The Growing Regions Program drives regional economic prosperity by providing access to funding for community-focused infrastructure projects throughout rural and regional areas of Australia.
Key information
- Status: Not open for application
- Grant amount: From $500,000 to $15,000,000
Program objective
The objectives of the program are:
- constructing or upgrading community infrastructure that fills an identified and immediate gap or unmet need for community infrastructure, particularly for communities that have experienced substantial growth
- contributing to achieving social outcomes and increased community cohesion, liveability and accessibility
- delivering increased amenity, liveability and community connectedness in line with the Investing in Places priority focus area of the Australian Government’s Regional Investment Framework to deliver targeted and place-based investment.
The intended outcomes of the program are:
- to enhance liveability and amenity in regional communities
- provision of multi-use infrastructure which benefits a broad cross-section of the community by improving access, equity and social inclusion
- contribute to the achievement of Government priorities supporting the resilience, adaptability, accessibility, sustainability and liveability of communities including in First Nations communities
- delivery of diverse project types and a balance of large and small projects
- supporting and encouraging projects from lesser-resourced project proponents and low rate-based councils (see Appendix E of the program guidelines).
This program is administered by Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.
Support and contact
Please contact gmo@dpird.nsw.gov.au regarding any queries on this round.