Queensland Seniors Month is celebrated from 1 to 31 October each year and celebrates the valuable contribution that seniors make to our city.
We will be accepting grant applications from community organisations to deliver local activities to connect through free or low-cost activities.
Who can apply?
Applicants must:
- be a community organisation
- operate within the Gold Coast
- have an adequate level of public liability insurance for the project (where appropriate)
- not be an ineligible applicant.
Ineligible applicants are defined under Council's Community Grants Policy.
Project requirements
Applicants must be able to:
- deliver a project that celebrates Seniors Month within the dates set annually by the Queensland Government
- demonstrate a public interest benefit for the project
- demonstrate that the project has a defined outcome that will benefit residents of the Gold Coast.
Acquittal requirements
All community grants must be acquitted within 8 weeks of project's completion.
Grant recipients with an overdue acquittal report may not be eligible to apply for further community grants. If you have difficulties delivering your project as described in your application, you must notify us immediately.
Applications now closed
Applications for the 2023-24 Seniors Month Grants Program have closed and the successful organisations have been notified.
Successful Seniors Month applicants
View details of the successful applicants for 2023-24:
Seniors Month successful applicants(PDF, 110KB)
Contact us
Community Grants Administrator
Email: communitygrants@goldcoast.qld.gov.au