Veteran Wellbeing Grants (VWG) Program 2025-26

The Australian Government is inviting applications through a Targeted Competitive process to apply for funding under the VWG Program.

To be eligible to apply your organisation must be either:

• an Ex-Service Organisation (ESO) applying in its own right, or as the lead member of a consortium
• a non-ESO applying as the lead member of a consortium with at least one ESO and
• be one of the legal entity types as outlined in the Grant Opportunity Guidelines.

The Australian Government has announced a total of up to $3.827 million (GST exclusive) for the VWG Program for the 2025–26 financial year. Applications will be considered under 2 grant streams: Stream A Small Grants (up to a maximum of $50,000 per grant) and Stream B Large Grants (from $50,001 to a maximum of $200,000 per grant). There is no set proportion of the funding allocated per stream.

The objectives of the VWG Program are to:

• maintain and improve the independence and quality of life of members of the veteran community, by providing funding for activities and projects that sustain or enhance health and social wellbeing
• deliver activities and projects not already provided by Australian, state, territory or local government funding to the veteran community to build future community capacity
• expand on existing activities and projects offered to the veteran community in new regions within Australia or in the development of new activities and projects that will be offered in more than one location
• raise awareness of the important issues faced by the veteran community.

To be eligible to apply the organisation must be either:

• an ESO applying in its own right, or as the lead member of a consortium
• a non-ESO applying as the lead member of a consortium with at least one ESO, and
• one of the following legal entity types:
  • Company
  • Cooperative
  • Incorporated Association
  • Indigenous Corporation
  • Statutory Entity.