##### Background screening checks of volunteers

Grants are available to help with the cost of background screening checks of volunteers. These include criminal record checks, police checks and police certificates, working with children checks and working with vulnerable people checks. These checks are often mandatory and/or desirable when engaging volunteers, particularly when they are working with children and/or other vulnerable people.

If your application is successful, you must keep the receipts for items that you have purchased for five years. This will be the proof of purchase if required by DSS. If found to be in breach of the Guidelines, and using items for other than specified, DSS may recover the Volunteer Grant funding.

### 3.2 What the grant money cannot be used for

You cannot use the grant for:

- • that do not directly benefit the organisation’s volunteers; • that do not directly benefit the organisation’s volunteers;
- • logos, banners, display boards, uniforms, badging, or other things that • logos, banners, display boards, uniforms, badging, or other things that advertise your organisation/community group;
- • costs such as leasing, rental, hiring, labour, utilities, insurance and • costs such as leasing, rental, hiring, labour, utilities, insurance and travel;
- • charges, and subscriptions; • charges, and subscriptions;
- • charges, extended warranties and other labour costs; • charges, extended warranties and other labour costs;
- • and functions; • and functions;
- • and powered boats; • and powered boats;
- • renovations and permanent fixtures - plumbing, kitchens, hot water • renovations and permanent fixtures - plumbing, kitchens, hot water systems, fencing, etc.;
- • coverings (such as curtains and awnings) and floor coverings; • coverings (such as curtains and awnings) and floor coverings;
- • supplies – food, books, stationery (such as paper and folders), cleaning • supplies – food, books, stationery (such as paper and folders), cleaning products, ink, toners, soil, sunscreen, maps, refilling of gas bottles, etc.; or
- • equipment, heart rate monitors. • equipment, heart rate monitors.

##### Fuel costs that are not eligible:

- • already paid for by other sources; • already paid for by other sources;
- • to operate the organisation’s equipment, vehicles or machinery; • to operate the organisation’s equipment, vehicles or machinery;
- • used by paid staff, members or participants who are not volunteers of the • used by paid staff, members or participants who are not volunteers of the organisation; or
- • costs to travel to and from a conference or event where the person is not • costs to travel to and from a conference or event where the person is not volunteering.

##### Transport costs that are not eligible:

- • already paid for from other sources e.g. state/territory governments, • already paid for from other sources e.g. state/territory governments, community groups;
- • which is not reasonably costed; • which is not reasonably costed;
- • which is not for volunteering work; • which is not for volunteering work;
- • for an organisation’s paid staff; or • for an organisation’s paid staff; or
- • for members or participants who are not volunteers of the organisation. • for members or participants who are not volunteers of the organisation.

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