INCLUSION
This grants stream provides funding to upgrade facilities, or purchase equipment, to provide safe and inclusive environments for children of all needs and abilities. Two categories of grants are available:
- Buildings and playgrounds: These grants fund infrastructure upgrades of up to $200,000 to make kindergarten activities more accessible to children of all abilities.
- Equipment: These are grants of up to $10,000 for moveable inclusive education equipment, such as mobility stools and sensory equipment for kindergarten programs.
Applications
Applications for both categories of the inclusion stream opened on Monday 14 December 2020. We've extended the application deadline to 11:59 p.m. Sunday 14 March 2021.
Applications can be made via the smartygrants online application system. For more information, please refer to the program guidelines and factsheets below.
Building Blocks Grants replaces previous grants schemes - the Children's Facilities Capital Program and the Inclusive Kindergartens Facilities Program.
The VSBA Early Childhood Grants Team assess and administer Building Blocks Grants. You can contact them for further information by emailing building.blocks@education.vic.gov.au.
Guidelines and forms
For more information, please consult the inclusion stream guidelines and factsheets:
- Program Guidelines
- FAQs
- Application Tips
- Eligibility Factsheet
- Inclusion Stream Factsheet
- Acknowledgement and Publicity guidelines
- Land Use Proposal Form
- Funding Agreement Conditions
- Victorian Common Funding Agreement Schedule