Grant Questions

To help you with the application process, we have provided key questions for each grant category below.

Grant Questions

Applying for a grant?

If you’re looking to apply for a grant, below we have listed the questions asked in the applications.

Wayahead is committed to making the Small Grant Program as accessible as possible. Applicants do not need professional grant-writing experience, and applications from small groups, grassroots organisations, and community-led initiatives are strongly encouraged.

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Grant applications have closed for 2026

Explore the Grant Category Questions

  1. Please provide a brief description of your group/organisation
  2. Please provide a brief description of your proposed project or event, including its purpose, key activities, and the aims you hope to achieve. Make sure to clearly state what the event/project is.
  3. What effective strategies or techniques will you use to initiate conversations about mental health within your event?
  4. How will your event or project incorporate this year’s Mental Health Month theme? 
  5. Why is this year’s theme relevant to your event or project, and how will it support the outcomes you hope to achieve?
  6. How will this event be significant/important to your local community? How will they be involved in the planning process?
  7. Please outline your proposed event date(s) during Mental Health Month and provide a brief timeline of key planning and delivery stages leading up to the event.
  8. What potential risks, challenges, or barriers could impact the delivery or success of your project/event? Please outline how you plan to manage or mitigate these risks.
  9. How do you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your event/project? Outline the tools or approaches you will use to capture participation, feedback, and overall impact.
  10. Do you intend to collaborate with other organisations for this event? If so, provide a list.
  11. Please provide a breakdown of the projected income for this event/project, including all funding sources, expected amounts, and the total anticipated income. 
  12. Please provide a breakdown of the expected expenses for this event, including major cost categories and estimated amounts.

  1. Please provide a brief description of your group/organisation
  2. Please provide a brief description of your proposed project or event, including its purpose, key activities, and the aims you hope to achieve. Make sure to clearly state what the event/project is.
  3. What effective strategies or techniques will you use to initiate conversations about mental health within your event?
  4. How will your event or project incorporate this year’s Mental Health Month theme? 
  5. Why is this year’s theme relevant to your event or project, and how will it support the outcomes you hope to achieve?
  6. How will Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People and/or communities be involved in the planning and implementation of this project?
  7. How will this event be significant/important to Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander People and/or communities?
  8. Please outline your proposed event date(s) during Mental Health Month and provide a brief timeline of key planning and delivery stages leading up to the event.
  9. What potential risks, challenges, or barriers could impact the delivery or success of your project/event? Please outline how you plan to manage or mitigate these risks.
  10. How do you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your event/project? Outline the tools or approaches you will use to capture participation, feedback, and overall impact.
  11. Do you intend to collaborate with other organisations for this event? If so, provide a list.
  12. Please provide a breakdown of the projected income for this event/project, including all funding sources, expected amounts, and the total anticipated income. 
  13. Please provide a breakdown of the expected expenses for this event, including major cost categories and estimated amounts.

  1. Please provide a brief description of your group/organisation
  2. Please provide a brief description of your proposed project or event, including its purpose, key activities, and the aims you hope to achieve. Make sure to clearly state what the event/project is.
  3. What effective strategies or techniques will you use to initiate conversations about mental health within your event?
  4. How will your event or project incorporate this year's Mental Health Month theme? 
  5. Why is this year's theme relevant to your event or project, and how will it support the outcomes you hope to achieve?
  6. How will culturally and linguistically diverse people and/or communities be involved in the planning and implementation of this project?
  7. How will this event be significant/important to culturally and linguistically diverse people and/or communities?
  8. Please outline your proposed event date(s) during Mental Health Month and provide a brief timeline of key planning and delivery stages leading up to the event.
  9. What potential risks, challenges, or barriers could impact the delivery or success of your project/event? Please outline how you plan to manage or mitigate these risks.
  10. How do you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your event/project? Outline the tools or approaches you will use to capture participation, feedback, and overall impact.
  11. Do you intend to collaborate with other organisations for this event? If so, provide a list.
  12. Please provide a breakdown of the projected income for this event/project, including all funding sources, expected amounts, and the total anticipated income. 
  13. Please provide a breakdown of the expected expenses for this event, including major cost categories and estimated amounts.

  1. Please provide a brief description of your group/organisation
  2. Please provide a brief description of your proposed project or event, including its purpose, key activities, and the aims you hope to achieve. Make sure to clearly state what the event/project is.
  3. What effective strategies or techniques will you use to initiate conversations about mental health within your event?
  4. How will your event or project incorporate this year’s Mental Health Month theme? 
  5. Why is this year’s theme relevant to your event or project, and how will it support the outcomes you hope to achieve?
  6. How will LGBTQIA+ people and/or communities be involved in the planning and implementation of this project?
  7. How will this event be significant/important to LGBTQIA+ people and/or communities?
  8. Please outline your proposed event date(s) during Mental Health Month and provide a brief timeline of key planning and delivery stages leading up to the event.
  9. What potential risks, challenges, or barriers could impact the delivery or success of your project/event? Please outline how you plan to manage or mitigate these risks.
  10. How do you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your event/project? Outline the tools or approaches you will use to capture participation, feedback, and overall impact.
  11. Do you intend to collaborate with other organisations for this event? If so, provide a list.
  12. Please provide a breakdown of the projected income for this event/project, including all funding sources, expected amounts, and the total anticipated income. 
  13. Please provide a breakdown of the expected expenses for this event, including major cost categories and estimated amounts.

  1. Please provide a brief description of your group/organisation
  2. Please provide a brief description of your proposed project or event, including its purpose, key activities, and the aims you hope to achieve. Make sure to clearly state what the event/project is.
  3. What effective strategies or techniques will you use to initiate conversations about mental health within your event?
  4. How will your event or project incorporate this year’s Mental Health Month theme? 
  5. Why is this year’s theme relevant to your event or project, and how will it support the outcomes you hope to achieve?
  6. How will young people and/or communities be involved in the planning and implementation of this project?
  7. How will this event be significant/important to young people and/or communities?
  8. Please outline your proposed event date(s) during Mental Health Month and provide a brief timeline of key planning and delivery stages leading up to the event.
  9. What potential risks, challenges, or barriers could impact the delivery or success of your project/event? Please outline how you plan to manage or mitigate these risks.
  10. How do you plan to evaluate the effectiveness of your event/project? Outline the tools or approaches you will use to capture participation, feedback, and overall impact.
  11. Do you intend to collaborate with other organisations for this event? If so, provide a list.
  12. Please provide a breakdown of the projected income for this event/project, including all funding sources, expected amounts, and the total anticipated income. 
  13. Please provide a breakdown of the expected expenses for this event, including major cost categories and estimated amounts.