Our Watch seeks proposals from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), to outline a prevention of gender-based violence project, with early childhood education and care settings.
As a non-Indigenous organisation, Our Watch recognises that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, communities and organisations hold the expertise, cultural and community connections and strengths to lead this work.
In 2024 Our Watch undertook a review and consultations about primary prevention activity and evidence in early years settings and found:
Our Watch seeks to amplify, strengthen and support primary prevention of gender-based violence activity led by ACCOs in early childhood education and care settings.
The focus of proposals will be the coordination, development and delivery of a primary prevention of gender-based violence project.
Your project idea could be:
Contract value:
Your proposal should outline the community you expect to engage with and include information about:
Proposals for activity that will engage with early years settings in rural, regional and remote communities will be highly regarded. If this is relevant to your project, you should provide a statement addressing how this relates to your proposed approach.
For more information about the application process refer to the information sheet.
Final proposals must be submitted in response to the selection criteria, as outlined in the Request for Proposal document, by 25 July 2025.
8 July 2025 FAQ document available on request by contacting innovation.projects@ourwatch.org.au.
25 July 2025 Closing date for final applications.
For more information please contact Samantha McGuffie innovation.projects@ourwatch.org.au.
This project is funded by the Commonwealth Department of Social Services (DSS).