From 1 July 2025, the Australian Government is investing around $150 million each year over 5 years across Financial Wellbeing and Capability (FWC) Activity programs.
FWC programs provide free and confidential services to support vulnerable Australians and their families to navigate financial crisis, manage financial stress and hardship, and improve their long-term financial wellbeing.
Grant opportunities for the following FWC programs are now open for application at GrantConnect(Opens in a new tab/window):
- Emergency Relief(Opens in a new tab/window)
- Food Relief (and Material Aid)(Opens in a new tab/window)
- Commonwealth Financial Counselling and Financial Capability(Opens in a new tab/window)
- Financial Wellbeing Hubs(Opens in a new tab/window) (formerly Money Support Hubs)
- Financial Counselling for Gambling(Opens in a new tab/window)
- National Debt Helpline(Opens in a new tab/window) (for invited organisations only).
Find out more:
For queries about grant opportunities, please contact the Community Grants Hub(Opens in a new tab/window). Questions and answers will be formally recorded and published on GrantConnect.
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