be deemed ineligible.
• Late submissions will not be considered or accepted unless in emergency or extreme circumstances where DCJ is satisfied that the integrity of the process has not been compromised and subject to probity advice.

Support available:

If you require any assistance or have any queries relating to SmartyGrants or the application form: Please contact via email grantdesignandsupport@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you require any assistance or have any queries relating to this grant program, please contact via email SVRH.grants@dcj.nsw.gov.au

If you are an ACCO, you can also contact DCJ's Aboriginal Commissioning team with any queries via email aboriginalcommissioning@dcj.nsw.gov.au

Please ensure to quote your Application ID (in the text box below) for all correspondence with the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).

The applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

• submission of this application does not guarantee funding will be granted for any project, and the Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ) expressly reserves its right to accept or reject this application at its discretion.
• it must bear the costs of preparing and submitting this application and the DCJ does not accept any liability for such costs, whether or not this application is ultimately accepted or rejected; and
• it has read the Grant Program Guidelines and has fully informed itself of the relevant program requirements.

By submitting this application form, the Applicant acknowledges and agrees that:

• if this project application is successful, the relevant details of the project will be made public, including details such as the names of the organisation (Applicant) and any partnering organisation (state government agency or non-government organisation), project title, project description, location, anticipated time for completion and amount awarded;
• the Department will use reasonable endeavours to ensure that any information received in or in respect of this application which is clearly marked ‘Commercial-in-confidence’ or ‘Confidential’ is treated as confidential, however, such documents will remain subject to the Government Information (Public Access) Act 2009 (NSW) (GIPA Act); and
• in some circumstances the Department may release information contained in this application form and other relevant information in relation to this application in response to a request lodged under the GIPA Act or otherwise as required or permitted by law.

• Applicant has read the NSW Sexual Violence Recovery & Healing Grant Program Guidelines
• must be an eligible legal entity located in NSW
• Must be able to enter into a grant funding agreement with Department of Communities and Justice (DCJ).
• Must have an Australian bank account
• Must have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or Australian Company Number (ACN) or Australian Incorporation Number (AIN).
• Applicant must have appropriate and current Public Liability insurance minimum of $10 million.
• Applicant must address the NSW National Redress Scheme sanctions.
• Application will not be accepted from an organisation that has outstanding acquittal/s with the DCJ.
• The project primarily focuses on capacity building to enhance existing practices and services aimed at supporting victim-survivors to heal and recover.
• The project focuses on meeting the recovery and healing needs of victim-survivors of sexual violence from at least -one of the identified priority groups
• The project will be delivered within the state of NSW only.

• Please note: Only one application for funding will be accepted per organisation.