GO8301: LGBTIQA+ Health Program – Round 1

These guidelines contain information for grants available through the LGBTIQA+ Health Program (LHP) which is administered by LGBTIQ+ Health Australia on behalf of the Australian Government Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

The LHP contributes to delivery of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035, in line with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024.

Organisations with specialist expertise in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing are invited to apply for one-off competitive grants to support new and existing initiatives at the local, regional and national level that will foster access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive health care.

The LHP will contain multiple funding rounds, and the design of future rounds may be refined based on the outcomes and feedback of previous rounds.

The Australian Government has allocated a total of $11.939 million until the 2027-2028 financial year (inclusive) for the LHP.

Not all allocated funding is expected to be awarded in Round 1.

To view the grant opportunity documents, please select the red "Grant Opportunity Documents" button on the left-hand side.

Applications must be on behalf of an organisation where the service is: (a) an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service, or (b) a partnership between an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service and other health and wellbeing service with demonstrated shared resourcing and decision-making, or (c) delivered by a generalist organisation primarily intended to improve the health or wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people where the service has been running within the past 3 years (operating any amount between January 2023 and now).

The proposed program must address one or more actions of Focus Area 2 or 3 from the National Action Plan.

Additionally applications must be from, or auspiced by, organisations that are non-government organisations, registered with the ACNC, have an ABN, are registered for GST, have an account with an Australian financial institution, are a legal entity capable of entering a legally binding agreement, hold current public liability insurance appropriate for the activities, have a governing body responsible for organisational decision-making, maintain financial controls including authorised signatories, and have processes to manage conflicts of interest and complaints appropriate to the organisation's size.

Applicants may submit a maximum of one application per stream.

Partnership applications must be submitted by the lead partner and include evidence of partnership.