Grants
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Tiny Towns Fund
Funding body: DJSIR
Amount: Between $5,000 and $50,000
4 February 2026,
4pm
Description: The Tiny Towns Fund supports local communities to deliver quality tourism and community facility projects, such as splash parks and bike trails, playgrounds, community hall and library upgrades, public art and more. Towns with populations of up to 5,000 people in the 48 local government areas of regional Victoria are eligible to apply, as well as Alpine Resorts and towns in Melbourne’s 10 interface outer metropolitan local government areas.
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In a Good Place (IAGP)
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $20,000
19 February 2026,
5pm
Description: The In a Good Place program gives small remote, rural and regional communities (with populations under 10,000) across Australia, particularly farming communities, the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of community-driven projects, services, activities or initiatives, which clearly and directly focus on strengthening mental health, social / emotional health and wellbeing.
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Community Child Care Fund
Funding body: Department of Education
Amount: Up to $600,000
25 February 2026,
9pm
Description: The objective of this grant opportunity is to support the longer-term sustainability of eligible approved ECEC services providing care to communities experiencing disadvantage or vulnerability, particularly those in currently under-served or unserved regional, rural and remote areas.
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FRRR ABC Heywire Youth Innovation Grants
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $10,000
11 March 2026
Description: FRRR and our donor partners collaborate with ABC Heywire to help empower communities and young people to take action on issues that matter most to them, as identified at the annual Heywire Regional Youth Summit.
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EOIs open 4 February 2026.
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Strengthening Rural Communities - Small & Vital
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $10,000
24 March 2026,
5pm
Description: The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.
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Strengthening Rural Communities - Prepare & Recover
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $25,000
24 March 2026,
5pm
Description: The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term timeframe, generally one to ten years after the disaster.
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Rebuilding Futures
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $20,000
16 April 2026
Description: The program provides grants for local not-for-profit community organisations to undertake community-identified and community-led recovery activities that can strengthen resilience and enable projects for building back better to reduce the impact of future disasters on community wellbeing and physical infrastructure.
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Opens 3 March 2026.
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Community Led Climate Solutions
Funding body: FRRR
Amount: Up to $75,000
26 June 2026,
5pm
Description: Community Led Climate Solutions Projects must support remote, rural and regional communities to act locally to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help address the impacts of climate change for positive and sustainable environmental, social and economic outcomes.
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EOIs open 10 February 2026.
Awards
2026 Victorian Training Awards
Closes: 16 April 2026
Description: The Victorian Training Awards recognise and honour the outstanding achievements of individuals and organisations in the Victorian TAFE and training sector. The awards are open to individuals, businesses and training providers and span across 13 categories.
Other Opportunities
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Investing in Rural Community Futures (IRCF) is a grassroots program that aims to build the capacity of not-for-profit (NFP) organisations.
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After being delivered in eight NSW communities, the program is now running in the Victorian communities of Colac, Maryborough and Swan Hill, thanks to the support of Helen Macpherson Smith Trust, The Jack Brockhoff Foundation, The Ross Trust and The William Buckland Foundation.