The LHP contributes to delivery of the National Action Plan for the Health and Wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ People 2025–2035, in line with the Public Governance, Performance and Accountability Act 2013 and Commonwealth Grants Rules and Principles 2024.

Organisations with specialist expertise in LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing are invited to apply for one-off competitive grants to support new and existing initiatives at the local, regional and national level that will foster access to appropriate, culturally sound and inclusive health care. The LHP will contain multiple funding rounds, and the design of future rounds may be refined based on the outcomes and feedback of previous rounds.

Specific objectives of the LHP are:
– Building the capacity and capability of organisations to enhance accessibility, availability and safety of healthcare services for LGBTIQA+ people.
– Building the capacity in communities through strengthened partnerships to enhance preventive health, protective factors and build health literacy for LGBTIQA+ communities.
– Growing the evidence base to inform decision making and enhance future action and support for LGBTIQA+ communities.

The intended outcomes of the LHP are:
– Improved health and wellbeing for LGBTIQA+ people through access to safe, respectful, high-quality, and inclusive services.
– Reduced preventable mortality and morbidity via health promotion, improved health literacy, disease prevention, and early intervention.
– Better outcomes for priority subpopulations at greatest risk, including First Nations people, those in regional and remote areas, people with disability, culturally and linguistically diverse communities, those experiencing mental ill-health, and people impacted by domestic, family and sexual violence.
– Enhanced delivery of care that is safe, high-quality, affirming, trauma-informed, and person-centred.
– Increased understanding of LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing experiences through robust data collection, analysis, and evaluation of policies, programs, and services.

Streams:

Stream 1:  Advancing Organisations – earning an average of $2 million or less annually in the past 3 years
– Up to $150,000 over 12 months, or
– Up to $300,000 over 24 months

Stream 2: Medium-to-Large Organisations – earning an average of over $2 million annually in the past 3 years
– Up to $750,000 over 24 months

Organisations can submit a maximum of one application per stream.

One of the aims of the LHP is to build capacity of the LGBTIQA+ health and wellbeing sector. Medium-to-large organisations funded through Stream 2 will be expected to support
advancing organisations through national communities of practice, knowledge sharing and other capacity building activities. Advancing organisations will have access to resources and
support from LHA, other LHP participants and externally facilitated opportunities.

To be eligible, you must demonstrate the application is on behalf of an organisation where the service is:
– An LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service, or
– A partnership between an LGBTIQA+ community-led health and wellbeing service and other health and wellbeing service, where shared resourcing and decision-making is demonstrated, or
– Delivered by a generalist organisation but primarily intended to improve the health or wellbeing of LGBTIQA+ people and this service has been running within the past 3 years (i.e. was operating for any amount of time between January 2023 to now).

Click here to view full funding guidelines on the provider’s website.