The Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program

The objective of the NSW Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program is to support industry initiatives that will encourage female participation and retention in the construction industry.

Grants range from $30,000 up to $300,000 and you don’t necessarily need to match the funding.

Business Eligibility for the Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program

To be eligible for the Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program you must:

Be a NSW registered construction business, trade union or construction industry association in any ABS recognised construction sector
Be a legal entity with a valid ABN or ACN
Provide construction services in NSW or be an industry association or trade union representing members in NSW.
demonstrate current female employment or membership if a trade union or industry association in non-traditional occupations as employees or members
be financially viable and have the capacity to deliver proposed services for the term of grant funding

Eligible Projects

The business must undertake a project(s) that:

encourage female participation and retention in construction industry by:
Creating inclusive workplace cultures, including by improving employee wellbeing and supporting flexible working arrangements; or,
Increasing the number of women entering and staying in the industry; or
Supporting female leadership and female employees.
demonstrate the potential for scalability and sustainability of the proposed model post-funding

For example:

Provision of carers support initiatives such as childcare, disability care, elderly care and leave initiatives to promote workplace flexibility
A project officer to work broadly across different construction projects to remove barriers to entry for women in construction, improve culture and increase retention on construction sites
Review of a company’s work culture and subsequent strategic planning, implementation and monitoring evaluation for improving diversity and inclusivity in workplace culture
Gender bias training / upskilling for supervisors and employees
Sponsorship of female employee mentorship programs, events and formal career planning or upskilling for specifically non-trade roles (i.e professional, technical and managerial roles).
Early education in schools to change gender stereotypes of the construction industry and campaigns targeted at older students, teachers and career advisers, parents and employers.

Ineligible projects are those:

projects that would be considered as business-as-usual company activities or operations
projects that subsidise wages/salary costs of employees that are not directly related to delivering the program
initiatives simultaneously funded by other NSW or Australian government grants or sponsorship

Learn More

To learn more about Women in Construction Industry Innovation Program and apply click here

Applications close 2pm Wednesday 15 March 2023

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