AOD community prevention

Current status: The Community AOD Primary Prevention Program is currently open for applications. Please visit SmartyGrants for more information and to apply. 

Watch the recording of the Briefing Session here for more information on the grants

About the program

Ensuring people and communities have access to clear, reliable health information is crucial for strengthening wellbeing and preventing alcohol and other drug harms. Community-focused approaches are integral to this as they are informed by community need. 

The Commission established the Community AOD Primary Prevention Program in 2024 to support community-driven initiatives that prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) harms and strengthen wellbeing across Queensland.

Round 1 of the program was delivered in 2025, and the second round is currently open for applications with up to $300,000 available per initative. You can read more about the Round 1 initiatives here. 

Information about Round 2

The Commission is currently seeking organisations with experience, capability and skills to deliver initiatives that:

• contribute to the evidence for effective approaches to AOD primary prevention
• reduce stigma, discrimination and improve community attitudes towards people who use AOD
• strengthen AOD literacy to improve awareness, attitudes and behaviours
• embed culturally appropriate prevention approaches that respond to AOD-related topics
• include people with lived-living experience in delivering AOD primary prevention initiatives
• enhance community capacity to implement evidence-based prevention AOD primary prevention
• increase community understanding of AOD-related harm and factors that enhance safety

Initiatives that address the needs of the following priority populations are encouraged.

• Young people (up to 25)
• LGBTIQA+ communities
• Older people (65+ years)
• Parents and pregnant people
• People living with a disability
• Queensland veterans
• Cultural and linguistically diverse communities
• First Nations communities
• People living in regional and remote communities
• Communities requiring alcohol prevention

How to apply

Watch the recording of the Briefing Session here for more information on the grants

• Read the grant guidelines and apply online via SmartyGrants.

Applications close at 2:00pm AEST, Wednesday 8 October 2025.

How does this support reform?

Achieving balance: The Queensland Alcohol and Other Drugs Strategic Plan 2022-2027 (Achieving balance) recognises the vital importance of prevention and awareness.

Under ‘Strategic priority 1 – Prevention and early intervention’, the Queensland Government has two actions to:

• improve shared understanding of alcohol-and other drug-related-harm and protective factors from the early years through to older people
• strengthen alcohol and other drug literacy through sustained and integrated communication campaigns to improve community awareness, attitudes, and behaviours.

Prevention and early intervention are important public health strategies designed to prevent alcohol and other drug (AOD) related harms. They aim to reduce the effect of risk factors and enhance protective factors.

The AOD Community Primary Prevention Program, progresses these actions.

Further information

For more information, please contact AOD@qmhc.qld.gov.au.