After you apply

After you submit your application, we will send you an email acknowledging that we have received your application.

We will then assess your application, and you will receive a notification letting you know if you have been successful.

Who assesses your application?

All applications are assessed by an independent panel, which consists of local members from communities in the Torres Strait, the Endeavour Strait, and the Northern Peninsula Area.

Assessment & approval process

The following process generally applies to open grant rounds (applications for sporting and active communities grants and healthy projects and initiatives grants).

The timeframe for this process will be dependent on the number of applications received, but is generally expected to take approximately four weeks.

Your Funding agreement

If you are successful in getting a grant, you must sign a funding agreement before starting the funded activity or receiving payment.

This funding agreement will confirm:

  • The approved activity

  • The approved amount

  • The funding period

  • Your reporting requirements

  • Acknowledgement requirements

  • The variation process

  • Acquittal requirements

  • Circumstances where funds may need to be repaid.

You can only use funding for approved purposes. GBK must approve any changes to the project, budget, timing, or delivery arrangements before the change occurs.

If you have questions about your Grant Agreement, please contact the Healthy Communities Team.

Variations, extensions, and changes

You must contact GBK as soon as you become aware of any of the following:

  • Your project cannot be delivered as approved

  • Your project budget needs to change

  • The activity date(s) for your project needs to change

  • Your project cannot be completed on time

  • An approved supplier or partner changes

  • There are unspent funds

  • There is a risk your project will not achieve its intended outcomes.

GBK may approve a variation where the proposed change remains consistent with the Program objectives, the approved funding purpose and the intended community benefit.

Requests to extend an activity across financial years may not be supported and will be assessed by GBK on a case-by-case basis. This assessment will take into account the reason for the delay and if the activity can still achieve its intended outcomes.