All sponsorship recipients

Celebrate Diversity Inc. will deliver a culturally inclusive water celebration program for at least 250+ CALD seniors across Wyndham. Through 4 multilingual workshops (Hindi, Punjabi, Gujarati, English), participants will share water stories from their home countries, learn practical water conservation, and connect with GWW services. Each workshop blends three elements: cultural storytelling honouring participants' traditional water relationships; practical education on water-saving techniques, GWW rebates and learning how to access GWW website for information and digital services; and indoor-table games to engage and entertain seniors. The outcome will be to build lasting household water-saving behaviour and connection within the GWW community. Celebrate Diversity has partnership with 14 seniors clubs across Wyndham and Melton (representing 2,500+ members) that have provided support letters to co-host workshops, provide venues, and mobilise participants. Four workshops will be delivered in four different languages, targeting at least 250+ participants for this program. This responds to documented community need: CALD seniors face language barriers and limited awareness of GWW services. Our partner network has specifically requested culturally inclusive, multilingual awareness programs, and engagement for wellbeing. The project empowers a hard-to-reach cohort, celebrates cultural diversity through shared connection and stories related to water conservation practices for a lasting social-impact.

EKCC was founded on 1st October 1966 and is looking to hold a 60th anniversary celebration. WHAT and WHO - a celebration event involving current and former players, family and friends of players and local neighbours in East Keilor.WHEN - October 2026WHY - celebrate milestone and seek to increase membership and extra playersPURPOSE - active communitiesWHERE - Overland Reserve ground and clubhouseHOW - club committee to have an event sub-committee to plan and deliver and eventWHOM - toddlers to 80 year olds, looking to embrace full spectrum and diversity of Moone Valley community

The Community Spring Fair is a four-hour, family-friendly event designed to strengthen community connection, cultural inclusion, and environmental sustainability in the Shire of Moorabool. Delivered with the support of approximately 200 volunteers, the fair is expected to engage around 1,500 participants. The event will provide educational workshops on worm farming, seed propagation, pruning, and soil microbiomes, promoting food security and sustainable living. Affordable family activities include face painting, an animal farm, and interactive games. Cultural engagement will be highlighted through performances by Fatai and Tongan dancers. Youth engagement is central to the project, with young people leading games, running art workshops, and showcasing baking, craft, and market stalls that reflect diverse cultural foods and nutritional awareness. The fair will foster intergenerational relationships, mentorship, and inclusion of newcomers, while showcasing local community groups, products, and partnerships. These partnerships build resilience, wellbeing, creativity, leadership, and long-term collaboration across families, youth, cultures, locally.

A flagship event hosted by Wyndham Humanitarian Network partners in the West as part of Cultural Diversity Week. Inspiring young people from across the West will showcase their talents in a fun-filled day of performances, music, dance, and cultural food. The event will bring the community together in a celebration of cultural diversity, inclusion, and unity, highlighting the rich traditions, stories, and contributions of people from all backgrounds, while fostering connection, understanding, and a strong sense of belonging.

Every Drop Matters: Youth Water Action Project is a youth-led initiative empowering young people in Wyndham to promote water conservation, sustainability, and climate awareness within their communities. Through education, leadership development, and community engagement, the project will support culturally diverse young people to take action in protecting water resources and encouraging everyday water-saving behaviours.

This grant will be used towards installing a pump for our water tank and a irrigation system for use by all our community growers allowing Finbar to offer the community at large free fruit, vegetables and herbs for their use.

To improve the level of community care and health of Kororoit Creek catchment across Brimbank and Hobsons Bay LGAs. We will combine habitat care, Indigenous cultural education and freshwater and marine science focused educational and community engagement programs that directly improve the areas health and build the communities stewardship of the area.

The Lango Stage is the final phase of Footscray Community Arts' (FCA) precinct development along the Maribyrnong River. Lango, meaning "on the river edge" in Woi-Wurrung, is a name gifted by Aunty Annette, honouring cultural revitalisation and deep connection to Country. Construction of the new outdoor performance space is already underway, backed by Victorian State Government investment. This grant funds the cultural and ecological integration that completes the precinct's First Nations vision, and is not yet funded. The project delivers four outcomes: A smoking/fire bowl commissioned from Yorta Yorta, Wurundjeri and Wiradjuri artist Moorina Bonini, fabricated with Waterside Metal Art Studio in Maribyrnong, creating a permanent cultural gathering space for ceremony, storytelling and connection to Country. Kulin Nation water patterns integrated into outdoor furniture and site elements through burning and etching techniques. The Tarnuk-ut Baany intergenerational cultural development program, expanded to include structured waterways knowledge and custodianship of the Maribyrnong River. First Nations-led planting of native species including Lomandra to support rain gardens, water quality improvement and habitat restoration along the Maribyrnong River corridor.

The Platypus Watch Project: Phase 2 continues and expands a highly successful 2024-25 citizen science program that was funded by GWW and delivered in full by the Werribee River Association (WRA) in partnership with Victoria University. Phase 1 demonstrated the strong community appetite, scientific rigour, and operational capacity needed to make this project work. Phase 2 builds directly on those foundations, expanding water quality monitoring to 8 testing sessions and introducing 3 dedicated water quality workshops, while deepening community participation and producing lasting legacy resources for the Wyndham region. Working with the same experienced research team and established citizen science community, WRA will continue monthly water quality monitoring and macroinvertebrate assessment at two river sites. The expanded program of workshops deepens scientific literacy and practical skills across the Wyndham community, while the growing dataset strengthens the evidence base needed to protect the Werribee River's declining platypus population and advocate for lasting improvements to waterway health.