The Community Shed funding round aims to increase participation, capacity, and sustainability of community sheds throughout South Australia. This funding aims to support initiatives that will achieve positive outcomes for community sheds in the following areas:
- Community participation to increase wellbeing, reduce social isolation and loneliness, and contribute to an improved sense of community connection.
- Increase participation specifically from groups likely to experience social isolation and/ or discrimination including people with disability or aged related disability, and people experiencing poor health or mental health challenges.
- Skill sharing and mentoring.
- Support the sustainability of current operations.
- Volunteering.
Grant funding guidelines
Funding guidelines, including eligibility criteria (PDF 405.2 KB)
Funding guidelines, including eligibility criteria (Reader accessible version) (DOCX 1.7 MB)
Information session
Download the information session presentation (PPTX 5.0 MB)
Key dates
- The round is open between 30 April 2025 at 9:00 am and 19 June 2025 at 3.00 pm.
- Notification of the grant outcome will be made after 25 August 2025.
- The grant agreement period will start 1 October 2025 and end 30 September 2026.
Apply now
Apply for the 2025-2026 Community Sheds grant.
Contact us
For more information, contact the Grants SA team.
Phone 1300 650 985
Email GrantsSA@sa.gov.au