About the Small Grant Program
Each year, Wayahead provides a range of small grants to support mental health events during October. These grants are designed to help facilitate initiatives that highlight the importance of mental health within diverse communities and raise awareness of mental health issues in line with the annual theme.
2025 Grant applications are not yet open.
Mental Health Month Grants
A Mental Health Month project or event is a great way to encourage awareness of mental health, and social and emotional wellbeing in your community. It can decrease stigma, and empower people to seek help, for themselves or others.
Our judging panel operates independently, comprising of mental health experts, sector professionals, and individuals with expertise or affiliation with specific demographics such as Youth, LGBTQIA+, CALD, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. Notably, Wayahead staff abstain from involvement in the grant application process.
Each year, Wayahead extends over 30 small grants of either $500 or $1000 to community groups and organisations across NSW, facilitating the initiation of Mental Health Month projects or events.
Please be advised that grant applications must align their event dates with Mental Health Month (October), enhancing the significance and impact of the program.
Grant Categories
The Youth Grant category invites young people, individuals, youth-focused groups or organisations to propose projects or events promoting mental health awareness among peers during Mental Health Month. Recipients align with the theme ‘Let’s Talk About It’ and partner with Wayahead to amplify the impact of their initiatives within communities.
The Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CALD) Grant category encourages individuals, groups or organisations addressing CALD communities to propose projects or events promoting mental health awareness and support. Recipients align their initiatives with the theme ‘Let’s Talk About It’ and partner with Wayahead to enhance the impact of their events.
The LGBTQIA+ Grant category welcomes individuals, groups or organisations focusing on LGBTQIA+ to propose projects or events promoting mental health awareness and support within the community. Recipients align their initiatives with the theme ‘Let’s Talk About It’ and partner with Wayahead to enhance the impact of their efforts.
The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Grant category welcomes individuals, groups or organisations focusing on Indigenous communities to propose projects or events promoting mental health awareness and support. Recipients align their initiatives with the theme ‘Let’s Talk About It’ and partner with Wayahead to support the impact of their efforts within these communities.
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