Through its Community Grants program, RACQ Foundation gives community groups, charities, sporting clubs and First Nations Councils the opportunity to prepare for the future with resilience-based projects.

This includes both recovery grants and resilience-based project grants which may relate to physical, nature-based and social solutions.

Types of resilience-based projects which will be considered

• Physical Resilience (Built)
  • Enhancement (or building back better) of current property, equipment or infrastructure by increasing resilience capabilities to withstand, respond and recover from natural disasters.
  • Examples: building modifications (guttering, drainage, water storage), emergency power sources (solar/generators), retro fitting infrastructure to make them sustainable.
• Nature-based Resilience (Environment)
  • Support of nature-based solutions that add natural protection to the built environment, including restoration, rehabilitation and management of vegetation.
  • Examples: Activities that assist in improving environmental degradation - erosion, siltation, scouring and biodiversity loss.
• Social Resilience (Human and Social)
  • Improvement of public awareness and preparedness of disaster risks and impacts to maximise broader outcomes such as productivity, connectivity and social inclusion.
  • Examples: Education programs, planning workshops.

To be eligible for funding yourorganisation must meet each of the criteria outlined below:

1. Your organisation must be either:
   • a small to medium community organisation;
   • a charity or other organisation with a charitable purpose; or
   • a Queensland First Nations Shire*.
2. The project must benefit Queenslanders who have been impacted by natural disasters. This includes resilience-based projects which relate to our funding categories; Physical, Nature-Based and Social Solutions.
3. The project must be completed within 6 months of grant approval.
4. The grant must be used to:
   • pay for material items or something tangible; or
   • have a positive community impact by reducing disaster risk and the impacts of natural disasters; or
   • help raise awareness and build community engagement in resilience; or
   • pay for relevant project costs to assist in the delivery of a resilience-based project which will reduce disaster risk.

See application form for further limitations. 

• Phone: 07 3872 8603
• Email: racqfoundation@racq.com.au