Assistance for Applicants

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Assistance for Applicants

Staff members are available to provide vital assistance to all applicants. Please discuss your eligibility and application with a DCA Project Officer prior to making your submission. Project Officers can provide invaluable feedback on your draft to help you write your best application.
Priority assistance is provided to first-time applicants, as well as Indigenous applicants, regional applicants, young people and applicants from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds.

Project Officers are available for face-to-face meetings or by telephone, fax and email.
Contact Project Officers or call (08) 9224 7310 or toll-free within WA 1800 199 090.

The Department abides by the principles outlined in the Equal Opportunity Act (1984).

To eliminate discrimination on the grounds of sex, marital status or pregnancy, family responsibility or family status, race, religious or political conviction, impairment, age, sexuality or gender history in the areas of work, accommodation, education, the provision of goods, facilities and services, access to places and vehicles, land and the membership of clubs.

Assistance for People with Disabilities

The information in the handbooks and on this website can be provided in other formats upon request. If you require special assistance in preparing your application, please contact the Department for advice.

Interpreting Assistance in Languages other than English

Please contact us if you have any difficulty understanding this handbook or would feel more comfortable being able to discuss your application in your first language.  Translations into Chinese (Traditional), Arabic, Croation, IndonesianMalay, Persian, Serbian or Vietnamese can be found in the translations section on the left hand side.

Alternatively, you can do the following:

  1. Telephone the Translating and Interpreting Service on 13 14 50, during business hours, 9am – 5pm Monday to Friday. This is the cost of a local call.
  2. Please indicate which language you wish to use.
  3. Tell them that you wish to speak with someone from Arts Grants on (08) 9224 7310.
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