The Skills for Education and Employment (SEE) Program is available across metropolitan, regional and remote areas of Australia. All Australians aged 15 years and over and have left school and need help with their language, literacy, numeracy and digital (LLND) skills are eligible. Training is offered in two distinct and complementary training delivery streams.
On this page:
- General SEE Delivery: skills training delivered by contracted training providers, offering both accredited and non-accredited training, providing more support for learners and includes workplace-based training options.
- SEE First Nations: dedicated to whole of community skills training delivery to First Nations people.
About SEE First Nations
SEE First Nations is specifically designed for First Nations people and organisations. Eligible First Nations people have the option to choose to access SEE training through both the General SEE Delivery and SEE First Nations.
SEE First Nations is designed to support community engagement. Participants have the opportunity to improve their LLND skills, which may lead to experiencing other benefits such as participating in work or further study; improving cultural, social and emotional wellbeing; higher levels of empowerment and self-actualisation; and improving the capacity and economic development of their community.
With improvements in LLND skills, SEE First Nations also supports efforts toward Closing the Gap, helping to remove barriers to education and training for First Nations people.
SEE First Nations grants fund place-based whole of community projects designed to meet the community’s English language, literacy, numeracy and digital literacy training needs. These projects are delivered by organisations who receive a SEE First Nations grant.
Who can apply for a SEE First Nations grant?
SEE First Nations grants fund First Nations organisations including Aboriginal Community Controlled Organisations (ACCOs), registered training organisations (RTOs), Adult Community Education (ACE) providers or peak bodies (applying on behalf of their eligible members) to work with communities to design appropriate training. These organisations need to demonstrate in their grant application that they have experience delivering this kind of training to First Nations Australians and they have true community support.
There are two types of grants available:
- Scoping Grants – provide funding for community engagement, and relationship and capacity building and to determine if there is a need for English LLND training in a community and to prepare an application for a Delivery Grant. Scoping Grants have a maximum value of $30,000.
- Delivery Grants – are for eligible organisations to co-design and deliver English LLND skills training to First Nations people. Delivery Grants are typically for between $350,000 and $1 million per year over a 2 to 3 year period for a single site, or up to $3 million per year for delivery at multiple sites. This is the major component of SEE First Nations.
Grant Opportunity Rounds
The Scoping Grant opportunity round (ongoing) is now open. For further information go to GrantConnect.
The upcoming Delivery Grant opportunity is expected to open 2 June 2025 and close AEDT 5 pm on 22 August 2025, subject to available funding. Further information will be available on GrantConnect once the round has opened.
