Funding available for SA preschools to support parent involvement in services

The South Australian Government is offering up to $5,000 in funding to government schools and preschools for parent engagement projects that help parents and carers to get involved in their child’s education and/or to support learning at home through positive relationships with preschools and schools.

Applicants need to show a parent-led process and show connection to parents throughout the project. A number of early learning services were successful in securing grants for 2023, including: 

• Bertram Hawker Kindergarten – $3,500 for parent workshops: responding to children’s emotional needs
• Coromandel Valley Kindergarten – $1,800 for a kindergarten community produce garden
• Roxby Downs Children’s Centre – $5,000 for community cooking 
• Wattle Park Kindergarten – $2,800 for helping families with strategies to support their child’s development workshops.

Applications for the 2024 funding round will open in Term 3 this year, and can be made by: 

• school or preschool staff
• parents and carers
• parent or carer groups
• governing councils
• parent clubs.

All applications must be supported by a preschool director or government school principal, and each school and preschool is only able to apply once per year. A link to the online application form will be made available here when applications open. 

To support preschools and schools to prepare an application the Department offers the following guidance: 

• Collect information that you need for your application

• Think about your project aims and possible outcomes

• Draft a budget

• Think about:

• • who you want involved
  • how your school or preschool can help set up the project
  • how the project is parent-led and engages them in their child’s education.

• Download and use the Parents in Education funding planning template (DOCX 433.9KB) to start collecting your information for 2024 applications.

For more information, please visit the Department’s website, here. Pictured Tony Pasin MP, Member for Barker.