Ageing Well

Total Amount Granted: over $1 million since 2020

Type of Grant Round: Closed

Key Dates

Note: To minimise the burden on applicants, this grant round will be conducted as a two-stage process. Stage one will call for expressions of interest. Shortlisted applicants will then be invited to submit a full application.

• Round opens September 2025 (TBC)

Available Funding: 3-year grants of up to $250,000 per year

What are the objectives?

State Trustees has developed the Ageing Well grant program to address systemic issues reducing quality of life for older Victorians – specifically, areas of healthy ageing, financial abuse, and social isolation.

Fact: By 2031 it is projected that 57% of Victoria’s population will be over 65 (State Government of Victoria 2019).

We are seeking submissions that:

• Address systemic issues relating to ‘positive ageing’ for older Victorians
• Are innovative and take a systems view
• Have a focus on prevention
• Deploy integrative and collective impact approaches
• Promote cross‐sector collaboration
• Provide an evidence base to demonstrate the effectiveness of programs
• Are Victorian based

Who is eligible to apply?

An eligible entity is endorsed as item 1 Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) and registered as a charity with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC), with charity tax concessions.

Past Recipients

FY21National Ageing Research InstituteThe ENJOY MAP for HEALTH: Exercise interveNtion outdoor proJect in the cOmmunitY for older people – More Active People for HEALTHier communities$247,846

 

Financial Year	Organisation	Project	Amount
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
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
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
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
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