Living Local Regional Fund
The $5 million Our Regions: Living Local – Regional Fund supports locals and visitors in regional Victoria to experience new and better infrastructure that helps them come together as a community.
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.
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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) 
| 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 |
| Birregurra Public Hall | Barwon | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Bluebird Foundation Inc | Barwon | 2022 | $7,695 |
| Buda Historic Home and Garden Inc. | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $9,964 |
| Campaspe Shire Council Echuca War Memorial Aquatic Centre: Kyvalley Hall All Access Project | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $26,000 |
| Castlemaine State Festival Ltd | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $17,394 |
| Coghills Creek Progress Association Inc. | Central Highlands | 2022 | $3,933 |
| Connect GV | Goulburn | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Corangamite Council: Light Up Camperdown | Great South Coast | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Cyril Callister Foundation: Cyril Callister Foundation Inc - Vegemite Museum. | Central Highlands | 2022 | $37,943 |
| Deddick Valley Isolated Community Group: Service Hub Network - Building Healthy and Resilient Communities through Service Equity | Gippsland | 2022 | $198,943 |
| Dereel and Surrounding Communities Men's Shed Inc. | Central Highlands | 2022 | $3,916 |
| Dunolly and District Neighbourhood Centre Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $2,441 |
| East Gippsland Shire Council: Upgrade Omeo streetscape | Gippsland | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Friends of Canadian Corridor | Central Highlands | 2022 | $6,039 |
| Gippsland MTB Inc: Haunted Hills Bike Park BBQ Area Upgrade | Gippsland | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Girgarre Community Group Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $5,049 |
| Girl Guides Victoria: Daylesford Girl Guide Hall Rejuvenation | Greater Melbourne | 2022 | $47,000 |
| Glenelg Council: Portland Foreshore and Retail Precinct Landscape and Public Furniture Activation | Great South Coast | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Golden Plains Council: Lethbridge Play Space Upgrade | Central Highlands | 2022 | $200,000 |
| Golden Plains Council: Linton Bowls Carpark Upgrade | Central Highlands | 2022 | $82,500 |
| Golden Plains Council: Smythesdale Medical Clinic Fit Out | Central Highlands | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Geelong Council: Central Geelong Window Display Activation | Barwon | 2022 | $30,000 |
| Geelong Council: Geelong West Neighbourhood House Precinct Renewal | Barwon | 2022 | $65,000 |
| Hamilton Community House Incorp | Great South Coast | 2022 | $5,005 |
| Hands of Change Limited | Central Highlands | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Hands of Change Limited | Central Highlands | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Heywood Mens Talk Group Inc | Great South Coast | 2022 | $5,212 |
| Indigo U3A Incorporated | Ovens Murray | 2022 | $16,180 |
| Julia Street Creative Space Inc | Barwon | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Kaniva and District Progress Association | Wimmera Southern Mallee | 2022 | $5,950 |
| Kilmore District Men's Shed Inc. | Goulburn | 2022 | $2,755 |
| Lancefield Neighbourhood House Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $3,345 |
| Latrobe Valley Beekeepers Association Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Life Skills Victoria Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $6,770 |
| Lyonville Community Planning Group | Central Highlands | 2022 | $7,057 |
| Macedon Ranges Further Education Centre Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Mansfield Armchair Cinemas: Rest Room Upgrade for MAC Community | Goulburn | 2022 | $70,000 |
| Mansfield Autism Statewide Services | Goulburn | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Maude and District Landcare Group | Central Highlands | 2022 | $15,352 |
| Meredith Community Centre Inc | Central Highlands | 2022 | $6,001 |
| Millewa - Carwarp Landcare Group: Cullulleraine Foreshore nature play | Mallee | 2022 | $168,125 |
| Moira Council Care: Cobram Off-Leash Dog Park | Goulburn | 2022 | $62,081 |
| Moorabool Council: Darley Park Play Space Development | Central Highlands | 2022 | $200,000 |
| North Shepparton Community & Learning Centre Inc | Goulburn | 2022 | $6,686 |
| Northern Grampians Shire Council: Grampians Gatherings 2023 | Central Highlands | 2022 | $48,000 |
| Numurkah Community Learning Centre Inc | Goulburn | 2022 | $7,815 |
| Omeo Region Business and Tourism Association Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $9,590 |
| Parklands Albury Wodonga Limited: Murray River Red Gum Trail boardwalks connecting community | Goulburn | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Phillip Island Community Art and Craft Gallery Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $2,567 |
| Pomonal Men's Shed Inc | Central Highlands | 2022 | $3,992 |
| Regional Community Vet Clinic: Regional Community Relocatable Vet Clinic | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $50,000 |
| Scope (Aust) Ltd | Greater Melbourne | 2022 | $18,997 |
| Simpson & District Community Centre Inc | Great South Coast | 2022 | $5,809 |
| St Leonards Mens Shed | Barwon | 2022 | $5,230 |
| Sunraysia Residential Services Inc: Benetook Farm Mission | Mallee | 2022 | $163,636 |
| Swan Hill Council: Revitalising Nyah West Shopping Precinct | Mallee | 2022 | $195,000 |
| Swifts Creek Recreation Reserve Committee of Management: Swifts Creek Recreation Reserve Public Toilets. | Gippsland | 2022 | $194,973 |
| Talbot Arts & Historical Museum Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Tallygaroopna Mens Shed Inc | Goulburn | 2022 | $4,827 |
| Tatura Civic Halls Committee Inc.: Tatura Civic Halls Air-Conditioning | Goulburn | 2022 | $20,600 |
| The Equality Project | Greater Melbourne | 2022 | $10,602 |
| The Equality Project | Ovens Murray | 2022 | $10,602 |
| The South West Alternative Medium Project (SWAMP) | Great South Coast | 2022 | $16,750 |
| Upper Ovens Valley Landcare Group Inc. | Ovens Murray | 2022 | $3,924 |
| Venus Bay, Tarwin Lower & District Men's Shed Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $7,042 |
| Victorian Railways Institute Inc | Central Highlands | 2022 | $5,450 |
| Victorian Railways Institute Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $18,590 |
| Victorian YMCA Youth and Community Services Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $15,681 |
| Walhalla Goldfields Railway Inc | Gippsland | 2022 | $9,664 |
| Watchem Mechanics Institute | Mallee | 2022 | $7,784 |
| Winchelsea Community House Inc. | Barwon | 2022 | $13,985 |
| Wodonga Sports & Leisure Centre: Wodonga Council Underpass Solar Lighting Project. | Goulburn | 2022 | $37,277 |
| Woodend Mens' Shed Inc | Loddon Campaspe | 2022 | $5,035 |
| Woolamai Beach Surf Life Saving Club Incorporated: Woolamai Beach community hub upgrades. | Gippsland | 2022 | $182,659 |
| Wycheproof Community Resource Centre Inc | Mallee | 2022 | $2,287 |
| Yallourn Yallourn North Football Netball Club: New Kitchen Appliances including Oven and Fridge | Gippsland | 2022 | $20,000 |
| Yarck Mechanics Institute and Library: Yarck Hall Rejuvination | Goulburn | 2022 | $23,800 |
| Yea Community House | Goulburn | 2022 | $5,712 |