Metro announces 2025 Community Grants recipients
Metro announces 2025 Community Grants recipients
Metro has announced the recipients of its 2025 Moving Melbourne Community Grants program, not-for-profit organisations doing important work to help improve people’s mental health.
Eight recipients share a grant pool of $100,000 with an additional $100,000 worth of advertising at selected Metro train stations shared between four organisations.
The full list of 2025 recipients are:
Footscray Community Arts Centre LTD – $20,000
Outside the Locker Room Charity LTD – $20,000
Body Safety Australia LTD – $20,000
Camp Quality LTD – $10,000
The Royal Women’s Hospital Sunflower Program – $10,000
Tandem INC – $10,000
Solve-Tad LTD – $5,000
Serbian Community Association of Australia INC – $5,000
The following recipients have been awarded advertising space at Metro stations:
Griefline – at Flinders Street Station
Safe Steps Family Violence Response Centre INC – Melbourne Central
Amaze INC – Flinders Street Station
Youth Projects LTD – Werribee Station
Recipient organisations all met the criteria of having a focus on:
- Wellness – preventative care to reduce the risk of poor mental health.
- Education – activities that inform and promote awareness of good mental health.
- Support services – assistance like counselling, psychiatric support or crisis care that directly supports people experiencing mental health challenges.
Over the past six years, Metro’s Community Grants program has provided $560,000 to community organisations.
