Healthy Lifestyle Grants Program
If you're an eligible organisation, you can access funding to improve the health of places in the Northern Territory (NT).
This includes workplaces, childcare centres, school shops, parks, food outlets, community centres and sporting clubs.
You must also address one or more of the following objectives:
- increase access and promotion of healthy food and drinks
- reduce access and promotion of unhealthy food and drinks
- increase food security
- increase opportunities for active living and physical activity
- support behavioural change to reduce the risk of chronic conditions
- create partnerships to support health and wellbeing.
Who can apply
To be eligible, your organisation must be:
- located and operating in the Northern Territory
- a not-for-profit
- one of the following:
- incorporated under and compliant with the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 or the Associations Act 2003
- a recognised local governing body established under the Local Government Act 2019.
How to apply
The 2024 grant round is now open until 12 noon Friday 1 March.
Funding of $10,000 to $35,000 is available. To apply, go to Grants NT.
Grant recipients
Find past successful projects below.
2023
In 2023, local government councils and NT based not-for-profit organisations were eligible to apply.
| Title of activity or project | Organisation name | Community, region or suburb | Approved amount | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Health Lifestyle Program 2023 | Wagait Shire Council | Top End | $20,000 | Nutrition and physical activity |
Deadly Healthy | CAAPS Aboriginal Corporation | Top End | $30,000 | Nutrition |
Warlpiri Town Camp – Healthy Lifestyles | Tangentyere Council Aboriginal Corporation | Central Australia | $30,000 | Nutrition, hygiene and environmental health |
Kalkaringi Riders | Katherine West Health Board | Big Rivers | $30,000 | Physical activity |
Miwatj Health Community Water Stations | Miwatj Health Aboriginal Corporation | East Arnhem | $30,000 | Nutrition (water) |
Ted Collins Village Playground | St Vincent de Paul Society (NT) Inc | Top End | $30,000 | Physical activity |
Remote Pools Project | YMCA of the NT Youth and Community Services Ltd | Central Australia | $30,000 | Physical activity |
Healthy life camp and adventure 2023 | Mawurli and Wirriwangkuma Aboriginal Corporation | Big Rivers | $20,000 | Nutrition and physical activity |
2022
In 2022, local government councils and NT based not-for-profit organisations were eligible to apply.
Title of activity or project | Organisation name | Community, region or suburb | Approved amount | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water fountains at Pat Gallagaher Netball Centre | Alice Springs Netball Association | Alice Springs | $2,445.26 | Nutrition (water) |
| Healthy meals project | Yuendumu Women’s Centre Aboriginal Corporation | Yuendumu | $20,000 | Nutrition (food security) |
| Healthy way: healthy tucker, healthy bodies, healthy lives | Waltja Tjutangku Palyapayi Aboriginal Corporation | Mount Liebig, Papunya, Laramba, Atitjere, Engawala and Bonya | $30,000 | Nutrition and physical activity |
| Promoting Indian herbs and vegetables in foods for their health and medicinal properties | The Tamil Society of the Northern Territory | Darwin | $3,100 | Nutrition |
| Healthy bodies, healthy minds project | Mental Health Association Of Central Australia | Alice Springs | $12,827 | Nutrition and physical activity |
| Community mountain bike trail whipper snipping | Central Australian Rough Riders | Alice Springs | $2,274 | Physical activity |
| Supporting healthy lifestyles and wellbeing for people living with dementia | Dementia Australia | Darwin, Palmerston and surrounding rural areas | $10,948 | Nutrition and physical activity |
| All abilities swimming initiative | Swimming Northern Territory | Darwin and Palmerston | $20,000 | Physical activity |
| One health: connecting human and animal health for improved community outcomes | Animal Management in Rural and Remote Indigenous Communities | Wadeye | $23,322 | Health promoting environments |
| Remote skateboarding workshops | Laynhapuy Homelands Aboriginal Corporation | Gangan, Baniyala, Wandawuy, Garrthalala and Dhalinybuy | $30,000 | Physical activity |
| ‘Footy 4 Life’ Program for people with a disability | AFL Northern Territory | Alice Springs | $13,442 | Physical activity |
| Healthy Lifestyle Program for young people | Diabetes Association of the NT | Knuckeys Lagoon and Bagot Community | $30,000 | Nutrition and physical activity |
| Healthy Lifestyle Program 2022 for older people | Wagait Shire Council | Wagait | $20,000 | Physical activity |
2021
In 2021, only local government councils were eligible to apply.
Title of activity or project | Organisation name | Community, region or suburb | Approved amount | Focus |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Water bubblers in Wadeye, Peppimenarti and Nganmarriyanga | West Daly Regional Council | Wadeye, Peppimenarti and Nganmarriyanga | $18,110 | Nutrition (water) |
| Increased awareness, access and use of free outdoor exercise equipment | City of Darwin | Anula, Karama and Muirhead | $15,000 | Physical activity |
| Water bubblers around the Belyuen Community | Belyuen Community Government Council | Belyuen | $15,500 | Nutrition (water) |
| Water fountains at McMinns Lagoon and Howard Park Recreation Reserves | Litchfield Council | Howard Springs and McMinns Lagoon | $12,240 | Nutrition (water) |
| Provision of safe drinking water | Wagait Shire Council | Wagait Beach | $14,974 | Nutrition (water) |
| Clean, refrigerated, public drinking water fountains at remote Victoria Daly communities | Victoria Daly Regional Council | Kalkarinji and Yarralin | $25,719 | Nutrition (water) |
| Coomalie inclusive pools project | Coomalie Community Government Council | Batchelor | $22,915.50 | Physical activity |
| Active Alice Mums | Alice Springs Town Council | Alice Springs | $21,480 | Physical activity |
| Health information and installation of cool water bubblers in Binjari | Katherine Town Council | Binjari | $17,176.80 | Nutrition (water) |
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