Grants and Funding Opportunities

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 

The 2024/25 Community Assistance Grants are now closed.

The Community Assistance Scheme aims to build capacity, encourage participation and support initiatives that promote partnerships and working together to maintain our community and its assets.  

Council has invested $105,000 in 2024 towards community development initiatives including arts and culture and sport and recreational projects. A further $10,000 from the Environment Levy has been invested towards future sustainability and natural environment projects. 

There are three types of funding available under the Community Assistance Scheme. These are:  

The Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme follows Council’s adoption of its Grants, Donations and Sponsorships Policy on 16 November 2022. This policy provides a framework on how Council proposes to manage future grants, donations and sponsorships for the benefit of communities across our Shire.  

Previous years' grant recipients 

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 2024-2025

Community Assistance Scheme 2023 Successful Projects(PDF, 165KB) 

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 2021 - 2022(PDF, 91KB) 

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 2020 - 2021(PDF, 167KB) 

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 2019 - 2020(PDF, 108KB) 

Wingecarribee Community Assistance Scheme 2018 - 2019(PDF, 239KB)  

The aim of these grants are to provide funding for specific community welfare and social services, community development, health services and employment assistance activities and other projects aimed at improving the living standards of low income and disadvantaged people in the Wingecarribee Shire. 

The local priorities for this funding are: 

For the list of successful applicants for 2024 please see below: 
 
Club Grants 2024

The Supporting Spontaneous Volunteers Program provides grants between $50,000-$100,000 as part of their $5 million in funding to projects across NSW to support communities and volunteers. The funding supports community to be better prepared, supported, coordinated and respond to disasters. 

Key Dates:
Applications open: 1 June 2024
Application closes: 30 August 2024 at 12.00 pm.

You can find more information here about the program and eligibility requirements to apply for this funding. 

Supporting Spontaneous Volunteers Program

Supporting Spontaneous Volunteers Program Document(PDF, 990KB)

Veolia Mulwaree Trust 2024 Grants and Donations Program 

There are a number of grant funding opportunities in 2024, including funding for community projects and scholarships. 

For more information please visit Funding & Grants | Veolia Australia and New Zealand 

Wingecarribee Shire Council has subscribed to Grant Funding Finder through a licensing agreement with Regional Development Australia Southern Inland. 

Grant Funding Finder is a customised portal for unlimited users and is a database of all grants available in our designated geographic area. 

Search the Grant Funding Finder portal  

The Wingecarribee Heritage Assistance Grants are offered annually by Council for works to heritage listed buildings, draft or proposed heritage items and period buildings within heritage conservation areas. Funding rounds are generally called in the second quarter of the calendar year. 

Further information can be found by visiting Council's Heritage Assistance Grants webpage.