Access Starter Grant

The $5 million Accessible Tourism Elevate Fund supports the Queensland tourism industry to elevate the accessible tourism experience.

The Fund is an initiative under the 2023 Year of Accessible Tourism.

The Accessible Tourism Elevate Fund provides two grants – the Access Starter Grant and the Access Project Grant – to enable eligible applicants to apply for what they need, depending on where they are in their accessibility journey.

Applications for the Access Starter Grant are now closed.

The key objectives of the Access Starter Grant are to invest in projects that will:

• support Queensland tourism and events operators to develop greater understanding of accessibility opportunities and requirements for their business through undertaking access audits, and developing accessibility plans and statements
• improve the visitor experience through design and planning of accessibility improvements across the travel journey
• increase the number of tourism operators with accessibility information on their websites and improved accessibility in their websites, marketing and communications materials
• improve tourism and events service delivery to visitors with accessibility needs through staff training and awareness.

Successful applicants

The Access Starter Grant provided $5,000 grants to 154 recipients to undertake activities in the priority areas of:

• access audits, plans and statements
• experience design and planning
• digital and communication accessibility, including accessibility content
• training and awareness for staff.