The Baptist Care SA Foundation makes funding available to SA Baptist Churches through Collaborative Community Projects funding. Collaborative Community Projects must facilitate partnerships between SA Baptist Churches and Baptist Care SA, and be community-informed, collaborative and sustainable. SA Baptist Churches can apply for funding from the Baptist Care SA Foundation for amounts between $500 to $20,000 per year, for up to three years. SA Baptist Churches must commit to matching the funding with the equivalent amount during the funding period. This is to encourage greater congregational engagement and ensure the sustainability of the project.
Projects that will be considered for CCP funding must include:
For the purpose of the Collaborative Community Project, people considered to be vulnerable are defined as:
For further information, please email Baptist Care SA’s Project Coordinator.
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Funding provided by the Baptist Care SA Foundation.
‘To discuss a project area or to find out about the next round of funding please email Rachael Foster, Project Coordinator..
Churches may apply for matched funding* of $500 to $20,000 per year for up to three (3) years.
It is anticipated most successful projects will be funded for approximately $5,000-$15,000 per year for three (3) years.
Requests for larger amounts will be considered but are less likely to be funded and all such project ideas must be discussed with Baptist Care SA before application.
Preference will be given to dollar-for-dollar matching contributions in order to create greater congregational buy-in and project sustainability.
Discretion will be used in considering in-kind volunteer work or community funding as matched funding.
Matched funding can be staged per year- that is, church contributions can begin as smaller amounts but increase over the funding period. This would need to be clearly articulated as part of the application process.
*Matched funding means the applying church will commit to contributing the equivalent value of the funding received from Baptist Care SA toward the project over the funding period.
Projects that will be considered for CCP funding must include:
For the purpose of the Collaborative Community Project, people considered to be vulnerable are defined as:
Get Out – Young people are engaged in mentoring or group activities with many becoming fully integrated into their local community, learning life skills such as camping, meal planning and how to prepare for a house inspection.
Kids COACH Mentoring – A school-based COACH Mentoring Program in which trained Christian mentors from Clovercrest Baptist Church offer friendship through onsite activities at local schools to vulnerable children referred by the primary school.
Enrich Life Clay Cup Ministry – A café training and mentoring program designed to upskill vulnerable participants struggling with unemployment, mental health pressures etc. with both hard hospitality skills and soft inter-personal skills that build their confidence and capacity and increase their employability.
Community Meals Program – A meals preparation training and mentoring program designed to upskill vulnerable participants with the skills to create meals and increase confidence and employability.
English as a Second Language Program – A variety of English as Second Language classes each week at different levels to help students with language learning and connections.
Hours – A driver mentoring program that works to see economically and socially vulnerable young people at risk of homelessness supported to gain the required hours of driving practice to achieve their provisional license.
Community of Hope Creative Arts Project – An community art program that aims to foster artistic expression and community connection.
A school-based COACH Mentoring Program in which trained Christian mentors from Grange Baptist Church offer friendship through onsite activities at local schools to vulnerable children referred by the primary school.
Family COACH Mentoring: A strengths- based family mentoring program, based around participants self-identified goals. This program supports vulnerable people with children under twelve years old to increase their connection with others, be empowered to recognise and use their own strengths and local resources to find solutions for their own self-identified challenges. Clovercrest have strong opportunities for referrals through their Pathway Community Centre.
SAFE Centre – Focusing on domestic violence in the southern suburbs.
Baptist Care SA, lives, works and walks on Kaurna, Peramangk and Boandik lands. We acknowledge Aboriginal people as the state’s first peoples, recognise their traditional ownership, and respect their cultural heritage, beliefs, deep connection and continued guardianship of land and waters. We value the contributions of Elders past and present, and are committed to learning from those emerging.