On 18 September 2018 the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, the Hon David Coleman MP announced the opening of the Fostering Integration Grants.
These grants will help local community organisations to deliver programs & activities that give migrants best chance of succeeding assisting them to integrate into Australian economic, social & civil life.
An integrated and cohesive multicultural Australia includes migrants who:
• have the capacity to communicate in English, the national language of Australia
• actively participate in Australian society through work, school, sport or other community activities
• embrace Australian values and abide by Australian laws
• are gainfully employed
• are resilient in times of crisis
• have social networks that cross ethnic and religious groups
• are welcomed and supported by the broader Australian community.
The grants will be for programs, activities and events that work with newly arrived migrants, first and second generation migrants and communities showing early signs of, or potential for integration challenges and/or cultural intolerance. Grants of between AUD10,000 and AUD50,000 are available across Australia.
Source: Fostering-Integration-Grants.pdf