The Fund helps with support for projects delivering benefits to our local communities in the areas of health and wellbeing, community safety, environment and education.

The Aurizon Community Giving Fund is focused on the areas of health and wellbeing, community safety, the environment and education. All applications for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must fit within at least one of these funding categories to be eligible for consideration.

These funding categories are defined as follows:

• Health & Wellbeing - Seeking to provide grants to initiatives that improve a community's health and wellbeing, such as cardiovascular health related projects e.g. getting active/physical activity or healthy lifestyle programs, and mental health support.
• Community Safety - Seeking to support initiatives that increase safety and security in our local communities, such as projects related to emergency response, crime prevention, natural disaster prevention and minimisation measures, accident prevention and road safety.
• The Environment - Seeking to support initiatives that promote environmental enhancement in our local communities, and in particular, initiatives that are focused on improving biodiversity of natural habitats, community conservation and environmental education (for example, land rehabilitation and revegetation programs, clean-up and education days and local conservation projects).
• Education - Seeking to provide support in areas such as literacy and numeracy, life education, apprenticeships and traineeships, and in particular, increasing and retaining skills in regional areas.

Funding

Aurizon Community Giving Fund grants will be based on a minimum of AUD$1,000 and a maximum of AUD$20,000 per grant. Please note that the final grant amount awarded to a successful applicant may vary from the amount originally requested in its application.

The organisation applying for an Aurizon Community Giving Fund grant must be endorsed by the Australian Tax Office (ATO) as a Deductible Gift Recipient Item 1. All successful applicants will be required to supply their ABN so that verification of DGR status can be carried out.

Exclusions

Aurizon Community Giving Fund grants will not be awarded to or for:

• individuals;
• political parties;
• government entities;
• commercial sponsorships;
• religious groups (except for projects that support a non-religious purpose);
• retrospective requests;
• debt retirement, budget deficits, endowments or bequest programs; or
• general fundraising appeals.

Aurizon is seeking to primarily support geographic regions of their key operations. The immediate areas in which Aurizon operates include:

• Phone: 13 23 32
• Email: community@aurizon.com.au