General Information & Application Criteria

Terms & Conditions

Application Form

Community Before Commission provides financial assistance to individuals and their families living in Illawarra regions (geographically residing between Wollongong & Stanwell Park) to those who are experiencing and/or suffering hardship*.

To be eligible for assistance from Community Before Commission, you must meet the following criteria;

• Be personally affected by, or, have an immediate family member who is affected or experiencing hardship
• Hardship* is defined as an illness, injury or event that has caused physical, financial, mental suffering or disadvantage.
• Diagnosis of illness/condition and/or limitations confirmed by a doctor/specialist or independent body/organisation.
• Currently live within the Illawarra regions (geographically residing between Wollongong & Stanwell Park areas)

NOTE: Funding may be granted in other exceptional circumstances, where misfortune has caused severe hardship at the discretion of the Community Committee Members.
NOTE: Private fundraising If there has been any private fundraising done on behalf of the applicant (whether online or offline) we will require full disclosure of funds raised before we are able to provide financial assistance to the applicant.

Requests for assistance will be reviewed and awarded by the Board of independent Community Committee members (see website for more details).

FUNDING MAY BE AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS

– Food and/or petrol gift cards
– Holiday/accommodation gift cards
– Medical equipment required as part of treatment paid directly to the supplier of equipment. (Invoice/quotation required with application)
– Other, at the discretion of the Board of Community Committee members

GUIDELINES FOR ASSISTANCE

• Community Before Commission will not pay cash amounts to applicants. Funding received will be in the form of vouchers or direct payment to suppliers.
• The assistance is available for a period of (up to) 12 months.
• The assistance is for the financial benefit of the applicant and their immediate family.
• If there is any private fundraising done by or for the benefit of the applicant, Community Before Commission MUST be immediately informed.

All applications will be considered and awarded by the independent Board of Community Committee members

PRIVACY

• Community Before Commission will retain all information about the applicant in a secure and private location. This information is only for the use of Community Before Commission to enable us to provide assistance to present and future applicants.
• No information about the applicant or their situation will be discussed or passed on to any other person or organization without the prior approval of the applicant or their representative.
• As part of our reporting responsibilities, we will use non-specific information regarding all our applicants to create our reports. This will only include the number of applicants registered with us, their generic location and other demographic information.

For further inquiries please call 4267 5377 or email community@dignam.com.au