Sustainability Victoria is supporting local councils and registered charities to install new, or upgrade existing, battery drop off points and to promote those locations.

The fund aims to give Victorians greater access to battery drop off locations. Funded activities focus on infrastructure purchase and installation at convenient locations and advertising costs.

Local councils and registered charities can make two requests for funding:

• infrastructure only, or
• infrastructure and advertising (advertising is up to 10% of the infrastructure funding request)

To support the infrastructure being implemented all successful grantees will have access to a communication pack including materials such as:

• Social media creative with accompanying social copy
• Posters
• Print ads
• DL flyer
• Toolkit document (detailing what the communications materials include, and what they can be a used for etc).

The grants is a negotiated rolling round. Approved projects must be completed by 31 May 2026. Applicants are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

Eligible organisations must be one of the following organisation types:

• Victorian local government organisations
• Alpine Resorts Victoria (ARV).
• A registered charity on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) charity register. Eligible registered charities under this fund must be part of the charitable reuse, recycling and retail sector and demonstrate they are currently receiving batteries or intend to become a new battery drop off point.

Applicants must:

• have a current Australian Business Number (ABN). If the applicant is a Trust, the Trust as the trading entity must meet this requirement.
• have been operating for a minimum of 1 year by the application closing date (to be validated by the date that the organisation's ABN is active from).
• agree to comply with the Terms of Participation in Grant Programs
• agree to comply with the funding terms and conditions for grants $50,000 or less read the Short-form grant funding agreement.

• Email: grants.enquiries@sustainability.vic.gov.au