RACQ Foundation

Guidelines & Applications Form

Closing Date

The closing date for the next round of applications in both categories is 3 September 2013.

Contact Details

For more information, email racqfoundation@racq.com.au or call 13 1905 and ask to speak to the Foundation Administrator.

Privacy

The RACQ Foundation collects information to assist in the assessment and management of funding. The Royal Automobile Club of Queensland Limited and its associated entities (RACQ Group) provide administrative services to the RACQ Foundation and, as a result, the information collected will be made available to the RACQ Group. Information will be made available only to areas of the RACQ Group necessary for the purposes of administration, assessment, notification, marketing and promotional activities. Your information will not be disclosed to any other parties unless authorised or required by law.

The RACQ Foundation or its representatives may contact applicants and/or identified referees for more information. Details of successful applications may be used in the RACQ Foundation’s promotional material including media releases, annual reports, brochures and on the RACQ Group website.

Read about some of the community organisations that have been assisted by the RACQ Foundation since early 2011 by clicking on the links below.

• Show goes on after Laidley flood with help from RACQ Foundation
  The Laidley community is continuing to enjoy a host of cattle and horse events at the local showgrounds after last year’s floods, thanks to repairs and a $25,000 helping hand from the RACQ Foundation.
• No stopping the Goodna Bowls Club despite flood damage
  They lost everything and recovery has been slow, but that hasn't stopped the Goodna Bowls Club members from continuing to bowl throughout the challenging aftermath of Queensland's "summer of horror".
• RACQ Foundation supports cyclone trauma victims
  Hit by two Category Five cyclones in five years has left many people in Far North Queensland suffering from trauma and relying on support agencies such as the Dr Edward Koch Foundation to help them through.
• Ipswich residents move home with help from RACQ Foundation
  But under the Apprenticeships Queensland program, funded with a $200,000 payment from the RACQ Foundation, apprentices, trainees and local tradespeople were repairing the damage caused by the floods for a total of more than 30 low-income home owners and their families.
• Aussie Helpers repairs flooded farms with RACQ Foundation support
  Founded by Brian and Nerida Egan 10 years ago to help farmers recover from natural disasters, Aussie Helpers is using $200,000 provided by the RACQ Foundation to help farming families in the Fitzroy Basin, Darling Downs and Surat Basin.
• Donation puts little athletes back on track
  It was more than a year ago, but Joanna Spyro still remembers how she felt when her beloved Goodna Little Athletics club, which she had managed for the past eight years, was inundated with flood water. Flood waters that ravaged most of the state had washed away more than $100,000 worth of club equipment, most of which was brand new. A donation from the RACQ Foundation has helped replace it.
• RACQ Foundation funding helps charity supply food to flood victims
  Kingston charity group, Loaves & Fishes Street Meet Care Service, has received a welcome funding boost of $38,220 from the RACQ Foundation, helping it meet a dramatic increase in demand for food parcels following the 2011 floods.
• RACQ Foundation nets a $200,000 goal for Brisbane netball association
  Around 3000 Brisbane netball players are back on the courts thanks to a $200,000 donation from the RACQ Foundation. The Metropolitan Districts Netball Association received the funding to repair the extensive damage caused by last year’s floods to its Coorparoo headquarters on Brisbane’s eastside.
• Queensland Theatre Company frocks up after flood loss
  The Queensland Theatre Company is well on the way to replenishing its valuable stockpile of elaborate costumes ruined in the 2011 floods, with a $110,000 contribution from the RACQ Foundation.
• Murphy’s Creek Fire Brigade swings back into action
  The volunteer fire brigade at the Upper Lockyer township of Murphy’s Creek is ready to tackle emergencies head on from new headquarters built with funding assistance from the RACQ Foundation. A $120,000 RACQ Foundation donation has enabled an extra room for training and meetings to be built into the brigade’s new headquarters, making it bigger and better than the original building, which was inundated during the 2011 floods.

This five minute feature explores the people behind several Queensland community organisations that received donations from the Foundation to rebuild. To date, the RACQ Foundation has donated more than $6million to more than 100 community groups across Queensland.

View this and other RACQ videos on the RACQ YouTube channel.