Each year Power and Water supports a variety of community events and organisations through its Community Grants Program and applications are now open for 2025.
The grants support initiatives making a difference to the lives of Territorians, with grants available between $1,000 - $5,000 (excluding GST).
Power and Water awarded 10 community grants in 2024. The recipients were selected for their dedication to projects and initiatives that help shape the future of the Territory, care for and support Territorians, and uplift and create opportunities for Territorians.
Power and Water Deputy Chief Executive Officer, John Pease said the Community Grants Program is a way for the organisation to give back.
‘Our purpose is making a difference to the lives of Territorians,’ John said.
‘It is the driving force behind everything we do. Through the Community Grants Program, we support organisations that deliver initiatives with the same focus.’
Katie Thompson from the Bluearth Foundation’s Girls on Country Program in Alice Springs said their grant enables vital support to deliver culturally appropriate, on-country education on domestic violence for more than 60 Indigenous girls enrolled in the program.
‘This funding from Power and Water allows us to deepen our focus on fostering resilience, leadership and wellbeing, while addressing critical issues like domestic violence in a way that is both culturally safe and empowering,’ Ms Thompson said.
The 2024 Community Grant recipients were:
- One Percent Program – youth mentorship programs.
- Darwin's Men Shed – repairing bikes for children in remote communities.
- Top End Pride (NT) Incorporated – Darwin Pride Festival.
- FABalice Festival Inc – FABalice Festival.
- Barkly Regional Arts – Desert Harmony Festival.
- Centralian Land Management Association – Red Centre Rural Ladies Day.
- Kindness Shake – Kindness Festival.
- InspiredNT – Stories in the Sky remote schools project
- Bluearth Foundation, Girls on Country Program – Girls on Country Program.
- Special Childrens Christmas Party – The Darwin Christmas Party.
The 2025 round of community grants is open for events and initiatives taking place between January 1 and December 31, 2025. For more information, visit Community partnerships | Power and Water Corporation.
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