Julia Farr Trust Funds
Julia Farr Trust Funds administers three trust funds designed to assist people with disability in South Australia - General Purpose Distribution Fund, Short Stay Holiday Distribution Fund, and the JFA Noske Christmas Fund.
To be eligible for any of three trust funds, applicants must:
- Be over 18 years of age
- Have any of the following:
- An acquired brain injury
- A degenerative neurological condition
- A physical disability which meets the grant eligibility criteria*
- Be on low income (disability support pension or equivalent)
- Live in South Australia
We are currently looking for new members to join our Trust Fund Committee. Our Trust Fund Committee makes grants to South Australians with eligible disabilities, to improve quality of life and access to community. Learn more about joining out Trust Fund Committee here.
*Why do only certain types of physical disability meet the eligibility criteria?
The funds for all of the Julia Farr Trust Fund programs were originally connected to Julia Farr Services. This means, the grants are limited to supporting the types of disabilities experienced by the former residents of Julia Farr Services. JFA Purple Orange is legally required to ensure grants are distributed to individuals with a physical disability that meets the eligibility criteria.
The nature of eligible physical disabilities is limited to:
- A physical disability that impacts your mobility so that you have day-to-day support needs, for example for personal care, mobility aids (such as a wheelchair) or supports or assistive technology in your home. This will be a lifelong physical disability either from birth, early childhood or resulting from an accident or certain types of illnesses.
Because of the restrictions on the use of the funds, the following disabilities are not eligible: disability caused by chronic health conditions, age-related conditions, intellectual disability, mental illness or autism.
Additional grant criteria can be found under Frequently Asked Questions.
General Purpose Distribution Fund
This fund is available to assist people with an eligible disability who are on low income to access items that will improve their quality of life. Grants of up to $3000 per applicant per financial year are available for one or more of the following purposes:
- Personal or household items or
- Temporary or short-term services when other funding is not available or
- Activities that enhance quality of life.
Previous grants include funding for household items, such as fridges and washing machines, and smart devices to control assistive technology solutions and connect to community.
Application guidelines
Please refer to the following guidelines when preparing your application:
- Applications are accepted at any time. Decisions are made by a committee of people with disability. The committee meets every two to three months.
- Committee decisions are guided by:
- The funds available
- Any previous grants awarded to the applicant
- Whether government would fund the item (for example, under NDIS or health services)
- Whether anyone other than the applicant and their direct family will benefit from the grant.
> Read Frequently Asked Questions
Short Stay Holiday Distribution Fund
This fund is available to assist people with an eligible disability who are on low income to access short stay holidays in an equitable and dignified manner, at a mainstream location, and with people of their choice. The fund aims to assist people with disability with the costs associated with travel, accommodation, and mainstream tourism activities.
Grants are for amounts up to a total of $1,000 per applicant within a financial year.
In making decisions about applications, we consider:
- Length of time since you last had a holiday
- Extent to which the planned holiday puts you in the role of an active traveller, tourist and customer in a mainstream setting.
Application guidelines
Please refer to the following guidelines when preparing your application:
- Applications are accepted at any time. Decisions are made by a committee of people with disability. The committee meets every two to three months.
- Committee decisions are guided by:
- The funds available
- Any previous grants awarded to the applicant
- Whether government would fund the item (for example, under NDIS or health services)
- Whether anyone other than the applicant and their direct family will benefit from the grant.
> Read Frequently Asked Questions
JFA Noske Christmas Fund
The JFA Noske Christmas Fund provides grants to assist adults with an eligible disability to celebrate Christmas.
The Fund was established in 2009 in honour of the late Mr Noske who set aside funds to spread the joy of Christmas.
“Thank you and many thanks to the Julia Farr Association and the estate of Mr Noske for this grant.”
“These funds will be used to purchase Christmas gifts for the grandchildren and to have a lovely Christmas dinner with our ever-growing family (we have three beautiful young grandchildren and have just been informed that another two are due early next year!). So, as you can imagine, this generous grant has come at exactly the most perfect time of the year!”
Dominic, Noske Christmas Grant Recipient 2023
The JFA Noske Christmas Fund program is now closed for Christmas 2024.
> Read Frequently Asked Questions
Application Forms
To apply for the General Distribution Fund, Short Stay Holiday Fund or JFA Noske Christmas Fund (when it is open), download and complete the relevant grant application form and return it to us by email or post.
Email: grants@juliafarr.org.au
Post: JFA Purple Orange, 104 Greenhill Road, Unley SA 5061
If you have any queries regarding the application process please contact us via email grants@juliafarr.org.au or call on (08) 8373 8388.
FAQs
General Purpose Distribution or Short Stay Holiday Distribution Fund