The 2026 Moving Melbourne Community Grants program recipients have been announced, supporting not-for-profit organisations doing important work to help improve people’s mental health.  

Eight recipients share a grant pool of $100,000, a further two recipients have been awarded cultural grants for the first time worth a total of $10,000. An additional $100,000 worth of advertising at Metro train stations will be shared between four organisations.    

The full list of 2026 recipients are:  

Royal District Nursing Service Limited    

Community Music Victoria Inc  

Launch Housing Limited     

Sufi Festival Inc.  

The Kevin Heinze Garden Centre Inc   

Able Australia Services  

Oot and aboot outdoors Ltd  

Mentis Assist Ltd  

The following recipients have been awarded a cultural grant : 

Djirra    

Dardi Munwurro  

The following recipients have been awarded advertising space at Metro stations:  

International Nature and Forest Therapy Alliance  

Gidget Foundation Australia    

Victorian Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation Inc    

Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation Ltd 

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 seven years, Metro’s Community Grants program has provided $660,000 to community organisations.