Keep your community connected
DVA grants of up to $1,000 are available to RSL Sub-Branches to host an event this October.
RSL Sub-branches are encouraged to host an event for their local community in support of Veterans’ Health Week (VHW).
Veterans’ Health Week (VHW) will be held from 13-20 October, but events can take place any time in October.
This year’s theme is Keep Connected, which highlights the importance of staying socially connected to family and friends and the positive impact that connectedness can have on mental health and improved wellbeing.
DVA is offering one-off funding of $1000 to support event organisers to help plan and deliver events that help veterans make social connections in their local communities.
Last year, RSL Sub-Branches hosted 194 events as part of VHW. There was a whole range of great events on offer. There were ‘family fun days’, mindfulness and meditation workshops, mental health workshops, painting, woodwork and cooking classes, scavenger hunts, walks, bowling, golf days and even “Baby Goat Yoga” (we wish we could have been there, Currumbin Palm Beach RSL Sub-Branch!).
The aim is to bring the community together, so if you’ve got a great idea, visit the DVA webpage and download the funding guidelines and application form.
To support your event, you can also download the VHW kit bag. The kit bag includes a brochure, information and event ideas, a poster to promote your event, social media graphics, logos and presentations to share at your event.
