Grants Resources and Support

The WA government’s Active Regional Communities (ARC) Grants Program aims to increase the opportunities for regional people to participate in sport and active recreation activities in regional WA and is tailored to meet the demands and challenges of sport and active recreation groups within the nine regions of the WA including the Goldfields-Esperance region.

Applications can be made at any time.

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The Regional Housing Support Fund (RHSF) provides grants of up to $5 million to local governments, community housing providers and landowners/developers to support key worker, community housing and residential subdivision projects in regional Western Australia.

Applications Close: 19 December 2025

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This program aims to provide funding to community-led grassroots organisations that embrace Australia’s multicultural diversity and help multicultural communities to become an active part of Australia’s economic and social development.
The minimum grant amount is $10,000 (made up of $5,000 in 2025-26 and $5,000 in 2026-27). The maximum grant amount differs depending on the type of activity:
Events: Up to $10,000 per year.
Eligible activities could include cultural festival or event, multicultural festival or event or a harmony week event
Programs: Up to $40,000 per year.
Eligible activities could include cultural or intercultural sports program, cultural or intercultural art project or cultural or intercultural youth, parent, women’s or men’s group program.
Applications Close: 05 December 2025

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This program aims to supporting projects for children and young people to engage in authentic creative and artistic experiences, promoting positive social and emotional wellbeing.
Who can apply? Artists, Local Governments, NFPs, organisations
Applications may apply for up to $75,000 for projects and/or programs.
Applications Close: 11 December 2025

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The Australian Government’s Industry Growth Program provides an Advisory Service for startups and small and medium enterprises (SMEs) undertaking innovative commercialisation and/or growth projects that are within the priority areas of the Australian Government’s National Reconstruction Fund (NRF) and help build Australia’s manufacturing capability for the future.

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Grants are available to projects that meet one of Lotterywest’s priority areas, including inclusive thriving community, connected cultural experiences, protected sustainable ecosystems, smart innovative society and active healthy people.

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The Commonwealth Accessible Australia initiative (Accessible Australia) provides funding to make it easier for people with disability to access their communities. This includes both the built and natural environment.
Accessible Australia builds on the Changing Places initiative. Changing Places funds fixed and portable accessible toilet facilities. The 2022–23 October Budget provided $32.2 million from 2022 to 2026. This covered up to half of the funding needed to build Changing Places facilities across Australia.
From 2025, Accessible Australia replaces the Changing Places initiative.

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Registered not-for-profit organisations, community groups and local government authorities in Horizon Power’s local service are eligible to apply for grant funding from $1,000 to $50,000 if their initiatives impact local communities within Horizon Power’s service areas.

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The Australian Government is providing funding to assist Prescribed Bodies Corporate (PBCs) generate economic benefits through the effective and sustainable management of their land, to increase capacity of PBCs to take advantage of economic opportunities, build long-term organisational capacity within PBCs and support native title agreement making. For more information, visit the NIAA website.

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The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) Advancing Renewables Program supports a range of development, demonstration and pre-commercial deployment projects. This includes opportunities to optimise the transition to renewable electricity, commercialise clean hydrogen and support the transition to low emission metals.

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The City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder’s Event Sponsorship Program is to position Kalgoorlie-Boulder as a significant event destination in partnership with community organisations and businesses that make positive contributions to the quality of life in the City and our local economy.

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This program offers grants up to $5 million to develop a precinct idea through to investment-ready stage in partnership with local stakeholders to benefit regional communities.

Applications may be made at any time.

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The grant provides financial assistance to not-for-profit community groups and organisations for projects that strengthen and enhance the social wellbeing, development and sustainability of the City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder Community. There are three categories available from community group grant, outstanding individual grant and sponsorship of hire fees.

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Sponsorship of events and conference across where which grain growers are directly impacted and in which they benefit from.
Funding Pool: Undisclosed
Eligible to: Individuals, NFPs and Businesses
Applications Close: 21 January 2026

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Financial assistance, in the form of grants of up to $50,000 (excluding GST), will be available to farmers’ markets operators to support business operations, build capability and ensure a sustainable business model for future success.

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The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Small & Vital stream gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.

Small grants up to $10,000 are available for a broad range of grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions with a preference for smaller communities (populations under 15,000).
Targeted larger leverage grants up to $50,000 are available for projects that focus on strengthening the digital skills, confidence and safety of adults.

