2025 Successful Grant Recipients

Large Project Grants are for projects that clearly address a significant need and embrace the principles of social justice, healthy living, lifelong learning, environmental sustainability, community safety and inclusion. Grants are up to $10,000 per year for up to three years.

Newly announced funding:

Banksia Gardens Community Services - $10,000 per year for three years    

The CARYA Breakfast Club: Climate Adaptation and Food Security for VCE students

Blind Sports and Recreation Victoria - $10,000 per year for three years

Creating a Splash for Blind and Low Vision Adults and Children in Hume

Broadmeadows Basketball Association - $10,000 per year for two years

Phoenix rising - breaking the glass ceiling for marginalise young people through basketball

Life Saving Victoria - $10,000 per year for three years              

Connecting Diverse Communities Through Aquatics

Melbourne Symphony Orchestra - $10,000 per year for three years

Jams in Schools – Inspirational First Encounters with Orchestral Music

Sunbury and Cobaw Community Health - $10,000 per year for three years 

Kid x Plus – A youth leadership program in partnership with Sunbury Aboriginal Corporation

Previously announced multiyear projects include:

Second year funding

• Enable Social Enterprise Limited - $10,000
• Kids' Own Publishing - $5,000
• Second Chance Animal Rescue - $10,000 s
• The Boite Vic Inc - $10,000
• Toy Libraries Australia - $10,000 

Third year funding

• Attwood House Community Centre - $10,000
• STEM Sisters - $10,000
• Sunbury Winter Night Shelter - $10,000
• Waves of Wellness Foundation Ltd - $9,984 

The Volunteer Project Grant is a grant for new and innovative services, programs, and projects that support local partnerships to help community organisations and groups to re-engage, encourage and try out volunteering. 

Amber Community - $9,520      

Volunteer Engagement & Wellbeing Training Session for volunteers with lived experience of road trauma.

Maribyrnong River and Waterways Association - $5,000

Water Think Tank – equipping members to better advocate for long-term water management needs of the Maribyrnong River and its creeks.

Project Grants are designed to encourage new ideas, development of locally-led initiatives or projects and collaborations that provide significant benefit to the Hume community. Project Grants are for up to $5,000 for a 12-month period.

Round One

Dallas Neighbourhood House - $5,000

Offering self-defence classes for women.         

Multicultural Resources Hub - $5,000

Seniors Connect - helping remove the stigma surrounding loneliness and social isolation     

Nepalese Society of Kalkallo - $5,000

Establish Pathsala: Nepali Community Language School in Kalkallo        

Project Respect - $3,375

Improving inclusion for women and gender diverse people in the sex industry

Spectrum Migrant Resource Centre - $4,950          

Brownsea Island 2024 - Supporting Social Cohesion among Young People       

Sunbury Neighbourhood Kitchen - $5,000   

Monday Evening Community Meals     

Sunbury Senior Citizens Club - $5,000           

Health & Wellbeing Program to encourage social cohesion and combat chronic mental and physical health challenges           

These grants support groups and organisations to run programs and activities that encourage community participation and involvement, promote leadership, and develop a strong sense of belonging. This includes health and wellbeing projects that improve and encourage active lifestyles. Grants are available up to $3,000 for a 12-month period.

All Saints - $3,000       

All Saints Helping Special Kids

Assyrian Church of the East Youth Association Melbourne - $3,000             

Carols by Candlelight 

Australian Chaldean Family Welfare Association - $3,000

2025 International Women's Day event             

Australian Croatian Club Bocce Gospic - $2,500      

Christmas celebration event and day trip         

Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club Gladstone Park - $2,500

Day excursion and Mother’s Day celebration  

Australian Croatian Senior Citizens Club Vila Velebita - $2,400

Excursion within Victoria and Mother’s Day celebration           

Broadmeadows Senior Citizens Club - $3,000           

Morning Melodies and Christmas Dinner          

Circolo Pensionati Italiani Di Gladstone Park - $3,000          

Multicultural activity events/ Day out for Italian Festival           

Ente Keralam Cultural Forum - $3,000

Cultural events, sports activities, information sessions and workshops           

Eritrean Families in Hume and the North - $3,000    

Active Youth – safe, inclusive, and supportive program for young Eritrean refugees in Hume

Goonawarra Neighbourhood House - $3,000              

Eating Well for Seniors

Greek-Australian Recreational & Instructive League of Victoria - $3,000   

Daytrip and picnic        

Kalkallo North Community Playgroup - $2,000          

Establishment of a new community playgroup               

M.A.P.S. Club - $3,000              

Multicultural Senior Sunday Socials & Day Trips.          

Meadow Heights Turkish Senior Pension Association - $3,000

International Women’s Day Event         

Melbourne Islamic Cultural Society - $3,000              

Social gatherings to enhance community connection

Melbourne Telangana Forum - $3,000             

Sankranthi - Rangoli Festival 2025       

Merri Creek Management Committee - $3,000          

Out and about on Wurundjeri Country

Northern Melbourne Marathi Mandal (NMMM)            - $2,500

NMMM Ganesh Festival 2025 

Reclink Australia - $3000        

Muslim Women's Basketball/ Futsal Program

Robynmore Calisthenics College - $3,000   

Teaching women to sew            

SalamFest - $3,000     

Tales of Tradition: Muslim Storytelling

Sayta Nova Armenian Community - $3,000  

Armenian language and religious program for young people   

Sunbury Aboriginal Corporation - $3,000      

Sunbury Aboriginal Community Cultural Celebrations              

Sunbury Evergreens - $3,000

Engaging older community members 

Sunbury Neighbourhood House - $3,000       

#SustainableSunbury - SNH Community Development Programs 2025           

Sunbury U3A - $3,000

Sunbury U3A courses, events and social interaction to support positive ageing for seniors    

Superoos Basketball Club - $3,000   

Junior Development Day           

Swim Dream Believe - $3,000

Swimming opportunities for individuals with disabilities          

Ugarit Senior Club - $3,000    

Social gatherings to enhance community connection

These grants support the day-to-day operational activities such as insurance costs, venue hire, or ongoing catering for community groups who are working on ongoing projects that help improve health, wellbeing and connection in the community. Equipment purchases come under this category, and grants are for up to $1,500 for a 12-month period.

