Small Grants Program

The Small Grants Program encourages innovative community-based projects that will make a positive change in the lives of TAC clients and Victorians with a disability. The program offers grants of up to $50,000.

Projects should be user-led and facilitate improved outcomes across health and well-being, social and community connectedness and participation, independent living, safety and resilience.

Applications for the Small Grants Program are now closed. We expect to offer the program again in mid-2024.

Who is eligible to apply for a grant?

The Small Grants Program funds Victorian community-based projects conducted by the following types of organisations and individuals:

Not-for-profit organisation
Disability and/or Self-Advocacy group
Social enterprise
Disability service provider
Local government authority
Public school
Incorporated Aboriginal corporation
Health service provider*
Peak body*

*Must be collaborating with an organisation listed from 1 – 7

What funding is available?

Grants of up to $50,000 are available through the Small Grants Program.

What projects have been previously funded?

Past Small Grants Program projects include:

an Inclusion Melbourne project that focussed on addressing the widespread poor oral health of people with cognitive impairment through mainstream oral health services
an AQA Victoria peer-led project for Victorians living with a spinal cord injury that upskilled existing peer mentors in delivering 'skills for independence' training courses
the CyberAbility project that created a co-designed online cyber-safety training program to help people with an acquired brain injury stay safe from online scams

To learn more

For further information, email the TAC Research & Evaluation team at research@tac.vic.gov.au.


Small Grants Program The Small Grants Program encourages innovative community-based projects that will make a positive change in the lives of TAC clients and Victorians with a disability. The program offers grants of up to $50,000. Projects should be user-led and facilitate improved outcomes across health and well-being, social and community connectedness and participation, independent living, safety and resilience. Applications for the Small Grants Program are now closed. We expect to offer the program again in mid-2024. Who is eligible to apply for a grant? The Small Grants Program funds Victorian community-based projects conducted by the following types of organisations and individuals: Not-for-profit organisation Disability and/or Self-Advocacy group Social enterprise Disability service provider Local government authority Public school Incorporated Aboriginal corporation Health service provider* Peak body* Must be collaborating with an organisation listed from 1 – 7 What funding is available? Grants of up to $50,000 are available through the Small Grants Program. What projects have been previously funded? Past Small Grants Program projects include: an Inclusion Melbourne* project that focussed on addressing the widespread poor oral health of people with cognitive impairment through mainstream oral health services an AQA Victoria peer-led project for Victorians living with a spinal cord injury that upskilled existing peer mentors in delivering 'skills for independence' training courses the CyberAbility project that created a co-designed online cyber-safety training program to help people with an acquired brain injury stay safe from online scams To learn more For further information, email the TAC Research & Evaluation team at research@tac.vic.gov.au.