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Parliamentary Questions


Question On Notice No. 2953 asked in the Legislative Council on 19 May 2020 by Hon Nick Goiran

Question Directed to the: Leader of the House representing the Minister for Community Services
Parliament: 40 Session: 1


Question

I refer to the peak advocacy bodies that currently attract funding from the Department of Communities under the Sector Support program, and I ask:
(a) which peak bodies currently receive departmental funding;
(b) on an annual basis, how much does each peak body receive;
(c) do any of the peak bodies also receive funding through other Department of Communities programs or grants; and
(d) if yes to (c), will the Minister please provide a table showing, for each peak body, which other grant or program they receive, as well as the amount and purpose of that funding?

Answered on 23 June 2020

(a-b) The Department of Communities provides peak bodies with the following annual funding under the Sector Support, Development and Advocacy Program:

Organisation Name

 

2019-20 Annual Funding

(ex GST)

ConnectGroups - Support Groups Association WA Inc

$369,727.27

Financial Counsellors' Association of Western Australia Inc

$365,000.00

Linkwest Incorporated

$303,341.45

Men's Sheds of WA

$150,000.00

Playgroup WA Inc

$120,095.31

Shelter WA Inc

$773.826.36

Stopping Family Violence Inc.

$390,000.00

Volunteer Centre of Western Australia (Inc)

$580,342.73

Western Australian Council of Social Service Inc

$992,458.00

Youth Affairs Council of Western Australia

$455,000.00

Note: As part of its service contracting reform, the Department is transitioning peak advocacy bodies into the Sector Support, Development and Advocacy program and it is anticipated that the Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence will come under this program in due course.

(c)   Yes.

(d)   Please see the tables below for peak bodies that receive funding through other programs/grants, the purpose and the annual amount received:

Organisation Name

Program Name

Purpose

 2019-20 Annual Funding Level (ex GST)

Playgroup WA Inc

Learning Together with Play Intergenerational Service

Facilitates and promotes community participation of seniors, particularly those who are at risk of being isolated, in intergenerational activities with families with young children 0-5 years of age. 

$134,804.77

 

 

 

 

 

Organisation Name

Grant Project Name

Purpose

Grant Amount (ex GST)

Financial Counsellors' Association of WA Inc.

Financial Counselling Workshop Development

Provides financial assistance via scholarship to individuals who are undertaking study or are intending to undertake study in financial counselling, and organisations to support the professional development and accreditation of financial counsellors in Western Australia. Grant covers the period May 2018 to June 2020.

$125,000.00

Financial Counsellors' Association of WA Inc.

Economic Empowerment

A collaborative project between FCAWA, the Women’s Council for Domestic and Family Violence Services WA, the Women’s Law Centre, Financial Toolbox and Curtin University which aims to address economic abuse among women escaping family violence. Grant covers the period March 2020 to April 2021.

$50,000.00

Shelter WA Inc.

WA Alliance to End Homelessness Project

Enables Shelter WA Inc. to maintain business continuity for the WA Alliance to End Homelessness (WAAEH) project for the six months to May 2020 to continue cross-sector mobilization and alignment of effort and support sector reform to end homelessness and to support implementation of the WAAEH’s 10-Year Strategy to End Homelessness.

$100,000.00