Emergency Assistance Fund

This programme aims at addressing the following:

  • Emergency needs arising from unforeseen or unexpected circumstance resulting in financial or other hardship; 
  • Where government assistance and other avenues have been exhausted to meet such needs.

Application Criteria

Application for Emergency Funding must be referred by one of the following:

  • A registered non-profit organisation;
  • A registered charitable organisation;
  • A sub-ordinate committee/group of a registered non-profit / charitable organisation

The amount of emergency assistance for any application can be up to a maximum of $1000.

There is no closing date for applications of Emergency Assistance until the amount allocated for the year has exhausted.

Detailed guideline on the above programme can be downloaded in below.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) on the Emergency Assistance Fund can be downloaded in below.

Submit an Application

If you fulfil the above criteria and would like to submit an application, please click on the button below.

ACCF Emergency Assistance Funding Programme – Suspension of Application

Due to the upcoming AGM of ACCF to be held on Sunday, 29 June 2025, therefore the current Funds and Grants Assessment Committee will be dissolved until a new Funds and Grants Assessment Committee has been formed after the conclusion of the AGM.
 
Consequently, the ACCF Emergency Assistance Funding Programme will be suspended from Tuesday, 24 June 2025 onwards until further notice.
 
Any undetermined Emergency Assistance Funding applications being lodged up until Monday, 23 June 2025 (inclusive) will continue to be processed, with the outcome of those cases to be finalised no later than Friday, 27 June 2025. 
 
The ACCF Funds and Grants Assessment Committee’s inbox (fundsandgrants@accfnsw.org) will not be monitored from Saturday, 28 June 2025 onwards until further notice. Your enquiries will not be responded until the new Funds and Grants Assessment Committee has been formed. 
 
Thank you for your kind understanding into this matter.