Watsonia Neighbourhood House | Feeding Watsonia | Upgrading the community kitchen to create a safe, accessible and functional space. The improved kitchen will expand community meals and food sharing, volunteering, cooking programs, strengthening social connection, wellbeing and inclusion. | $73,498.00 |
Birralee Primary School | Inclusive school play space | Creating a new inclusive play space. The space will incorporate adaptive equipment, sensory play elements, and quiet areas to support diverse physical, cognitive, and sensory needs. | $75,000.00 |
Templestowe Valley Primary School | Climb and Connect | Transforming an underused outdoor area into a welcoming community play space. The new space will encourage active play, build confidence and coordination, and create more opportunities for children to connect, move and play together. | $58,510.00 |
Box Hill North Primary School | Junior Playground Upgrade | Creating a new inclusive and accessible playground that fosters active play, social connection and community participation, providing a shared space for children and families to come together and strengthen community connections. | $75,000.00 |
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Rosanna Golf Links Primary School
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Together in Nature: An Outdoor Space for the School Community
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Transforming an unused area into a landscaped environment with native plants, natural elements, and seating for gathering, reflection, and learning as part of inclusive outdoor nature space.
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$75,000.00
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Greening the line
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Elder Street Reserve Revitalisation
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Transforming Elder Street Reserve into a vibrant, biodiverse area to promote health, wellbeing, and community connections. The project will create a nature retreat behind the preschool, featuring Indigenous vegetation, seating, and pathways. Additional upgrades will include dog-friendly drink taps,
picnic tables, benches, and local artwork on concrete lighting blocks.
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$75,000.00
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St Johns Riverside Community Garden
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Road to River - Salt Creek Heidelberg Revegetation
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Restoring vegetation along Salt Creek, which includes the removal of invasive woody and low growing weeds and planting indigenous tube-stock to reestablish Salt Creek's indigenous wildlife corridor for birds, invertebrates and other fauna to the Yarra.
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$68,641.00
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Koonung Park Tennis Club
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Everyone can play
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Installing a new synthetic clay-surface on 5 tennis courts. This will result in robust courts that are suitable for all to play on, increasing community participation in tennis.
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$75,000.00
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Warringal Conservation Society
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Salt creek northern bank and Yarra confluence weed removal and revegetation
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Conducting weeding and environmental restoration plantings along Salt Creek in Heidelberg, the main waterway linking Heidelberg and the Yarra. The project involves the removal of weeds and planting indigenous tube-stock on the Northern bank of Salt Creek from the Main Yarra trail to where
it connects with the Yarra River.
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$29,931.00
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Viewbank Primary School
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Community Playground and Gathering Space
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Transforming an unused area of the school grounds into an inclusive community play and wellbeing space. The project will deliver new playground equipment, seating, shade and quiet retreat areas to support mental and physical wellbeing.
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$74,490.00
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Guide Dogs Victoria
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Accessible Campus Playground and Upgrades for Inclusive Participation
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Expanding an inclusive outdoor play and recreation space with accessible trampolines and improved pathways and navigation, creating more opportunities for people who are blind or have low vision, children, families and the wider community to play, connect and participate together in programs, events
and everyday activities.
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$71,060.00
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Diamond Valley Foodshare
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Upgrade of kitchen and facility areas
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Upgrading the premises, to better support volunteers and clients in the provision of emergency food relief. Improvements will include an external waiting shelter, better equipment to enable storage of fresh produce and facility improvements that create a more productive and comfortable working
environment for volunteers.
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$60,316.00
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Simpson Barracks Community Centre Incorporated
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Home Base Playground
| Creating a new, inclusive play space for Defence families and the wider Yallambie community. The project will deliver separate junior and senior play areas, providing age-appropriate and accessible play opportunities, encouraging everyday connection, wellbeing and participation. |
$75,000.00
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Watsonia Occasional Child Care INC
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Shady Surrounds: Protecting children in the community
| Installation of 2 new shade sails, to improve sun smart spaces and continue the strong outdoor program for children to explore, play and learn. |
$31,738.00
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Doncaster Bowling Club
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Community deck upgrade
| Construction of a new external deck providing a safe, accessible space for spectator viewing, social interaction and community gatherings. |
$75,000.00
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Greensborough Tennis Club Inc.
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Community Native Garden, Accessible BBQ and Outdoor Area Upgrade
| Revitalising the club's outdoor area with an upgraded electric BBQ, new furniture, painting, and a native community garden. These improvements will create a more welcoming and functional space for social activities. |
$14,450.00
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Diamond Valley Learning Centre
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Community Kitchen upgrade
| Upgrading the kitchen into a safe, accessible and functional space that better supports community use. These improvements will enable the organisation to expand community meals and cooking programs and support the establishment of a food pantry for individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. |
$57,362.00
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Watsonia Scout Group
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Inclusive Communication and Sensory Space Upgrade
| Upgrading Watsonia Scout Hall to improve acoustic performance, reduce noise transfer, and create a calm, controlled environment suitable for deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals as well as neurodiverse participants. The space will be used for youth programs, leadership development, volunteer training, and made available for broader community use, including local support groups and meetings. |
$75,000.00
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Ajani Neighbourhood House Inc
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Securing Ajani’s Sustainable Food Future
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Relocating and expanding the community garden to a larger, sunnier and more accessible location at Ted Ajani Reserve and installing more productive, easier to use wicking planter boxes. The project includes building a garden shed to assist garden volunteers and improve the space’s ability to function
as an inclusive outdoor classroom teaching food system knowledge to local community members.
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$37,739.00
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Giant Steps Melbourne
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Sun Safe Play for Children with Profound Autism
| Installing 2 custom shade sails to ensure safe, year-round access to the playground for children and young adults diagnosed with profound autism; many who find wearing hats and applying sunscreen difficult due to sensory processing issues. |
$26,855.00
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Doncaster Secondary College
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Gymnasium Scoreboards Shot Clocks and Ventilation Upgrade to Community Sports Stadium
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Upgrading the gymnasium with new electronic scoreboards and shot clocks, scoreboard controllers, and large industrial ceiling fans. This project will create a safer, more functional and more enjoyable sporting environment for thousands of participants each year, strengthening community connection and
supporting healthy, active lifestyles.
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$56,791.00
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Greensborough Baseball Club
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Facility improvements
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Improving the aesthetics of the club by replacing outdated carpet in the clubhouse to ensure members and visitors feel welcome and safe.
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$8,000.00 |
