Ageing Well Grant

Applications now open

Ageing well means prioritising your mental, physical, and emotional well-being so that you live a meaningful life. The principles of ageing well promote making healthy lifestyle choices geared toward being both healthy and happy.

The Ageing Well grants are available to support community to facilitate events and activities for over 55s that promote ageing well, including wellbeing, physical health, purpose and social connection.

What can be funded

Applicants can receive up to $750 in funding to assist in delivering free or low-cost initiatives and activities that will promote and activate opportunities for over 55’s to age well, such as but not exclusive to:

• community events and activities
• equipment
• promotional materials.

What won't be funded

Applications will NOT be considered for:

• Projects, events or activities that:
  • do not demonstrate a clear and primary focus on the 55+ community
  • were previously supported for that specific project or activity through a Council grant
  • could be funded through Council’s annual community grant programs, peak bodies or other government funding
  • are being held outside the Nillumbik municipal boundary, or that won’t substantially benefit the Nillumbik community
  • are fully ticketed with no free or heavily subsidised component
  • are curriculum based or entirely student, club or congregation focused
  • are solely for fundraising purposes without broad community benefit
  • have received full funding from another source
  • have a political or religious purpose
• ongoing operational expenses or core business costs without a clearly identified need (e.g. salaries, administrative costs, maintenance costs, supplies, uniforms, utility bills, etc)
• funding sought by sporting clubs for competition games, uniforms, equipment or other infrastructure necessary to support their primary activities
• competitions, prize money, awards or gifts
• alcohol or gambling related activities
• retrospective funding for projects that are due to commence prior to the notification of the application outcome
• applicants that are in debt to or have any outstanding commitments and/or acquittals with Nillumbik Shire Council. 

Eligibility

To be eligible for consideration, applicants MUST:

• be a not-for-profit incorporated organisation or community group that lives, works, studies, volunteers or plays in Nillumbik
  • unincorporated organisations and groups can apply if partnered with (auspiced by) an eligible not-for-profit incorporated organisation
• hold a minimum of $20 million public liability insurance (or if your activity will be held in a Council venue or on Council land, you may be eligible for coverage under Council’s community public liability insurance)
• have acquitted and be compliant with all Nillumbik grants previously awarded by Council
• spend the funds before 30 June 2027.

Funding conditions

Successful applicants must agree to:

• keep Council informed of any changes to the proposed funded activity
• liaise with Council regarding their promotional material and use of the appropriate Nillumbik Shire Council logo
• obtain all relevant project and event related permits, approvals, and licenses from the relevant authorities prior to commencement
• return the full or remaining amount of grant monies to Council if the funded activity is cancelled or is less than budgeted
• submit an acquittal and evaluation to Council by 30 June 2027.

Acquittal and evaluation

This information enables Council to evaluate the achievements of funded activities, monitor the effectiveness of the grant program and ensure that we are meeting the needs of grant recipients and the community.

Recipients who have an outstanding acquittal for a grant, without an approved grant variation in place, may be ineligible for funding in future grant rounds until the outstanding acquittal is received.