RACQ Foundation

Members helping Community

As Queensland’s largest club with over 1.7 million members, RACQ is activating its vast membership base to engage in volunteering opportunities. Members have the chance to volunteer for one-day initiatives, contributing to these community projects. Volunteering with the RACQ Foundation provides members an opportunity to directly impact local communities and support ongoing recovery and resilience-building efforts.

If you are an RACQ Member or an individual interested in volunteering with the RACQ Foundation, you can register to join the RACQ Foundation’s projects and contribute to the positive change in your community.

Register today!

Community Assistance Program

Established in 2016, the RACQ Foundation’s Community Assistance Program is a vital initiative dedicated to supporting Queensland communities. The program plays a crucial role in natural disaster recovery and resilience building by offering practical assistance. It unites RACQ staff volunteers, RACQ members and individuals with a passion for volunteer work, local councils, community groups, and various non-government organisations (NGOs) to implement impactful projects that meet urgent local needs.

Project Focus Areas

The program focuses on delivering projects that aim to improve community resilience and support long-term sustainability. Some of the key areas of focus include:

1. Environmental Projects
   • Restoration and Conservation: Addressing environmental degradation through works that tackle issues like erosion, siltation, scouring, and biodiversity loss
   • Revegetation: Replanting and revegetation efforts to restore ecosystems
2. Resilience and Building Improvements
   • Structural Modifications: Enhancing buildings to withstand unforeseen events, including installation of emergency power sources, repairs (e.g., fixing leaks, painting, fencing), and other resilience improvements
   • Trade Repairs: Offering repairs for various types of infrastructure such as plumbing, electrical, carpentry, and roofing
3. Machinery Maintenance and Support
   • Repair/Service Machinery: Providing mechanical repairs for vehicles, including four-wheel drives, motorbikes, quads, and tractors
4. Technology Support
   • Donating Laptops and Technology Training: Providing laptops to communities along with training on how to use the technology and troubleshoot common issues
5. Road Safety and Other Programs
   • RACQ Road Safety Initiatives: Delivering road safety education and other community programs to improve safety and awareness.
6. Leveraging Partnerships
   • Strengthening Community Networks: Partnering with local organisations such as Thread Together, My Pathways, and Farm Angels to further enhance the program’s impact and reach.

RACQ Foundation Community Grant Program

RACQ Foundation helps Queensland community groups, charities, organisations, First Nations Councils and clubs impacted by natural disasters. This includes both recovery grants and resilience-based project grants which may relate to physical, nature-based and social solutions. 

Apply for grant now

How to apply:

1. Follow the ‘apply now’ link to the online application form.
2. Save the form at any stage and return at a later date to complete. Simply select the ‘save and return later’ link at the bottom of the form and follow the prompts to receive an email link.
3. Once complete, click the ‘Submit’ button to receive an email notifying you that we have received your application. 

Contact us

If you are having trouble filling out the form, please email racqfoundation@racq.com.au or call 07 3872 8603.

Please contact the Foundation Coordinator at racqfoundation@racq.com.au if you would like to discuss your application or if you have any other questions about the RACQ Foundation. 

Grant Application Dates:

• FY25 Round 1 – CLOSED
• FY25 Round 2 – CLOSED
• FY25 Special Recovery Grant - Tropical Cyclone Alfred and North Queensland Flood Event – CLOSED
• FY26 Round 1 – NOW OPEN
  • This grant round will close at 5pm on Friday 12 September 2025

Community Partnerships

If you are an organisation making an impact that aligns to our community focus areas, we’d love to hear from you.

RACQ will consider partnership projects aligned to the following focus areas:

1. Physical Resilience (Built)
   Enable Community Group assets to be built-back and bettered to withstand current and future disaster risks.
2. Nature-based Resilience (Environment)
   Regenerate and strengthen the capacity of the natural environment to respond to ongoing climate change, and resist damage to community assets.
3. Social Resilience (Human and Social)
   Build the capacity of Community Groups to understand, plan, prepare for and manage infrastructure to withstand and quickly recover from climate impacts and support social wellbeing and population retention in regional communities.
4. Community Energy Resilience (Energy)
   Support community energy resources that create shared value and build resilience to current and future disaster risks.
5. Affordable Sustainable Mobility
   Support greater access to EV’s, micro-mobility and mobility-as-a-service solutions for marginalized groups.
6. Accessible Driver Licensing
   Provide improved access to licensing as a pathway to education and employment for marginalized groups.
7. Road Safety Behavior
   Lead a community culture in safe road use, attitudes, empathy, and risk tolerances for at-risk cohorts.

To learn more about our Community Partnerships criteria, please view our EOI form.