1st Craigieburn Scout Group - $1,500

Arabic Society of Victoria - $1,500

Australian Assyrian Arts and Literature Foundation - $1,500

Banat Australia - $1,500

Boilerhouse Theatre Company - $1,500

Broadmeadows Community Toy Library Inc - $1,500

Broadmeadows Historical Society - $1,500

Broadmeadows Stars Sports Club - $1,500

Broadmeadows Turkish Senior Citizens Club - $1,500

Broadmeadows Vietnamese Senior Citizens Club - $1,500

Brunswick Sri Lankan Community Group - $1,500

CareWorks SunRanges - $1,500

Chaldean League Foundation of Australia Victoria - $1,500

Change Makers Foundation Incorporated - $1,500

Circolo Pensionati Italiani di Greenvale - $1,500

Crafty Sisters - $1,500

Craigieburn Art Group - $1,500

Craigieburn Branch Country Women’s Association of Victoria - $910

Craigieburn Historical Interest Group - $1,500

Craigieburn Ladies Badminton Club - $1,275

Craigieburn Little Athletics - $1,500

Dallas Football Club - $1,500

Dallas Turkish Women’s Group - $1,000

Diamond Valley Multiple Birth Association - $1,500

Disabled Divers Association - $1,500

Diwan Melbourne - $1,500

Fateh Cricket Club - $1,500

Friends of Will Will Rook Pioneer Cemetery - $1,000

Gladstone Park Combined Probus Club - $1,500

Gladstone Park Senior Citizens Club - $1,500

Greek Orthodox Community of Broadmeadows and Districts - $1,500

Greek and Cypriot Social Welfare Centre - $1,500

GUIH.org - $1,500

Guru Ravidass Free Kitchen Charity Australia - $1,500

Harmonix VC Incorporated - $1,500

Hume Carers Group - $1,500

Hume Mens Shed Craigieburn - $1,500

Hume Sri Lankan Seniors' Association Incorporated (HSLSA) - $1,500

Hume Toastmasters - $1,500

Hume United Football Club - $1,500

Insync Entertainment Incorporated - $1,500

Jacksons Creek Combined Probus Club - $1,500

JBeekeeping Club - $1,500

Ladies Probus Club of Sunbury - $1,500

Landmark Community Sports Club (LCSC) - $1,200

Meadow Park Soccer Club - $1,500

Melbourne Muslim Homeschoolers - $1,335

Mickleham Darts Club - $1,500

Nepalese Community Mickleham - $1,500

Newbury Seniors Club 3064 - $1,500

North West Sew'N'Sews - $1,500

North Western District Pipe Band - $1,500

Northern Turkish Womens Association - $1,500

Park Panthers - $1,500

Probus Club of Craigieburn Combined - $1,500

Probus Club of Sunbury - $1,500

Riding for the Disabled Association (RDA) Oaklands Group - $1,500

Roxburgh Park Broadmeadows Cricket Club - $1,500

Southern Cross Pensioner Club - $1,500

Spanish Speaking Senior Citizens Club Broadmeadows - $1,500

Sunbury and District Woodworkers Club - $915

Sunbury Art Society - $1,500

Sunbury Basketball Association - $1,500

Sunbury Combined Probus Club - $1,500

Sunbury Community Arts Network - $1,500

Sunbury Cricket Club - $1,367

Sunbury Family History and Heritage Society - $1,500

Sunbury Kangaroos Junior Football and Netball Club - $1,500

Sunbury Lions Basketball Club - $1,500

Sunbury Macedon Ranges Veterans Cricket Club - $1,500

Sunbury Preschools Parents and Friends Association - $1,500

Sunbury School of Calisthenics - $1,500

Sunbury Softball Association - $1,500

Sunbury Toy Library - $1,500

Sunbury United Football Club - $1,500

Sunbury United Walking Football Team - $1,500

Sunspec Support Group for Parents/Carers of People with Disabilities - $1,500

The Broadmeadows Greek Elderly Citizens Club - $1,500

The Sunbury Blue Light Disco - $1,500

Tullamarine Football Club - $1,500

Tullamarine Live Steam Society - $1,500

United Khalsa Hockey Club Victoria - $1,500

Vic Talk - $1,500

Victorian Harmony - $1,500

Vietnamese Senior Citizens Group of Hume - $1,500

Vietnamese Women Association in Broadmeadows - $1,500

WASEMA (Women's Association South East Melbourne) - $1,500

Westmeadows Cricket Club - $1,500

Westmeadows Football Club - $1,500

Woodlands Ladies Probus Sunbury - $1,500

Woodlands Pony Club - $1,500

Hume City Council offers a number of grant categories that are available all year round (or until funds are exhausted). Successful grants so far for 2024-2025 include:

Quick Response Grants 

• Footscape - $1,000
• Oorja Foundation - $1,000
• Oz Christ Care Community Inc - $1,000
• Greek Senior Citizen & Disable Club of Gladstone Park & Tullamarine Inc - $1,000
• Ugarit Senior Club - $1,000