IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your submission online.
Welcome to the Department of Communities and Justice online submission platform, powered by SmartyGrants. This platform is being utilised by the NSW Volunteering Taskforce to receive written submissions from across the NSW Volunteering Sector.
You may begin anywhere in this submission form. Please ensure you save as you go.
For queries about the deadline or questions in the form, please contact us via email nswvolunteeringtaskforce@facs.nsw.gov.au and quote your submission number.
If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the form. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.
You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the form.
If you wish to leave a partially completed form, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any forms you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft submission and start where you left off.
You can also download any submission, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the submission form.
You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your submission before you can lodge it.
Once you have reviewed your submission you can lodge it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your form until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.
Once you have lodged your submission, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.
You can lodge one or more submissions before the closing deadline. Within the one submission you can respond to one or more topics, you do not need to lodge separate submissions for different topics.
When you lodge your submission, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your lodged submission attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.
If you do not receive a confirmation email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been lodged.
Hint: Please check the email hasn’t landed in your spam or junk email folder.
You can upload/submit attachments to support your submission. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.
You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.
A number of people can work on a form using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.
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