Volunteer Grants 2025-26

Expressions of Interest (EOIs) are now open for the
2025-26 Volunteer Grants round!

Volunteer Grants recognise the valuable role volunteers play in building more resilient and cohesive communities. Grants of between $1000 and $5000 are available to help community organisations to support their volunteers.

The Volunteer Grants program responds to the environment volunteer organisations are now faced with and our government’s commitment to children and young people.

There are two categories for Volunteer Grants which reflect areas of high demand for volunteer organisations:

• Category 1: for communications and IT items (such as laptops, phones, payment devices and software), and paying for insurance premiums.
• Category 2: for items and services that support the development and well-being of children and young people under 18.

The Volunteer Grants will fund volunteer organisations for costs associated with any activity helping and supporting children and young people under 18, to help with the costs of modernising their operations and to cover key costs, including insurance premiums and internet bills.

Before submitting your Expression of Interest, please read the Grant Guidelines thoroughly to see whether your group is eligible.

Click here for Guidelines

To confirm you are interested in submitting a formal application, please complete the below Expression of Interest Form.

Expressions of Interest close 5pm Tuesday 7 April 2026 

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact my office on 8186 2588.

Further Information

All applications will be assessed by a Community Committee. If your organisation is successfully nominated, you will be invited to apply for a grant which will be assessed by the Department of Social Services after the expression of interest process has been finalised.

Please be aware that if your organisation is nominated to apply for a Volunteer Grant, some or all of this information will be shared with the Department of Social Services.

Note: If your organisation is an unincorporated association, a person connected to your organisation will be required to assume personal legal liability. The person will be legally liable for the delivery of the funded activity, expenditure of funds and any other associated obligations arising from the grant agreement.

For more information see Section 4 of the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

Please complete the below form and attach any supporting documentation i.e. letters of support or accompanying quote via email to [email protected]