Grants for Living in Harmony

Objective

Provide funding to eligible community organisations to address local issues affecting community harmony.

Description

The Living in Harmony Funded Community Projects program is designed to provide the additional resources often needed by not-for-profit organisations to develop their own projects and find their own ways of helping Australians build positive community relations in a culturally diverse society.

The program also funds community projects that respond to specific and emerging issues of cultural, racial and religious intolerance. Emerging issues funding supports community relevant projects that strengthen social cohesion, community harmony and cross cultural understanding.

Performance

In September 2007, 41 projects were funded from a field of 391 applicants in the annual application process. These projects reflected the priority areas for the 2007 grants round of new and emerging communities, young people, community based activities and Indigenous Australians.

At the end of the financial year, 60 projects remain open from the 2007–08 and previous funding rounds. The 2007–08 projects are achieving quality outcomes and are expected to be completed by the end of 2008.

In 2007–08, six projects were funded under the Emerging Issues Funding program to respond to specific and identified issues of racism, intolerance and community disharmony.

Table 85: Grants for Living in Harmony—performance information

Measures	Results
	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08
Quality
Funding agreements meet agreed milestones	Agreed milestones satisfactorily met
Quantity
Grants administered	39	48	47