For assistance with any part of your application contact your local Variety office on 1300 482 743

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Welcome to the Variety Victoria online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.

For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please contact us on 03 8698 3920 during business hours or email grants@varietyvic.org.au and quote your application number.

Click here http://www.variety.org.au/VIC/How-we-help-/ to view the guidelines.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

CONSENT TO USING SMARTYGRANTS (ON BEHALF OF VARIETY)

Variety’s online grant application service is powered by SmartyGrants. All content provided to Variety using SmartyGrants will be stored on servers located in Australia. SmartyGrants will not sell your data to third parties but may share some data with trusted service providers such as Google to manage their emails. SmartyGrants application forms are administered by Variety and the content of application form is yours until you submit your application to Variety. You are free to browse SmartyGrants and to preview Application forms anonymously. However, to submit information to SmartyGrants you are required to register an account using your actual name and email address.

For more information on SmartyGrants’ privacy policy for applicants, please click here.

VARIETY’S PRIVACY COLLECTION STATEMENT

Your privacy is respected by Variety. The personal information you provide on your application forms, including sensitive information about the health of your child, will be used to assess your child’s eligibility. It may be provided to organisations that assist us, or as required or authorised by law, but we will not use any of your sensitive information for marketing purposes, without your prior consent.

If you have any privacy concerns or would like to verify information held about your organisation please contact Variety Victoria on 03 8698 3900.

VARIETY’S CONTACT DETAILS

If you need any assistance to complete this application, please contact the Variety Victoria Grants Coordinator on:

Phone: 03 8698 3900

Email: grants@varietyvic.org.au

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download' button at the bottom of the application navigation panel.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive an automated confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

SPELL CHECK

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