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Across outer metropolitan Melbourne and regional Victoria, our tiny towns are great places to live and visit.

The Tiny Towns Fund seeks to increase liveability, opportunity and prosperity by delivering better public places and spaces in these communities, providing facilities for local families, building community capacity and increasing visitation that benefits local businesses.

Round 3 successful interface projects will be announced soon.

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Overview

Towns with a population of up to 5,000 people in the 48 local government areas of regional Victoria, as well as Alpine Resorts and Melbourne’s 10 interface outer metropolitan local government areas, are eligible to apply.  

The interface local government areas are:

  • Cardinia Shire
  • City of Casey
  • City of Hume
  • City of Melton
  • Mitchell Shire
  • Mornington Peninsula Shire
  • Nillumbik Shire
  • City of Whittlesea
  • City of Wyndham
  • Yarra Ranges Shire.

Grants between $5,000 and $50,000 are available for each project.

All applicants are required to make financial contributions towards the proposed project in line with the requirements outlined in the guidelines.

Applicants that were successful in Rounds 1 or 2 can apply for funding in this round, provided previously funded projects have been completed, or are nearing completion.

For further information regarding eligibility, funding and applications, refer to the Program Guidelines and FAQs

For information about the grants for regional Victoria and Alpine Resorts, visit Regional Development Victoria - Tiny Towns Fund.

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Further information

For more information, please contact the Programs team.

Page last updated: 09/07/26