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Tiny Towns Fund - Round 2 Overview

Round 2 applications have now closed. Information about successful projects will be announced at a later date.

Across outer metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, our tiny towns are great places to live and visit.

The Tiny Towns Fund supports local communities to deliver quality tourism and community facility projects, such as new barbecues, bike tracks and walking trails, playgrounds, club and community hall and library upgrades, public art and more.

Towns with a population of up to 5,000 people in the 48 local government areas of regional Victoria were eligible to apply, as well as Alpine Resorts and Melbourne’s 10 interface outer metropolitan local government areas.

The interface local government areas include Casey City Council, Cardinia Shire Council, Hume City Council, Melton City Council, Mitchell Shire Council, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, Nillumbik Shire Council, Whittlesea City Council, Wyndham City Council and the Yarra Ranges Shire Council.

Tiny Towns Fund - Round 1 Successful projects

The Tiny Towns Fund successful recipients and projects in interface local government areas are listed here.

The Tiny Towns Fund successful recipients and projects in regional local government areas are listed here.

About the Tiny Towns Fund

The Fund celebrates the pride of place and identity that make these communities a unique and essential part of Victoria by supporting the delivery of community infrastructure, facilities, and capacity-building projects.

Regional Development Victoria, Department of Jobs, Skills, Industry and Regions and the Suburbs unit, Department of Transport and Planning deliver the fund.

Townships that have not yet received a Tiny Towns grant, or that have worthy project ideas to boost community resilience, recovery and economic growth were encouraged to apply in the second round.

Fund details:

  • Grants to support local projects in communities with a population of up to 5,000 people in the 48 local government areas of regional Victoria, Alpine Resorts, and the 10 interface local government areas of Casey City Council, Cardinia Shire Council, Hume City Council, Melton City Council, Mitchell Shire Council, Mornington Peninsula Shire Council, Nillumbik Shire Council, Whittlesea City Council, Wyndham City Council and Yarra Ranges Shire Council.
  • Applicants could apply for a minimum of $5,000 and up to a maximum of $50,000 in grant funding per project (exclusive of GST).
  • Applications opened on Monday 26 August 2024 and closed on 25 October 2024.

For support, please contact the Revitalisation Programs team in the Suburbs unit at revitalisation.programs@transport.vic.gov.au

Program guidelines

Download the Program Guidelines here

Further Information

For support, please contact the Revitalisation and Growth Programs team within the Suburbs unit at revitalisation.programs@transport.vic.gov.au

For more information regarding the Tiny Towns Fund in regional Victoria, please visit https://www.rdv.vic.gov.au/grants-and-programs/tiny-towns-fund.