Updates

Funding opportunities: Financial wellbeing services

These financial wellbeing funding opportunities are provided by the federal Department of Social Services.

• Emergency Relief (closing Monday, 2 December)
  The Emergency Relief program provides immediate financial or material aid to eligible people in financial stress or hardship and who have limited means or resources to help them alleviate their financial crisis.
• Food Relief (closing Monday, 2 December)
  The Food Relief program aims to increase Commonwealth-funded Emergency Relief providers’ access to a cost-effective supply of food and material aid, for provision to eligible clients experiencing financial crisis.
• Financial Counselling for Gambling (closing Monday, 2 December)
  Financial Counselling for Gambling services provide specialised Commonwealth Financial Counselling services in targeted locations to support eligible people experiencing financial stress or hardship as a result of gambling harm.
• Commonwealth Financial Counselling and Financial Capability (closing Monday, 2 December)
  The Commonwealth Financial Counselling and Financial Capability program provides free, confidential and non-judgmental financial counselling and financial capability services, including information, advice and advocacy to eligible people experiencing financial difficulty.
• Financial Wellbeing Hubs (closing Monday, 9 December)
  Financial Wellbeing Hubs provide integrated, co-located financial wellbeing services, including financial counselling, financial capability and emergency relief services, and access to microfinance products, with a focus on supporting people to increase their financial literacy and longer-term resilience.