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LGBTIQA+ Health Program Round 2

LGBTIQA+ Health Program Round 2

  • Funding up to $550,000. Grant amount depends on the funding stream:
    • Stream 1, Advancing Organisations: Grants of between $200,000 and $225,000, excluding GST.
    • Stream 2, Medium-to-Large Organisations: Grants of between $500,000 and $550,000, excluding GST.
  • Activities are expected to run from 1 February 2027 to 30 June 2028.
  • Applications close on November 6 2026 at 2.00 pm AEDT.
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The LGBTIQA+ Health Program Round 2 provides one-off competitive grants to organisations with specialist experience in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing. Funding will support new or expanded initiatives delivered at local, regional or national level that improve access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive healthcare. The program focuses on preventive health, protective factors, health literacy and the accessibility, availability and safety of healthcare services.

Projects may include clinical and non-clinical services such as psychosocial and peer support, selected allied health services, health promotion, alcohol and substance use programs, chronic disease initiatives and specified perinatal or antenatal support. Two streams are available, based on the applicant’s average annual revenue over the previous three years. Applicants must be eligible non-government, not-for-profit organisations and demonstrate appropriate experience, governance, financial controls and capacity to deliver the proposed activities.

Key Requirements

  • Improve access to healthcare services. Projects should enhance the accessibility, availability and safety of healthcare for LGBTIQA+ people through inclusive, affirming and culturally appropriate service delivery.
  • Strengthen preventive health and health literacy. Activities should support preventive health, protective factors, disease prevention, early intervention and improved health literacy within LGBTIQA+ communities.
  • Build organisational and community capacity. Projects should strengthen the capability of organisations and communities through partnerships, knowledge sharing and sustainable service delivery.
  • Address identified health and wellbeing needs. Applicants must demonstrate the health or wellbeing gap their project will address and show how research, data or evaluation has informed the project design.
  • Demonstrate relevant experience. Applicants must provide evidence of experience delivering LGBTIQA+ focused health and wellbeing services and show a history of respectful, person-centred and trauma-informed practice.
  • Provide a deliverable project design. Applications must include clear activities, achievable milestones, an evaluation approach and information about the project’s future after funding ends.
  • Demonstrate capacity and risk management. Applicants must show that they have appropriate governance, business systems, qualified personnel, cultural capability, safeguards and risk controls.
  • Provide value for money. Budgets must be clear, accurate, realistic and directly connected to the proposed project activities

What is eligible for funding?

Funding may support:

  • Psychosocial support to treat or prevent mental ill-health.
  • Peer support to improve mental health.
  • Physiotherapy services.
  • Dietetic services.
  • Psychological support.
  • Health literacy and health promotion activities.
  • Alcohol and substance use outreach and support.
  • Chronic disease programs.
  • Cancer and sexual health screening programs.
  • Outreach relating to specific diseases, including dementia.
  • Perinatal and antenatal support addressing the mental and physical health of pregnant people during the postnatal period.
  • Mental health support for parents.
  • Physical health support for children.
  • Expansion of an existing service into a new location.
  • Piloting enhancements to an existing service, where the activity does not duplicate funding from another source

What companies are eligible for funding?

Eligible applicants must be one of the following:

  • An LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing organisation.
  • A partnership between an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing organisation and another health and wellbeing organisation, with shared resources and decision-making.
  • A generalist organisation that has delivered a service exclusively intended to improve the health or wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people within the past three years.
  • A consortium that includes at least one LGBTIQA+ community-led organisation.
  • An eligible organisation applying through an appropriate auspicing arrangement.

Applicants must also:

  • Be a non-government organisation.
  • Be registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission.
  • Hold an Australian Business Number.
  • Be registered for GST.
  • Hold an account with an Australian financial institution.
  • Be a legal entity capable of entering into a binding agreement, or have an eligible auspicing organisation.
  • Hold appropriate public liability insurance.
  • Have a governing body responsible for organisational decisions.
  • Maintain appropriate financial controls.
  • Have processes for managing conflicts of interest and complaints.
  • Propose a program addressing at least one action under Focus Area 2 or Focus Area 3 of the relevant national health and wellbeing action plan.
  • Not have received funding as a lead applicant under Round 1. A Round 1 recipient may participate only as a non-lead partner in Round 2.
  • Submit no more than one application per stream, including individual, partnership and consortium applications.

Stream eligibility

  • Stream 1, Advancing Organisations: Applicants must have average annual revenue of less than $2 million over the previous three years.
  • Stream 2, Medium-to-Large Organisations: Applicants must have average annual revenue of $2 million or more over the previous three years.
  • Partnership and consortium stream eligibility is determined by the average annual revenue of the lead applicant.
  • The maximum grant available to a partnership or consortium is based on the stream eligibility of the lead applicant, regardless of the number of participating organisations.

Is this grant competitive or entitlement based?

Competitive. Your application will be assessed among other applications by a judging panel.

How can I increase my chances of winning this grant?

By engaging a professional government grant writer consultant. Avant Group is Australia’s largest independent grants advisory firm. Find out more about our government grant writing and consulting service here. 

How can I get help understanding if I’m eligible for this grant? Or know if I’m likely to win funding?

Avant Group offers a no-obligation assessment of your eligibility for funding and will assess your likelihood of a successful grant application.