Who does the Foundation Support?
The APWF understands that elderly people need understanding, tolerance and kindness. It is important that they have entertainment, social interaction and all the social comforts that they deserve. The APWF helps organisations to remove the uncertainty and fears of the aged and elderly.
The Foundation wants to support organisations that help people who are:
- older Australians (minimum age dependent on demographics), and
- are disadvantaged and unable to provide themselves with food or clothing, or
- are lonely or unhappy because of their location, their environment or because of physical or mental disadvantage, or
- need resources to make their lives more meaningful and interesting, or
- need companionship, or
- need stimulation or encouragement to use the gifts which God has given them, to satisfy their aspirations, to use their talents and to make them feel that life is worth living, or
- need advice, or
- need transport
With the aim of assisting aged persons in the above circumstances, the APWF would like to receive grant applications from organisations that:
- provide care in the form of entertainment or stimulation, or some other activity, which they are unable themselves to fund
- assist persons living in their own or rented homes who need help to repair or maintain or alter their homes
- assist persons who need holidays
- support carers, who give most of their time caring for others
- support volunteers or others who provide help and support to aged persons
- purchase equipment, including wheelchairs, beds and computers to provide for the needs of their aged residents.
The APWF provides grants to organisations that assist numerous aged persons rather than providing grants for the benefit of individuals.
Eligibility
The APWF can only consider applications for funding from organisations with (DGR 1) – Deductible Gift Recipient 1 status.
The Foundation was established for the specific purpose of granting funds to organisations to provide services and support for the welfare of elderly persons.
Types of projects we wish to support are those that focus on:
- Older Australians (minimum age dependent on demographics)
- Persons who need food, shelter or clothing.
- Persons who are unable to meet their needs from their resources.
- Persons in need of companionship, advice or transport.
- Groups being cared for by another registered charity when the care required is for entertainment or some other activity.
- Persons living in their own, or rented, homes but who need help to repair or maintain or alter their home but either need management or funds to get those things done
- Persons who have the opportunity to obtain special care but who must have some assistance in order to participate
- Carers ie, people who give most of their time to caring for others eg, care of old or incapacitated people – often relatives. This is respite care to either party from time to time (we would have to fund the respite caring charity).
- Support to individuals (but not paid to them), often as members of a group who give help as needed to old people.
- The purchase of equipment (wheelchairs, buses etc) to groups, subject to appropriate conditions
Grant Exclusions:
- Not for research of any description unless it is a minor part of the project.
- Not for education, or religious purposes unless it is a minor part of the project.
- Not for payments to collection agencies; overhead expense (except where the amount claimed is actually paid, and was incurred due to the applicant’s involvement with our Trust);
- Not for the purchase, repair, maintenance, of land or buildings unless for the improvement of areas / facilities used by persons we wish to help.
- Not for care normally provided by hospitals or other similar primary health providers.
- Not for overseas aid.
- Not for purposes which can be funded by applicants from their own resources.
