Team Up is now inviting applications to the second round of the Play for Equity Fund. They are looking to support innovative community initiatives that are aimed at advancing gender justice in and through sport and play in the Pacific.

The mission of this is to resource innovative and intersectional community initiatives advancing gender justice in and through sport and play in the Pacific. This fund will provide core funding to groups and individuals with new and radical solutions derived from community-based activism.

Funding of Play for Equity Fund 2024

• Groups may apply for up to $15,000 AUD from the Play for Equity Fund.
• Individuals applying to the Play for Equity Fund will be able to apply for funding up to $8,000 AUD.

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Eligibility

• During this funding call, the Play for Equity Fund is targeting groups and individuals based in the following countries: American Samoa, Cook Islands, Federated States of Micronesia, Fiji, Guam, Kiribati, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Papua New Guinea, Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tokelau, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.
• The Play for Equity Fund will support both registered or unregistered non-profit community-based organisations, sporting bodies, collectives, groups, and cooperatives, as well as individuals.
• For individual applicants, people above the age of 18 that self-identify as women, nonbinary, transgender or identify as belonging to marginalised or vulnerable populations such as people with disabilities, can apply.

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Application for Play for Equity Fund 2024

Applicants are asked to produce a 3–5-minute video pitch which will be submitted via an application form on Google Form. The Google Form application will also require applicants to provide contact information and brief written responses on the work your organisation or you do, and the communities you work with.

As a general guideline, your 3–5-minute video application should include:

• 30-60 seconds explanation of the barrier/issue you are trying to address
• 90-120 seconds explanation of how you would plan to use the funding
• 60-120 seconds explanation of how this work would advance gender justice in and through sport and play or the change you expect to see

As you prepare your video application, please adhere to the following guidelines:

• Keep videos under five minutes in length
• Ensure that you have the informed consent of all people visible and present in the video
• Please review your video to ensure that the audio is clear and comprehensible
• For organisations: Have multiple (at least two) people from your organisation speak in the video

The video is intended to provide you with a creative and simple way to apply for funding, and no video editing is expected (it can be filmed in one take). The applications may be recorded in any language, including sign language. You may submit an audio-only application if you prefer.