Ageing Well Grants
The focus of the Ageing Well grant program is to address systemic issues reducing the quality of life for older Victorians – specifically, areas of healthy ageing, financial abuse, and social isolation.
Key dates
Granting overview
Available Funding: 3-year grants of up to $250,000 per year
Application process: Via SmartyGrants (advertised)
Program objectives
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Address systemic issues relating to ‘positive ageing’ for older Victorians
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Are innovative and take a systems view
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Have a focus on prevention
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Deploy integrative and collective impact approaches
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Promote cross‐sector collaboration
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Provide an evidence base to demonstrate the effectiveness of programs
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Are Victorian based
Eligibility
Item 1 DGR organisations which are registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission and endorsed with charity tax concessions.
Past recipients
Total Amount Granted: over $1 million since 2020
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Financial year |
Organisation |
Project |
Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
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FY23-25 |
La Trobe University (The John Richards Centre for Rural Ageing Research) |
Building rural older people’s skills for positive ageing – co-designing new community resources and programs to improve age-friendly health care literacy |
$510,627 |
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FY23-25 |
Live Life Get Active |
Promoting physical activity, healthy eating and providing the skills and knowledge to support positive ageing and independence |
$231,743 |
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FY22 |
National Ageing Research Institute |
The ENJOY MAP for HEALTH: Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people – More Active People for HEALTHier communities |
$277,006 |
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FY21 |
National Ageing Research Institute |
The ENJOY MAP for HEALTH: Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people – More Active People for HEALTHier communities |
$247,846 |
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FY20 |
National Ageing Research Institute |
The ENJOY MAP for HEALTH: Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people – More Active People for HEALTHier communities |
$250,600 |
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