Financial Counselling Industry Fund releases funding strategyWritten on the 5 March 2025 by SAFCA Following last year’s extensive stakeholder consultation (thanks to any of you who contributed!), we’re excited to share that the FCIF has released its three year Grants Strategy. The Strategy articulates FCIF's funding principles - a commitment to:
It also identifies three priority funding areas: Expansion, Innovation, and Workforce. Over the next three years we'll be running a series of grant rounds: you can read more about the new strategy, on FCIF’s Grants Strategy page and sign up for updates about grant rounds. Find out about FCIF's 2025 Innovation Grant round The FCIF will open its 2025 Innovation Grant round late in March. This round funds projects that improve the timeliness or efficiency of financial counselling service delivery, testing and scaling new ideas that deliver benefits right across the sector. You can hear all about these new grants and how recipients will be selected from FCIF's CEO Elissa Freeman and Grants and Impact Manager at webinars on Tuesday 11 or Thursday 13 March at 2-3pm (AEDT). This round will be followed by FCIF's 2025 Expansion Grant Round - getting more boots on the ground providing direct services to people experiencing financial vulnerability. Dates for this round will be announced following the allocation of funding in the Department of Social Services 2025-2030 financial counselling grant rounds (currently underway), in line with FCIF's funding principle that industry funding is additional to ongoing government funding. RSVP for the webinars:
Can't make it? Sign up for updates to hear about future grant rounds. Innovation grants: FCIF calls for Expressions of Interest Do you have a project that could:
If so, the FCIF invites you to submit an EOI for an Innovation Grant. (reference link coming soon!) If this grant round isn't for you, but you'd be interested in hearing more about other grant opportunities, sign up to receive updates from FCIF. Author:SAFCA |
