Community SHARE Grant Program

Community SHARE Grant Program 2026/27

Yarriambiack Shire Council is committed to working in partnership with the community to encourage, develop, support and sustain a wide range of local recreational, cultural, social, community support and business group initiatives that make:

A positive contribution to the Yarriambiack Shire community;
and Strengthen the development of strong local communities.

Each financial year, Council provides financial assistance to community groups and businesses to support the provision of events and services which respond to identified community need, contribute to the building of stronger communities and are in accordance with Council’s strategic outcomes.

SHARE-Grant-Guidelines-26-27.pdf(PDF, 926KB)

Budget template(PDF, 331KB)

Applications for the 2026/27 program closed 12.00pm, 31 July 2026.

2026/27 program applicants will be notified of the outcomes in August 2026.

The program provides funding through 4 different streams:

Stream	Funding Available	Matched Funding Required	Eligible Applicants
Community Events	Up to $1,500	N/A	Not-for-profit community groups
Business Works	Up to $2,000	1:1*	Small businesses
Community Works (Minor)	Up to $3,000	N/A	Not-for-profit community groups
Community Works (Major)	Up to $10,000	3:1*	Not-for-profit community groups

* Indicates the contribution required to receive funding eg. 3:1 = group/business must contribute $1 to the overall project for every $3 received.

Community Works (Major) stream is capped at 50% of the total funding program unless other streams don’t fully allocate the budget.

Milestone	Date
Applications open	Monday 1st July 2026, 8am
Applications close	Friday 31st July 2026, 12:00pm
Outcome notification and grant payments	August 2026
Project delivery	September 2026 to August 2027
Project acquittal due	1 September 2027

For more information regarding the Community SHARE grants program, please contact Council on (03) 5398 0100 or grants@yarriambiack.vic.gov.au.

Project acquittals

Each successful application requires a completion report upon completion of the project.

Download the Completion Report form here.(PDF, 166KB)

Community SHARE Grant Program