The NSDP provides direct financial assistance to address the health and wellbeing of the shed members within the shed environment; support health education for shed members, deliver appropriate activities and programmes, improve facilities and the sustainability of Men's Sheds across Australia.

The NSDP is a competitive grants programme and applications are open to all Men's Sheds across Australia regardless of location or AMSA membership.

Men’s Sheds can apply for financial support across the following funding categories:

• Category 1 Health, Wellbeing and Events - $8,000 maximum
• Category 2 Shed Improvements - $8,000 maximum
• Category 3 Tool and Equipment - $5,000 maximum
• Category 4 Mental Health, Wellbeing and Events - $8,000 maximum
• Category 5 Defibrillators - $2,250 maximum

Who can apply?

• All Men’s Sheds regardless of their location or membership of AMSA.
• All Men’s Sheds registered as a legal entity.
• Men’s Sheds that are not a registered legal entity can have an overseeing sponsor body act on their behalf and submit an application. If a sponsor body acts as an applicant, written consent must be in place in the form of a signed Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement between the Men’s Shed and applying body and this document must accompany the application as an attachment. The sponsor body must be a legal or registered entity, such as an Association incorporated under State and Territory Incorporation legislation, and act as a legal entity separate from its individual members that can hold property. 
• Applicants who have previously received funding under the NSDP are eligible to apply and will be required to list all prior funding received both from the NSDP and other government funding. This will form part of the consideration by the Evaluation Panel and will be provided to the Australian Government Department of Health and Aged Care.

What cannot be funded by the NSDP?

• Building a new shed/facility is not supported under this programme.
• Funds to support a designated co-ordinator.
• Utility expenses such as electricity, telephone, internet etc.
• The purchase, leasing and associated maintenance of vehicles.
• Sponsoring bodies requests to reimburse their organisational expenses - the grant funds are for those expenses incurred directly by the Men’s Shed project.
• Sponsoring bodies requests to fund their organisational staff expenses.
• Sponsoring bodies requests to apply an administration fee.
• Individual projects requiring ongoing funding.
• The purchase of land.
• Repair of facilities damaged by vandalism, fire or other natural disasters where the act is covered by insurance.
• Contingency costs.
• Additional funding for Men’s Sheds that have already received substantial funding from governments for similar applications and for which need is not identified.

• Phone: 1300 550 009
• Email: amsa@mensshed.net