Flying Start Grants

The Government of South Australia has launched now has 3 grant programs to help build and support local early childhood workforces prepare for the roll-out of 3-year-old preschool from 2026.

They are the Flying Start Infrastructure Grants, the Flying Start Workforce Grants and the Flying Start Professional Network Grants.

These grants are part of the $96.6 million Early Childhood Workforce Strategy to build a skilled, supported and highly valued workforce critical to the state’s 3-year-old preschool roll-out.

Grant applications open Monday 10 February 2025.

Grant applications close Friday 21 March 2025.

Of the Flying Start Infrastructure Grants program, an investment of $40 million over four years will support the not for profit sector to deliver new or expanded facilities in areas with projected unmet demand for preschool.

The closing date for this program is 2 May 2025, with guidelines available at: Investing in preschool infrastructure | Office for Early Childhood Development

For fact sheets, guidelines and application forms relating to the other two Flying Start programs, visit: Flying Start grants | Office for Early Childhood Development