Grants open to support inclusive learning

FOR kids with disabilities and requiring additional needs, often the school space is inadequate for their needs.

The Victorian Government is helping more schools in Northern Victoria support students with disabilities and additional needs, by offering grants to build inclusive indoor and outdoor learning spaces as well as accessible playgrounds – to ensure that all students can fully participate and succeed in school.

Member for Northern Victoria, Mark Gepp MP today encouraged schools across the electorate to apply for funding in Round 7 of the Inclusive Schools Fund to create inclusive spaces that better cater for the social and educational needs of all students.

Mr Gepp said, “The Inclusive Schools Fund is about giving our local schools the infrastructure they need to inspire a lifelong passion for learning for all of their students, and to show that disability isn’t a barrier to learning and achieving.”

To date, more than 300 creative projects have been announced since the Fund began in 2015. In Round 6, 74 projects shared in over $12.5M of funding which included inclusive wheelchair friendly playground surfaces, quiet musical areas and sensory zones with a range of tactile surfaces.

Applications for Round 7 of the program close at midnight on Friday, 6 August 2021.
For more details, go to www.schoolbuildings.vic.gov.au.