Youth Leadership Development Program
Snapshot
Maximum amount per application: $1,000 on a dollar-for-dollar basis
Total amount available per Financial Year: $10,000
Applications can be made throughout the year.
Available to individuals up to the age of 25
Application opens: 28 July 2025
The Youth Leadership Development Program encourages young people who live and work/volunteer in the Wattle Range region to undertake leadership training which may assist in advancing their careers or assist in advancing a community initiative.
"Council is committed to supporting training that helps build the recipient's leadership skills, with the goal of advancing their career in an existing business or driving a community initiative within the Wattle Range Council area."
The program aims to encourage:
- The retaining of young people in our region longer;
- Providing young people with skills that create opportunities for career progression or advancement of community initiatives;
- Developing leaders locally, rather than seeking candidates for senior leadership positions from outside of the region; and
- Supporting local businesses and organisations to upskill their existing employees/volunteers to meet their growing needs.
The Fund is open to any young person who lives and works/volunteers in the Wattle Range region. Businesses and organisations are welcome to apply on behalf of their employees/volunteers.
Council allocates up to $10,000 per financial year to the program. Grants of up to $1,000 may be awarded to facilitate a young person to undertake leadership training. Grants are awarded on a dollar-for-dollar basis up to $1,000 unless special circumstances apply.
To be eligible for assistance, you/ your training must:
- The proposed training focuses on improving leadership skills
- The young person undertaking the training both lives and works/volunteers in the Wattle Range Council area
- The young person is aged 35 years of age or under on the date of application
- The requested sponsorship amount is no more than $1,000
- The proposed training is supported by the young person’s employer or host volunteer organisation
- The course (or Council-sponsored component of the course) will be completed within 12 months of the sponsorship being awarded.
Eligibility points of note
- Grants of up to $1,000 are awarded for training on a dollar-for-dollar basis unless special circumstances apply.
- Applications can be made at any time throughout the year.
Guidelines
A full copy of the Grant Guidelines and Application Form can be downloaded below or alternatively hard copies can be collected at any Council Offices.
Youth Leadership Development Program Guidelines
Youth Leadership Development Program Application Form
Further information is available by contacting Council 08 8733 0900 or council@wattlerange.sa.gov.au.
How will my application be assessed?
The first stage is an eligibility check where Council staff will consider your application against the eligibility criteria. If the application meets all eligibility criteria it will proceed to the qualitative assessment stage where Council will evaluate how the proposed leadership development fits with the below objectives:
- The retaining of young people in our region longer;
- Providing young people with skills that create opportunities for career progression or advancement of community initiatives;
- Developing leaders locally, rather than seeking candidates for senior leadership positions from outside of the region; and
- Supporting local businesses and organisations to upskill their existing employees/volunteers to meet their growing needs.
Both the eligibility and qualitative assessment stages are undertaken by Council staff.
Application form
A full copy of the Grant Guidelines and Application Form can be downloaded below or alternatively hard copies can be collected at any Council Offices.
Youth Leadership Development Program Guidelines
Youth Leadership Development Program Application Form
Further information is available by contacting Council 08 8733 0900 or council@wattlerange.sa.gov.au.