Applications Close: 04 December 2025

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For projects that support participation in, access to and creation of arts and culture in regional WA.
(This program is specifically for regional WA and is only open once per year.)
Categories are:

• Creative Projects – up to $60,000
• Creative and Cultural Planning – up to $50,000 (regional local government applicants only for this category).

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Regional Events Scheme (RES) provides funding to small-scale or developing regional events across Western Australia. Tourism WA provides RES funding to regional events which bring more people to the regions, generate more visitor spend for local communities, attract media coverage, showcase a strong point of difference for an area, add vibrancy to the region and support local jobs.

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For the development of new performing arts work and touring of existing performing arts work in regional Western Australia.
Categories are:

• Made in WA – up to $150,000 for the development of new performing art works, which are relevant and responsive to regional audiences and communities, that will be premiered in regional venues.
• Playing WA – up to $150,000 for the touring of WA produced performing arts shows to regional and remote communities in Western Australia.

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The Regional Events Program provides support to major regional events that are seeking over $40,000 in funding.
The aim of the funding program is to support medium to large regional events which bring more people to the region and create visitor spend, attract media coverage which promotes the destination, involves the local community and adds vibrancy to the region, supports local jobs and encourages visitors to come outside of the typical tourist season.

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This program aims to support primarily the local manufacturing of residential batteries and battery components, as well as industrial and commercial applications, increasing Western Australia’s industry participation in battery energy storage supply chains.
Funding of up to $5 million is available. The grant will cover up to 50% of eligible activity costs (excluding GST). Applicants are required to contribute the remaining 50%, which must be in cash or cash equivalents. In-kind contributions will not be accepted.

Applications Close: 26 March 2026

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This program aims to support primarily the local manufacturing of residential batteries and battery components, as well as industrial and commercial applications, increasing Western Australia’s industry participation in battery energy storage supply chains.
Funding of up to $100,000 is available. The grant will cover up to 50% of eligible activity costs, excluding GST. Applicants are required to directly contribute the remaining funding in cash or cash equivalents. In-kind contributions will not be accepted.

Applications Close: 30 January 2026

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Grants are available for organisations seeking to upskill their staff and contribute to a pipeline of skilled workers for the battery sector, ensuring Australia has a future clean energy workforce to aid in the transition to a net zero emissions economy.
Funding up to $15,000 (excluding GST) is available to eligible organisations.

Applications Close: 03 December 2025

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This program aims to support WA innovators to develop and commercialise their health and medical innovations through start-up companies operating in WA, creating high-value jobs and enhancing the biomedical support and manufacturing capacity of the State.
Stream 1 – Devices, diagnostic and digital – grants of up to $750,000 (excluding GST) are available
Stream 2 – Therapeutics and vaccines – grants of up to $1.5 million (excluding GST) are available

Expression of interest: Closes 22 January 2026

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The AgriFutures Horizon Scholarship is awarded to students studying an agriculture-related undergraduate degree or a Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths/Finance (STEM) degree with relevant majors which align to agriculture.
Funding up to $10,000

Applications Close: 26 January 2026

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The WA Agricultural Show Grant Program is a non-competitive, allocation-based program, with $600,000 in total funding, and up to $10,000 available for each eligible recipient.
Eligible to: Not-For-Profits

Applications Close: 30 June 2026

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The Department of Employment and Workplace Relations’ Self Employment Assistance Program can help with your business idea or existing business through services including workshops, business plan development, free accredited Small Business Training, Business Advice Sessions, Business Health Check and coaching.

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The Australian Government’s Small Business Export Loan provides small to medium export businesses with loans of $20,000 – $350,000 to cover up to 80% of the costs to secure an export contract or purchase order with an overseas buyer. The loans are designed to meet the specific needs of small and medium sized businesses, to take advantage of export opportunities when financial institutions cannot assist.

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This Australian Government funding supports a wage increase for all eligible ECEC workers from December 2024. The Australian Government has announced a total investment of $3.6 billion towards the ECEC Worker Retention Payment, of this up to $3.5 billion has been made available for this grant opportunity. The grant funding awarded under this grant opportunity grant will be available from the first business day in December 2024 to 30 November 2026. Applications close 30 September 2026.

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The Pay it Forward Plan (PIF) is an innovative early intervention and prevention mental health and social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) program, providing small grants funding to peer support groups.
Funding up to $10,000 (exclusive of GST) may be available.

Applications Close: 09 February 2026

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