Living Local Regional Fund

Overview

The $5 million Our Regions: Living Local – Regional Fund provides funding to support regional communities to recover and thrive. The fund has two streams to drive economic and social recovery in the regional areas hardest hit by the pandemic and provides funding for local community-building projects that promote social connections and cohesion, enhance liveability, and revitalise community spaces.

The Our Regions: Living Local Fund also offered grants for projects in metropolitan Melbourne communities. For further information, visit the Suburban Development website.

Applications closed Sunday 14 August 2022.

Objectives of program

The Our Regions: Living Local – Regional Fund provides funding for local community-building projects that promote social connections, enhance liveability, and revitalise regional shopping strips and activity centres. The fund also provides grants to community organisations to help them in the great work they do to support their local communities.

Funding details

The Living Local – Regional Grants Program is a competitive grants program open to eligible rural and regional local governments and incorporated (not-for-profit) organisations/associations.

Applicants may seek a minimum of $20,000 and maximum of $200,000 (exclusive of GST).

The Living Local – Regional Community Grants Program is open to applications from not-for-profit and charity organisations that are operating in rural and regional Victoria.

Community organisations can seek from $2,000 up to $20,000 (exclusive of GST) of grant funding for eligible equipment and minor refurbishments.

Applications closed Sunday 14 August 2022.

Application process

Applicants are encouraged to email livinglocalfund@ecodev.vic.gov.au to discuss your idea and seek advice. A list of frequently asked questions is available to assist you with to determining your eligibility and developing application.

Before applying, please ensure that you:

have read and understood the information in the program guidelines
have all required documentation on hand.

Eligible applications will be assessed against response to the assessment criteria as well as supporting documents.

Apply for a Living Local - Regional Grant

Apply for a Living Local - Regional Community Grant

Applications for both streams closed 11.59pm, 14 August 2022.

Step 1

Familiarise yourself with the program guidelines for the corresponding program and check that you can demonstrate the project’s ability to address each of the assessment criteria.

Step 2

Email Living Local Fund or call the Business Victoria Hotline on 13 22 15 to discuss your idea and seek advice.

Step 3

Complete the online form for the corresponding grants program and submit your application by the closing date.

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Projects funded by this program

Download a more detailed list of funded projects announced in 2022-23 to date:
Funded Projects - Living Local Regional Fund (XLSX 22.17 KB)

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Project Name	Region	Year	Amount Funded
Ararat Council: Ararat Regional Playgrounds All Abilities Redevelopment	Central Highlands	2022	$180,000
Ararat Council: Power our future!!	Central Highlands	2022	$42,000
Baddaginnie Community Inc	Goulburn	2022	$20,000
Badger Creek and District Men's Shed	Goulburn	2022	$2,607
Ballan Shire Historical Society Inc.	Central Highlands	2022	$4,400
Ballarat Council: Accessibility, Arts and Assistance Dogs in the Ballarat CBD	Central Highlands	2022	$26,250
Ballarat Regional Trades and Labour Council	Central Highlands	2022	$20,000
Baw Baw Shire Council: Digital Tourism and Community Information Kiosks - Neerim South and Yarragon	Gippsland	2022	$28,475
Benalla Art Gallery: Between the Details	Goulburn	2022	$29,798
Birallee Park Neighbourhood House Inc	Ovens Murray	2022	$11,828

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