Community Inclusion

The Community Inclusion grant program distributes funds for projects that encourage social inclusion and social participation for people with disabilities.

Key Dates

Status: Closed (reopens Aug/Sep 2026)

Granting overview

Available Funding: $260,000 each year via individual one-year grants of up to $20,000

Application process: Via SmartyGrants (advertised)

Program objectives

Grants will provide opportunities for social inclusion and social participation for people with disability in Victoria. These objectives are informed by guiding principle no. 3 of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD): ‘Full and effective participation and inclusion in society’ (CRPD 2007).

Projects may include:

Community awareness, education and engagement programs to promote social inclusion and address direct and indirect discrimination
Promoting participation in cultural life.
Programs to support social participation, to reduce social isolation and improve wellbeing and quality of life.

Preference will be given to projects that:

Provide an integrated solution to social inclusion and social participation.
Show social innovation, which can be interpreted as ‘novel solutions to a social problem that is more effective, efficient, sustainable, or just than existing solutions’ (Phills, Deiglmeier & Miller 2008).
Are from smaller community-led organisations.
Are Victorian based.

We encourage regional, rural, and remote organisations to apply and special consideration will be given for these applications.

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.

Current recipients FY26

Total amount granted: Over $2million since 2014

Organisation	Project title
SOLVE-TAD LIMITED	Freedom Wheels: Gippsland Regional Partnership Project
VARIETY – THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF VICTORIA	JLY Program, a disability awareness program in the City of Greater Bendigo schools
THE KEVIN HEINZE GARDEN CENTRE INC.	Growing Together – Intergenerational Inclusion Through Horticulture
RAWCUS THEATRE COMPANY INC	Power Line
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE	Community Legal Education on the NDIS and Disability Benefits for People with Disability in Regional Australia
BRAINWAVE AUSTRALIA LTD	Kids and Sibs
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY	Enabling inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in mainstream services
PARALYMPICS AUSTRALIA LTD.	Paralympics Australia Imagine Education Program
WAVERLEY INDUSTRIES LTD.	Workplace readiness program for young people with disabilities using VR
FLYING FOX SERVICES LIMITED	Lived Experience Facilitator Training – Education Pilot
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE	Relaxed Performance Series
GIZ A BREAK LIMITED	School Trippin
PRESTON NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE INC	NeuroPride
THE ROYAL WOMENS HOSPITAL	Parenting without barriers: Empowering women with disability
















Organisation
SOLVE-TAD LIMITED
VARIETY – THE CHILDREN’S CHARITY OF VICTORIA
THE KEVIN HEINZE GARDEN CENTRE INC.
RAWCUS THEATRE COMPANY INC
UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE
BRAINWAVE AUSTRALIA LTD
LA TROBE UNIVERSITY
PARALYMPICS AUSTRALIA LTD.
WAVERLEY INDUSTRIES LTD.
FLYING FOX SERVICES LIMITED
MELBOURNE RECITAL CENTRE
GIZ A BREAK LIMITED
PRESTON NEIGHBOURHOOD HOUSE INC
THE ROYAL WOMENS HOSPITAL
Project title
Freedom Wheels: Gippsland Regional Partnership Project
JLY Program, a disability awareness program in the City of Greater Bendigo schools
Growing Together – Intergenerational Inclusion Through Horticulture
Power Line
Community Legal Education on the NDIS and Disability Benefits for People with Disability in Regional Australia
Kids and Sibs
Enabling inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in mainstream services
Paralympics Australia Imagine Education Program
Workplace readiness program for young people with disabilities using VR
Lived Experience Facilitator Training – Education Pilot
Relaxed Performance Series
School Trippin
NeuroPride
Parenting without barriers: Empowering women with disability

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