Based out of Australia, the Play for Equity Fund from TeamUp aims to resource innovative and intersectional community initiatives advancing gender justice in and through sport and play in the Pacific. Round two of this fund will provide core funding of up to $15,000 AUD to groups and individuals with new and radical solutions derived from community-based activism. The fund supports both registered or unregistered non-profit community-based organisations, sporting bodies, collectives, groups, and cooperatives, as well as individuals. Applicants are asked to produce a 3–5-minute video pitch which will be submitted via an application form on Google Form, with a deadline of January 26th.
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.