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 external website):
- Emergency Relief(Opens external website)
- Food Relief (and Material Aid)(Opens external website)
- Commonwealth Financial Counselling and Financial Capability(Opens external website)
- Financial Wellbeing Hubs(Opens external website) (formerly Money Support Hubs)
- Financial Counselling for Gambling(Opens external website)
- National Debt Helpline(Opens external website) (for invited organisations only).
Find out more:
For queries about grant opportunities, please contact the Community Grants Hub(Opens external website). Questions and answers will be formally recorded and published on GrantConnect.
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