About the Disability Self Help Grants Program
The Victorian Government recognises the important role that self-help groups play in supporting people with disability to live satisfying everyday lives.
The Disability Self Help Grants Program provides grants to Victorian disability self-help groups. The grants give financial help to meet costs to provide social, emotional and practical support to their members.
Self-help groups are self-managed groups that:
- bring people together who deal with similar experiences and barriers through a peer support network
- support their members to share insights and information gained through personal and lived experience
- support people to:
- become active members of their community
- take control of their own situation or circumstance
- raise awareness in the broader community about the experiences of people with disability and their carers.
Grants help strengthen the operation of the self-help groups, including:
- administration costs
- communications
- activities.
The Office for Disability at the Department of Families, Fairness and Housing administers the Disability Self Help Grants Program.
To find out more go to the Disability self help grants program page on the DFFH website
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