Shortstack - grant opportunities
Sports vouchers, innovation and multicultural grants available, plus volunteers survey.
Kids sport help
Another round of $200 sport vouchers are now on offer.
The Get Active Kids Voucher Program helps eligible families cover the costs of sports memberships, registration fees, uniforms and equipment.
Eligible families who hold health care cards or other concession cards can apply for vouchers of up to $200 per child (aged up to 18).
For more information and to apply for a voucher visit getactive.vic.gov.au/vouchers.
Support for early childhood
The 2024-25 Innovation Grants Program is now open with grants from $5,000 to $50,000 available to early childhood services who are innovating to keep early career teachers and educators in the workforce.
The grants support teachers and educators in the first five years of their career, and applicants are encouraged to work together with other providers to develop programs and services that enable early career educators to stay in the workforce.
Applications close at 5pm on Friday November 1. To apply or find out more visit vic.gov.au/innovation-grants-program.
Multicultural media grants
Grants of up to $25,000 are available through the 2024-25 Multicultural Media Grants program to support multicultural media organisations across the state.
Applications for the grants close on November 8.
For more information and to apply, visit vic.gov.au/multicultural-media-grants-program.
Volunteers survey
All volunteers are encouraged to take part in new research to gauge the state of volunteering in Victoria.
The Volunteering Victoria research team is hosting in depth qualitative research sessions online and in person for volunteer managers, emergency services volunteers, Volunteering Victoria members, youth volunteers and online volunteers in both regional and metropolitan locations.
To attend a forum online or in person or take the volunteer managers' survey please go to www.volunteeringvictoria.org.au/get-involved-state-of-volunteering-vic/#forums