WA Mentally Healthy Workplaces Grant Program

Total funding available: $4 million over four years
Funding streams and amounts: Stage one grants of up to $200,000 per year, for initiatives of up to two years
Activity period: Up to two years per funded initiative
Applications close: 12 May 2026

The WA Mentally Healthy Workplaces (MHW) Grant Program provides funding to support the creation of safer workplaces by improving how organisations understand, identify and manage psychosocial hazards. Delivered by WorkSafe WA within the Department of Local Government, Industry Regulation and Safety, the program supports initiatives that help prevent work-related psychological harm and strengthen compliance with psychosocial work health and safety duties. The program focuses on practical, accessible outputs that workplaces can readily apply, with an emphasis on building foundational capability across industries and workforce groups. Funding is delivered through a competitive, two-stage model, with the current guidelines outlining stage one initiatives focused on awareness and understanding. The program operates from 2025–26 to 2028–29 and is intended to build on the outcomes achieved in the initial funding round completed in 2024–25.

Key Requirements

Improve workplace understanding and management of psychosocial hazards through practical and accessible initiatives

Support prevention of work-related psychological harm by addressing psychosocial risks in work design and organisational practices

Build workplace capability to meet psychosocial work health and safety duties

Develop skills to recognise, assess and manage psychosocial hazards

Ensure outputs are accessible, usable and relevant for diverse workforces

What is eligible for funding?

Training to support understanding, identification or assessment of psychosocial hazards and related duties

Development of practical workplace resources, tools or guidance on psychosocial hazards

Adaptation or enhancement of existing psychosocial guidance to improve accessibility or relevance

Awareness initiatives that improve understanding of psychosocial hazards and WHS duties

Capability building initiatives that strengthen psychosocial WHS knowledge and practice

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 an accredited government grants consultant, such as Avant Group.

Competitive grants often require significant business case development and project analysis to support the application, this may include detailed presentations supporting the project’s merit, projected sales, cost-benefit analysis and more.

As part of your engagement with Avant Group, your account manager will assess the required documents and will provide the following as needed to support your grant submission.

Grant application writeup including a detailed presentation illustrating how the grant funding will contribute to your project, how the funding will contribute to the project’s budget, a project milestone plan, delivery timeline, impact on employment if applicable and a breakdown of the management and leadership team for the project

Industry analysis presentation
Competitor Analysis Presentation
Marketing and Sales Analysis Presentation
3-5 year Cashflow Forecast
3-5 year Balance Sheet Forecast
Cost-Benefit Analysis of Grant Funding
End-to-end grant application including information collating, analysis and application writing
CAPEX (Capital Expenditure) cost-benefit analysis
Stakeholder relations and Risk Mitigation Plans
Any other relevant forecasting that will support your application

How can I get help with my application? 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.

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