Category 1

Purchase communication or insurance items as listed below that will benefit any of the community organisations’ volunteers:

• Mobile phones, phone bills and radio communication devices
• Computers, laptops, and tablets, where those items are primarily used for online communications and activity
• Software, where the software is primarily used for or to facilitate online communications and activity (e.g. email or videoconferencing software)
• Electronic audio and visual equipment, where the equipment is primarily used for or to facilitate online communications and activity (e.g. video-communication equipment)
• Electronic payment devices where the device is primarily used for or to facilitate online communication and activity
• Internet service fees incurred by the community organisation
• Insurance premiums incurred by the community organisation

Category 2

Under Category 2, funding is for items to support eligible volunteer cohorts or for volunteer-run activities that assist volunteers and remove barriers to volunteering. This category has been expanded to improve access and reduce out-of-pocket costs, making volunteering more inclusive and accessible:

(A) Organisations can support volunteers who are children or adults whose volunteering activities support children, as well as volunteers from cohorts such as First Nations people, newly arrived migrants, people with disability, unemployed people, veterans and Australian Defence Force members, and women experiencing or at risk of gender-based violence or isolation.

(B) Funding can support volunteer-run activities focused on children’s development and wellbeing, as well as activities for the same cohorts. Two new eligible activities include supporting women experiencing gender-based discrimination or disadvantage and eliminating racial discrimination through activities that promote understanding and tolerance.