Sponsorship and Grants

AVID is proud to support not-for-profit, industry and community organisations across Australia through our Community Sponsorship and Grants Program.

The program is critical to our mission of creating neighbourhoods where communities can thrive and feel empowered to take stewardship of their own legacy. By investing in the wider community, we are fostering opportunities for local economic growth, learning, enjoyment, and a better quality of life for our residents.

AVID’s Community Sponsorship and Grants Program is divided into three categories: Build, Connect, Activate.

Build

Build grants support large projects with potential state/national reach and media coverage opportunities. Open to participants from all localities, not limited to residents, businesses, local organisations or community groups of AVID communities. Previous Build sponsorships include the major sporting team sponsorship of the Sunshine Coast Lightning, large charity branding partnership such as the Steps charity), and national campaign sponsorship with Take 3 for the Sea.

Connect

For applications up to $10,000

Connect grants help to create lasting community partnerships and connections in and around the wider community. Previous Connect sponsorships have included the highly-successful Sunshine Coast Horizon Festival String Symphony and the Montessori International College’s Imagineers Festival at Harmony and local Horizon arts festival.

Activate

For applications up to $2,500

Activate grants support local initiatives at a grassroots level. Previous Activate projects have included local fitness classes, health workshops, and entrepreneur programs.

Youth homelessness affects more than 44,000 young Australians, with one in three turned away from accommodation every night. As creators of communities, AVID recognises the responsibility to help address this growing issue. 

Through our partnership with the Property Industry Foundation, we support initiatives that provide safe housing and pathways to education, employment and wellbeing. 

Our team contributes through fundraising events, fitness and social initiatives, and by working with staff and suppliers to donate essential items and furniture for youth shelters. 

Since becoming an official partner in 2022, AVID has proudly participated in 25 initiatives and raised more than $250,000 to support homeless youth.

At AVID and Villaworld Homes, health and safety extends beyond physical safety on site to the mental wellbeing of the many construction workers and staff across our projects. 

In Australia’s construction industry, around 200 people die by suicide each year – more than one every second day – highlighting the urgent need for support. 

Through our partnership with MATES in Construction, we help raise awareness, equip workers to support their mates and connect people to professional help. 

Together we have raised more than $425,000, including through events such as the Villaworld Homes Golf Classic, supporting this vital work across the industry.

If you or someone you know is in crisis and needs help, contact Lifeline – 24 hours a day, 7 weeks a week – on 13 11 14.

AVID has created homes for more than 75,000 young and growing families, and we are committed to providing safe environments for the many children who live in our communities.
Personal safety in the community extends beyond our own projects, and through Act for Kids, AVID is committed to advocating for the prevention of child abuse and neglect across Australia, supporting treatment, and providing education around keeping children safe and away from harm.

Child abuse and neglect is one of Australia’s biggest and most misunderstood social issues, with one child reported to suffer physical, sexual or emotional abuse or neglect every 11 minutes – most often by someone they should be able to trust within their own home. Thousands of other cases go unreported.

Through prevention, treatment, research, education and advocacy, Act for Kids are committed to helping keep kids safe, heal from trauma and lead happy lives. Their dedicated team of psychologists, speech therapists, early education specialists, counsellors, occupational therapists and family support workers have helped hundreds of thousands of children and families across our 30 centres since 1988.

By supporting these efforts, AVID endeavours to promote safe living conditions for their residents and the wider community.
In our longstanding partnership with Act for Kids, we’re proud to have raised around $300,000 for the critical work the team undertakes, to ensure they can reach children and families, helping to change their lives.

The Take 3 initiative aligns with AVID’s corporate values to create sustainable places that are both forward thinking, and customer focused. It is this genuine commitment to sustainability that first inspired AVID’s partnership with Take 3 in June 2018.

As a proud partner, AVID regularly hosts events and activities to influence change in each of our communities and to date, has helped to reach and inspire more than two million Australians.

Through our local events, such as clean up days, school education programs, film screenings and digital awareness campaigns, we continue to champion Take 3’s message within all AVID communities, and in doing so, aim to empower residents to become change leaders, reduce the amount of plastic that ends up in waterways and oceans, and ultimately, assist us in creating sustainable communities and a cleaner environment to be enjoyed for generations to come .

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