Regional Growth Fund

The Regional Growth fund ran from 2017 to 2023 through several grant programs designed to improve local and regional services, promote economic development and social cohesion, and enhance social wellbeing of people living and working in regional NSW. 

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Regional Growth Fund
Resources for Regions
From $50,000
For: Local Government
The Resources for Regions program supports communities across regional NSW impacted by mining.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Growing Local Economies Fund
From $1,000,000
For: Business, Individual, Local Government, Not-for-profit
$500 million to strengthen the economy and create jobs in regional NSW
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Tourism Activation Fund
From $500,000 to $20,000,000
For: Business, Local Government, Not-for-profit
The Regional Tourism Activation Fund is accelerating the development of new and enhanced tourism infrastructure across regional NSW.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Stronger Country Communities Fund
From $100,000
For: Business, Local Government
Since 2017, the Stronger Country Communities Fund (SCCF) has provided $660 million for more than 2,530 regional projects.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Growing Regional Economies Fund
From $2,000,000 to $30,000,000
For: Local Government
The $175 million Growing Regional Economies Fund is part of the NSW Government’s $3.3 billion Regional Growth Fund and is designed to deliver economic growth and productivity across regional NSW.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Media Fund round 1
From $20,000 to $60,000
For: Business
This fund improves the sustainability of regionally focused media and news gathering organisations by providing support for innovation, digitisation and technology enhancements to enable creation and distribution of media content in regional NSW.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional NSW – Business Case and Strategy Development Fund
Amount determined by business case or strategy.
For: Local Government
The Business Case and Strategy development fund supports strategies and initiatives that will strengthen community infrastructure, regional prosperity, and planning for future projects. 
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Job Creation Fund
From $100,000 to $10,000,000
For: Business
The $240 million Regional Job Creation Fund supports existing businesses in regional NSW to grow, innovate, and increase productivity.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Events Acceleration Fund
Stream One funding Minimum $50,000 up to $200,000, Stream Two funding minimum $100,000, Stream Three funding Minimum $15,000 up to $100,000.
For: Business, Individual, Local Government, Not-for-profit
The NSW Government’s Regional Events Acceleration Fund aims to support the social and economic recovery of our regions after the devastating effects of floods, drought, bushfires and COVID-19. Applications are now closed.
Status: Closed
Regional Growth Fund
Regional Growth - Environment and Tourism Fund
The NSW Government has invested $300 million through the Regional Growth - Environment and Tourism Fund.
For: Business, Local Government, Not-for-profit
The Regional Growth - Environment and Tourism Fund supports projects that enhance local tourism. These projects focus on iconic tourism activation, nature-based tourism, Indigenous cultural tourism and tourism in Far West NSW.
Status: Not open for application

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Regional Cultural Fund

$100 million to strengthen the arts, culture and heritage of Regional NSW.

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Regional Sports Infrastructure Fund

$100 million for projects that enable sport and recreation participation.

The map below shows successful projects that were awarded funding under the fund to September 2022.

Strategic Review

The NSW Government undertook a strategic review of the Regional Growth Fund to consider how effective it has been in supporting investment across regional NSW. The key findings of this review are outlined in the Regional Growth Fund strategic review summary brochure (PDF 7.98MB).

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