SA Individual Application

PLEASE NOTE: This application is NOT for scholarships. If you are applying for assistance in sport or arts through a Variety Heart Scholarship please click here.

For all other applications for support for an individual child, please continue.

The Variety SA Grants Program provides much needed equipment, resources and experiences for SA children who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs.

As a not-for-profit organisation, our supporters and staff work hard to maximise the funds available to give through our Grants Program each year. However, as much as we would like to, it is unfortunately not possible to meet each and every request for assistance.

A strong application will demonstrate the following:

• Unmet need i.e. it cannot be met through government or other organisation funding;

• Detailed support letters (minimum of two), specifically addressing both the need and the benefit of the equipment or resource being requested, and;

• Financial documentation demonstrating the equipment is beyond the family’s budget.

Assistance is available for South Australian children aged up to 18 years of age, who are sick, disadvantaged or have special needs. 

To apply for assistance, you must be able to demonstrate a genuine need (including financial evidence) and information on how the assistance requested will meet this need.

You will also need to provide supporting letters from relevant professionals (e.g. Specialists, Therapists,Teachers) and quotes for the items requested.

Our Grants Program is designed to be flexible to allow you to apply for the items that best meet your individual needs. Every child is different, so every application is considered on an individual basis.

However, there are some restrictions. For example, we do not fund salaries, research or retrospective grants. Variety does not give cash. Instead, we purchase equipment / services directly on behalf of the recipient.  See our application form for full details.

Variety aims to ‘fill the gaps’ and prioritise requests for which there are no alternate sources of support. If the Variety Grants Committee believes that funding is already available through another agency (including NDIS), you may be referred elsewhere, unless you can explain why you cannot access their support.

You can request support at any time.

All Variety applications are assessed by an independent Grants Committee, which meets monthly.  The process normally takes several months from the time the application is received, for it to be evaluated and a decision reached.

Variety will advise you in writing of the outcome, as soon as a decision has been made.