Grant funding
Wyemando offers grants to groups and organisations that are undertaking work that preserves and reinvigorates Western Australian Aboriginal languages, with a focus on initiatives for children and young people.
These activities may involve children and young people directly, or produce material outcomes to support cultural and language transmission.
Our funding philosophy
Wyemando offers grants to groups and organisations undertaking activities that focus on ensuring Aboriginal children and young people have the opportunity to learn their parents’ language and engage in their culture of origin. These activities may involve children directly or produce material outcomes to support language and cultural transmission.​
Wyemando's approach to funding
​To best utilise its resources, Wyemando seeks to:
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Develop long-term relationships with organisations that potentially span several years and/or projects
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Use those ongoing relationships to minimise the administrative ‘red tape’ associated with traditional funding processes
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Support a small number of projects well, with funding proportionate to each project's size and ambition
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Work with organisations to identify performance indicators that are relevant to the community's own goals, rather than requiring conformity with externally determined goals
Attributes considered in the application review process
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Evidence of need for the project
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Community support and involvement
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Good planning
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Defined project outcomes with an appropriate evaluation plan
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Appropriate endowment of intellectual property rights, where relevant
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Value for money
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Ongoing impact of the project
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Strong organisational governance
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Effective staff and/or volunteers
Grant categories
Wyemando offers three types of grants to suit various sizes and types of activities
Publication small grants
The publication small grant provides up to $5,000 towards the costs of producing a print or electronic publication.
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This grant can be used for expenses such as editing, illustration and graphic design fees and printing costs for first print runs or the production costs of electronic publications such as cultural/language websites, online databases or dictionaries, phone or tablet apps or interactive games.
General small grants
The general small grant provides up to $5,000 towards the costs of cultural and language activities other than publications.
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Large grants
The large grant provides funds greater than $5,000 towards the costs of cultural and language activities. Large grants have more detailed application and reporting requirements than small grants and may involve staged release of funding.
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Funding eligibility
Expression of Interest
Application is by invitation only, following submission of a successful Expression of Interest (EOI). Expressions of Interest can be submitted at any time.
General eligibility criteria
To be eligible for Wyemando grants, activities must:
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Support Western Australian Aboriginal culture and languages
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Benefit cultural and language acquisition by children and young people under eighteen years of age
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The application must comply with guidelines, conditions and criteria
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The applicant must be either:
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An incorporated body with an ABN, or
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Auspiced by an incorporated body with an ABN (see "Auspicing" below)
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Any previous grants for completed projects must have been acquitted by the applicant (or auspicing organisation where applicable) and the acquittals accepted by Wyemando
Auspicing
Individuals or unincorporated community groups may be eligible for grants if they have the support of an incorporated organisation with an ABN which is willing to accept legal responsibility for administration of the grant and delivery of the activity. Local language and cultural centres, Aboriginal corporations or community service organisations may be willing to take on this role for your project or activity.
Additional requirements for publication grants
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Publications must be deposited with Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Studies (AIATSIS)
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Where publications are sold for profit, Wyemando encourages the allocation of profits to a 'future publication fund' to fund reprints and/or other publications
What Wyemando won't fund
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Capital works
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School programs that are part of the school's existing curriculum or used in academic assessment
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Activities that have already occurred
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Activites carried out by for-profit companies
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