We offer grant funding to help improve and upgrade not-for-profit community facilities and grounds in the City of Mitcham.
What is the Community Facilities Grant?
The Community Facilities Grant is a $43,000 funding pool that helps to improve facilities and grounds in the City of Mitcham. We can match the grant amount to your project’s other funding sources up to $5,000.
Who can apply for this grant?
You can apply for grant funding to help improve your facility or grounds if you’re a not-for-profit community facility in the City of Mitcham, like a:
- Sport or recreation club
- Community hall
- Volunteer organisation
You can find the full eligibility criteria and funding conditions in the Grants Policy and the Community Facilities Grant Guidelines.
When do applications open?
Applications open on 1 February 2025. You can apply for the Community Facilities Grant at any time until the funding pool is totally allocated. Please make sure you include all relevant paperwork with your submission.
How to apply
You can either print an application form, and send it via email or post, or complete an online form.
By email/post:
- Download the Community Facilities Grant guidelines.
- Download and fill out the editable Community Facilities Grant application form (PDF) and submit it as an attachment in the grants enquiry form here.
Online:
- Download the Community Facilities Grant guidelines.
- Complete the Community Facilities Grant online application form here. You can’t save your progress or share this application with anyone else and you need to submit it after filling it out.
If your grant application is successful
If you’re awarded funding from our grants program and have delivered your project, don’t forget to complete your evaluation report . You can’t apply for another grant until we’ve received and approved it.
Community Facilities Grant Recipients
| Name | Project | $ |
|---|---|---|
| Blackwood Football Club | Blackwood Football Club Access Control System | $5,000 |
| Colonel Light Gardens RSL and Community Club | Purchase of solar battery | $5,000 |
| Southern Suburbs Rugby Union Football Club Inc | Fencing around bin area at rear of clubroom | $4,500 |
| Pasadena Tennis Club Inc | Hot water system | $850 |
| Trinity Lutheran Church, Pasadena | Refurbish church hall kitchen | $5,000 |
| Hope Ward Tennis Club Inc | Club BBQ | $1,659 |
| Blackwood Bowling and Community Club Inc | Install new circuit from main switchboard to C green shelter | $3,426 |
| Holy Innocents Anglican Church Belair | Vacuum cleaner and waterproof notice board | $446 |
| Name | Project | $ |
|---|---|---|
| Hawthorn Masonic Trust Inc | Painting kitchen and toilet facilities | $1,950 |
| Blackwood Memorial Hall | Renewal of the motorised curtain | $5,000 |
| Blackwood Bowling Club Inc | Installation of safety hand rail | $1,419 |
| Colonel Light West Tennis Club | 4 x park settings aluminium 2 sided | $3,305 |
| Colonel Light Gardens Bowls Club | Replace faulty equipment storage facility shed door with an automatic roller door | $1,222 |
| Trinity Place Lawn Bowls Club | Replace Bowls Shelter | $5,000 |
| The Scout Association of Australia - SA Branch on behalf of the Blackwood Scout Group | Panic Bars for exit doors | $1,750 |
| Denman Tennis Club | Blended Lines Upgrade | $1,250 |
| Adelaide Revival Fellowship (ARF) | Lift table for Vogue Theatre stage precinct | $2,421 |
| Denman Tennis Club | Outdoor blinds installation | $4,400 |
| Scouts SA on behalf of Blackwood Scouts Group | Inground lawn sprinkler system | $2,406 |
| Hawthorn Masonic Trust Inc | Update Kitchen floor and appliances | $2,500 |
| Kingswood Tennis Club | Storage Shed | $3,500 |
| Blackwood Hills Men's Shed Inc | Breathing Safely - Dust extraction for men's health whilst working on wood lathes | $3,500 |
| Scouts SA (on behalf of Hawthorn Scout Group) | Storage Shed | $1,280 |
| Cumberland United Football Club | Clubroom furniture upgrade | $5,000 |
| Name | Project | $ |
|---|---|---|
| Belair Community Centre | Projector and Electronic Screen | $2,650 |
| Clarence Gardens Bowling Club | Bowling Green Irrigation Upgrade | $5,000 |
| Hawthorn Masonic Trust | Upgrade of guttering | $1,350 |
| Mitcham Village Uniting Church | Modernising toilet facilities | $1,000 |
| Blackwood Bowling Club Inc | Durability through Clean bowling | $2,100 |
| Holy Innocents Anglican Church | New carpet | $5,000 |
| Blackwood Country Fire Service | Blackwood CFS Marquee | $4,165 |
| Hawthorn Masonic Trust Inc | Painting kitchen and toilet facilities | $1,950 |
| Hawthorn Bowling Club Inc | Safety and functional improvements to Barbeque (BBQ) room | $1,879 |
| Colonel Light Gardens Bowling Club Incorporated | Kitchen renovation | $5,000 |
| Name | Project | $ |
|---|---|---|
| Colonel Light Gardens Bowling Club Inc | Supply and installation of solar panels | $5,000 |
| Clarence Gardens Bowling Club | Women's change room and dining room improvements | $5,000 |
| Blackwood Memorial Hall | Erection of southern boundary fence | $1,855 |
| Pasadena Tennis Club | Outdoor Ziptrack Blind | $750 |
| St Vincent de Paul Society - Fred's Van | Fred's Van - new van works | $2,847 |
| Blackwood Bowling Club | Greens roller replacement | $4,500 |