Applications for Cardinia Shire Council’s 2023-2024 Community Capital Works and Community Wellbeing Support Grant rounds are now open until Friday 31^st March 2023. Please see below for further details.

Community Capital Works Grant Program

The Community Capital Works Grants Program assists community groups to improve community and recreational facilities, in order to support community networks and enhance community wellbeing.

The Community Capital Works Grant categories and criteria are:

Category 1

• Grants of up to $20,000 are available for community and recreational facility upgrade works that fall into one of 4 priority areas.
• Council manage works on behalf of community groups.
• Community groups are not required to provide matched funding.

Category 2 (Detailed Application Stage)

• Grants of up to $35,000 are available for community and recreational facility upgrade works that fall into one of 3 priority areas.
• Community groups manage the works with guidance from Council.
• Community groups must provide a matched funding amount based on their annual income.

Category 3

• Grants of up to $20,000 are available to go towards major equipment purchases that fall into one of 3 priority areas.
• Equipment purchases are used to help maintain sporting grounds, outer grounds or large internal areas.
• Community groups must provide dollar-for-dollar matched funding.

Please contact Grant White for further information at G.White@cardinia.vic.gov.au or ccwg@cardinia.vic.gov.au

Community Wellbeing and Support Grant Program

The Community Wellbeing and Support Grants Program helps to establish new organisations, projects and services. It also funds initiatives that improve residents' health and wellbeing, support opportunities for volunteering, as well as those which help to build the capacity of community groups, projects and programs to be sustainable.

Community Wellbeing and Support Grants Program funding categories are:

• Seeding grants of up to $5,000 to support the cost of starting a new organisation, group, club, program, project or service.
• Volunteering grants of up to $3,000 to help create volunteering programs, train volunteers or promote volunteering opportunities.
• Small change grants of up to $1,000 to assist with a range of ad hoc costs that cannot be met through other funding sources, such as buying small items of equipment, website redevelopment, Christmas decorations and more.

Please contact Kym Ockerby for further information at K.Ockerby@cardinia.vic.gov.au

Applications for both grant programs close Friday 31 March 2023.

To apply, visit https://cardinia.smartygrants.com.au/.

For further information call the Connected Communities Team on 1300 787 624.

You will need to seek in principal support from the Recreation Team so please email either Ashira Harris on a.harris@cardinia.vic.gov.au or Jo Kennedy on j.kennedy@cardinia.vic.gov.au. If Ashira or Jo can’t be reached, please contact Recreation on recreation@cardinia.vic.gov.au.