Accept the Grant Agreement An authorised
representative must
accept the grant
agreement in the grant
portal.
(within 30 days)
2
Complete your project In line with this
agreement.
3
Submit your End of Project Report via the grant portal.
To accept this offer, a representative authorised to enter into an agreement on behalf of your
organisation must accept the grant Agreement on the portal. Accepting the Agreement on the
portal is equivalent to signing a grant agreement. We may withdraw the offer if you do not accept
the Agreement by which is 30 days from the date we notified you that you
were successful.
If you are not authorised to enter into a grant agreement on behalf of your organisation, you will
need to identify a representative who is.
The Agreement takes effect from the date we acknowledge receipt of your acceptance of this
Agreement.
You must undertake the project in line with this Agreement. You must only spend the grant on
eligible activities to undertake the project.
If you spend any amount of the grant on activities not identified in the project, or if you have a grant
amount unspent at the project end date, you will need to repay those amounts to the
Commonwealth.
You must submit the reports set out in the reporting table of the grant schedule (attachment A) by
the due dates. You may be required to provide evidence of the grant expenditure. You can find a
sample of the report requirements at attachment C.
We may, at our absolute discretion, unilaterally extend the project end date, the final report due
date and the agreement end date, by notice where we consider it appropriate to enable you to
complete your project. The extension will take effect from your receipt of the notice. For the
avoidance of doubt such notification will act to vary the agreement despite clause 15.2 of the grant
terms and conditions
You must ensure that anyone who has direct, unsupervised contact with children as part of your
project under this Agreement has undertaken and passed a working with children check, if required
under relevant state or territory legislation. You are also responsible for assessing the suitability of
the people you engage as part of your project to ensure children are kept safe.
You must provide us with a statement of compliance with working with children legislation if
requested.
If you make a public statement, publish any material or erect any signage in relation to your project
you must acknowledge the funding you received from this grant. You must use any form of
acknowledgment the Commonwealth reasonably specifies. You must notify us about events
relating to the project and provide an opportunity for the Minister or their representative to attend.
Stronger Communities Programme Round 6
Exchange of Letters Grant Agreement Sample
December 2020
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If you erect signage in relation to the project, the signage must contain an acknowledgement of the
grant.