Connecting Schools Grant 

Connecting Schools Grant funding is available to any school or educational facility for children in Western Australia, that is registered, and actively engaged, in the Your Move program.

To be eligible to apply for a Connecting Schools Grant, Your Move schools must:

• have completed a Start of Year Hands Up Survey, or completed one within two weeks of the school joining the program;
• reach a Your Move accreditation level of Silver or higher before the grant period closes;
• commit to submitting an End of Year Hands Up Survey in Term 4, 2023; and
• have fulfilled all acquittal requirements for previous Connecting Schools Grants funded projects.

Four types of grants (small, medium, large and major) will be available to apply for in Term 4, 2024. Eligibility for each level is based on the Your Move accreditation level the school has achieved in 2024 (refer to table below).

For example, if your school has reached silver accreditation, you can apply for a small grant valued at up to $799. If your school has reached double platinum accreditation, your school could apply for a small, medium, large or major grant, depending on the grant package you wish to be considered for.

It is important to note schools can only apply for and receive, where deemed successful, one Connecting Schools grant per financial year. If your school is unsuccessful, you will not be able to apply again until the next round. Where a school has successful applied for and received a major grant in the past two years, that school will be ineligible to apply for a major grant in 2024, however where eligible, are permitted to apply for a lesser value grant (see below for more details on major grant eligibility).

Funding is offered as packaged services and goods. Below is a sample of packages which will be available for schools to apply for through the application process. Please note, major grant applications must be solely for the use of infrastructure projects.

The Connecting Schools Grant aims to distribute grants funding equitably throughout the WA school community. To ensure this happens, schools successful for a major grant in any given year are deemed ineligible to apply for another major grant for the subsequent two financial years. Schools that are ineligible to redeem a major grant during their two-year exclusion period are permitted to apply for a lesser value grant. Please check the table below, to see if your school is subject to this exclusion period.