Victorian Government - Children’s Week Grants Program 2026 (With up to $1,000 in Funding)

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About Victorian Government - Children’s Week Grants Program

The Children’s Week Grants Program supports community-based activities that promote awareness of children’s rights and create meaningful opportunities for children and families to participate, connect, and celebrate together.

• Sponsor Organisation: Victorian Government

Benefits of Victorian Government - Children’s Week Grants Program

• Local Government Councils are eligible for grants of up to $700, all other organisations are eligible for grants of up to $1000.

Victorian Government - Children’s Week Grants Program Requirements

Your organisation can apply for a grant if:

• the organisation is a Local Government Council or an eligible not-for-profit (NFP) organisation (see Eligible Not For Profit organisations section below)
• the organisation is covered by applicable insurance/s including Public Liability.

Organisations can only apply for one grant. If you are a large organisation, please consider if any other teams within your organisation are also applying for a grant – for example, a Local Government Council that operates multiple libraries can only have one of their libraries apply for a grant.

Local Government Councils are eligible for a grant of up to $700, all other organisations are eligible for a grant of up to $1000.

Eligible Not for Profit organisations

NFP organisations provide services to the community and do not operate to make a profit for its members (or shareholders, if applicable). A few examples are art centres, neighbourhood associations and sports clubs. 

To assess your NFP status, we will check the following against the Australian Business Register:

• type of organisation registered
• deductible Gift Recipient status or entity type
• incorporated or auspiced by another incorporated organisation (a letter of support will be required by the auspicing organisation).

Other indicators of your organisation's NFP status or particular community purposes are your organisation's:

• constitution or governing rules
• trust deed (if it is a trust)
• registration or association with other regulatory bodies that require not-for-profit status and/or the particular community purpose for registration.

Application Date and Process

In the application form, your organisation will be required to provide the following details:

• two key contact people for the application, including name, position, organisation, mobile phone number and email address
• event/activity title, description, location, date and time
• grant amount requested
• how your organisation will spend the grant funding
• age group event/activity is most suited to.

The application will also require responses to two assessment criteria (minimum 250 word count)

Applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

To apply for a grant, please complete the online application form via the 2026 Children's Week Application

Organisations will be notified of the outcome of their grant application in September 2025. Approved applications will be registered with the official Children’s Week calendar of activities.

Application Deadline

01 July, 2026

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