Building Digital Skills Grant – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities

Building Digital Skills Grant – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities is sponsored by Good Things Foundation (Be Connected program). This opportunity supports mission-aligned projects and measurable outcomes.

Building Digital Skills Grant - Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities | Good Things Foundation Building Digital Skills Grant – Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander communities Apply for up to $5,200 to run digital skills programs for older Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people in your community. Grant now open! Apply before 27 March 2026.

Apply for a grant on my. GoodThings Building Digital Skills grants help organisations deliver free Be Connected digital literacy programs to older Australians in their community. Building Digital Skills grants help organisations to support older Australians aged 50+ through free digital mentoring sessions.

A range of resources and support materials are available to help organisations to deliver this program, including the learning courses available on the Be Connected learning site . Building Digital Skills grants have specialist contracts available for organisations supporting older Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to be connected.

By providing the Be Connected program for free using this grant, recipients will help older people to develop their digital skills and confidence. Building Digital Skills grants are offered by Good Things to community organisations in Australia through the Be Connected program . Please read our guidelines and T&C’s carefully before applying for this grant funding.

Check the guidelines and apply on my. GoodThings Tips to apply for this grant Did you know that there are specialist contracts available? Application templates?

Watch our video to learn some tips that help you apply for a Building Digital Skills Grant.

5 tips to apply for the Building Digital Skills Grant Our funding to provide free digital skills support to over 50s Check if you’re eligible for a specialist grant Specialist grants with reduced learner numbers are available for organisations in remote areas OR working with people over 50 with disability, from CALD communities or First Nations communities.

Avoid mistakes in your application by reading our Grant Guidelines, Terms and Conditions and information carefully. Be clear how the money will be used Use our grant budget template in your application. Explain how you are planning to use the funds.

Demonstrate value for money. Make the most of the word limit Use all the space available to explain your digital skills program. Be specific and avoid jargon that we can’t understand.

Use our project plan template to describe your program in more detail. Don’t leave it to the last minute Avoid mistakes by taking your time to apply. The questions you need to answer are in the grant guidelines.

Prepare and apply in advance of the deadline. Our grants and support team are happy to help if you have any questionsApplications for Building Digital Skills Grants are open year round. More information and to apply: goodthingsaustralia.

org/grants-and-opportunities Learn more about this grant If you work with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities you may be eligible for a specialist Building Digital Skills grant. You can choose between two different specialist grant contracts with different numbers of people you commit to supporting.

Specialist contracts for Indigenous communities There are two types of Building Digital Skills grants – standard and specialist contracts. Not every community is the same, and some have additional challenges for community organisations to reach and support to improve their digital skills. Our specialist grant contracts have a reduced number of older Australians to support in recognition of this.

There are two different Building Digital Skills Grant Specialist contracts you can apply for: $3,000 to support 15 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people aged 50+ supported to gain digital literacy skills $5,200 to support 37 Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people aged 50+ supported to gain digital literacy skills. Both contract sizes are for a 12 month period.

Specialist grant contracts are available through every Building Digital Skills grant round. Occasionally we offer specialist-only rounds to provide additional opportunities for organisations supporting these communities to receive funding through this program. There are specific eligibility criteria you must meet for the specialist contracts.

Read the grant guidelines to find out more. What can I spend the grant on? This Building Digital Skills grant funds community organisations to provide free digital skills support to Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people aged over 50 years.

These support sessions can be provided either one-on-one or in groups. Grant funding can be used to pay for the costs of providing this support, including: staff and volunteer expenses transport for participants to and from sessions In your grant application, you will need to submit a budget using our template letting us know how you will spend the funds .

Read the grant guidelines and contract to find more details on how this grant can work for you. Organisations with a Building Digital Skills grant will be required to use the Be Connected learning resources and the Digital Skills Checkers for this program. You may also use other learning resources to provide culturally appropriate digital skills support.

You will have to report on learners who have been supported and their progress in our my. GoodThings website . These are Be Connected program requirements.

Support is available to help you to use these tools. Read the grant guidelines to find out more. See grant guideline for more detail about the evaluation.

Documents and grant application Please read our grant guidelines carefully before you apply. They contain critical information that can help you understand eligibility and what you need to do for the grant. The guidelines also include a list of all the grant application questions to help you prepare.

Use our project plan and budget templates in your application. Download them in advance, fill them in, then upload into the online application form. Learn more about how a Building Digital Skills Grant could work for your organisation by reading the grant guidelines.

Use our grant application templates See guidelines and apply on my. GoodThings Check your eligibility for a Good Things grant using our new grants bot. Learn more about how our grants bot can help .

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