What organisations can apply for a grant?
Not-for-profit community organisations with a member base of people primarily aged 60 and over are eligible to apply for a Telstra Connected Seniors® grant. The following criteria also need to be met:
- The applicant must be a legal entity with legal status such as an incorporated body, co-operative or association; and
- The applicant must hold an Australian Business Number (ABN) and/or provide written advice from the Australian Tax Office that no withholding tax is required from the grant payment
Organisations who do not meet the above criteria, i.e. non-incorporated organisations, may partner with and apply for a grant through another organisation which meets the application criteria.
The Telstra judging committee will review performance and delivery of previous grants together with any new applications for any organisation who wishes to re-apply for another Telstra Connected Seniors® grant.
Grants are not available for the following applicants:
- Individuals
- 'For-profit' bodies
- Government bodies
- Political parties or their candidates
- Organisations based outside Australia
Grants will not be provided to support the following activities:
- Personal, living, medical or interstate/overseas travel expenses
- Equipment solely for personal use and not primarily related to delivery of Telstra Connected Seniors® program training courses
- Conferences
- Cash loans
- Retrospective funding
- Commercial activities
- Public appeals and fundraising strategies
- General organisation maintenance or running expenses, except those directly resulting from running the Telstra Connected Seniors® program
- Programs with a religious, political or sectarian basis
- Programs outside Australia
- Commercial film making
- Major building works as the sole purpose of the application