The Healthy Ageing team will be doing pop up sessions across Manningham. Come and have a chat with us about key topics, such as:
navigating the My Aged Care system
finding local clubs and community groups
or finding events for older people
No bookings required, simply come along with your questions and the friendly Healthy Ageing Team will be ready to assist.
The Community Development Grant is a category of the Community Grant Program. The grant allows not-for-profit groups and organisations to achieve short to medium term community development outcomes.
The aim of the grant is to:
Applications are open and close on Tuesday 11 March 2025 at 5.00pm
Funding is between $3,001 and $20,000. Allocations are for 1 financial year and isn’t recurring.
The estimated allocation for the community development grant category is $110,000 per annum.
You will have to agree to the terms and conditions of the Community Grant Program too.
Before starting your application, make sure your organisation is eligible to apply.
Confirm that you are applying for the right grant category.
After checking you have got the right category, develop a project proposal that includes:
Before finishing your application, make sure you discuss your proposal with us. Although, you won’t need to speak with us beforehand if you’re applying for the Small Grants category.
We can help you with your application. We can also give advice on how to apply online.
To discuss your application, contact us.
Refer to the guidelines and review the assessment criteria for the relevant category before you finish.
Use the application checklist to help you to prepare your application to make sure you haven’t missed anything.
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Subscribe to the Community Grants Program mailing list and keep informed of upcoming grants and community training sessions.
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Grant Finder brings together grants from national, state, and local government along with opportunities from corporate organisations and foundations.
This service is open to all local businesses, community groups, not-for-profits, and individuals.
Register online to receive email alerts about upcoming funding opportunities.
The Community Partnership Grant is a category of the Community Grant Program. The grant allows not-for-profit groups and organisations to develop longer term community and cultural development outcomes that benefits our residents.
The grant funds strategic partnerships that supports our priorities set out in the:
The aim of the grant is to:
The Community Partnership Grants funding round occurs every four years.
The next funding round will open in 2026
Funding up to $50,000 per year to a total of $200,000 over four years.
The grant will prioritise funding for groups that address:
Subscribe to the Community Grants Program mailing list and keep informed of upcoming grants and community training sessions.
Already familiar with applying for a grant process?
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Grant Finder brings together grants from national, state, and local government along with opportunities from corporate organisations and foundations.
This service is open to all local businesses, community groups, not-for-profits, and individuals.
Register online to receive email alerts about upcoming funding opportunities.
Victoria Street Playground in Ruffey Lake Park is being refreshed!
Guided by the Ruffey Lake Park Landscape Masterplan and the playspace community reference group, we’ve developed a preliminary concept design and would like your thoughts.
Join us at the playground for a conversation with the designers while your kids build their big ideas for the playground at our Lego table.
For more information about the project, go to Victoria Street Playspace Upgrade.
We encourage community members to join the Wonga Park CFA for this Bushfire community meeting.
This session covers fire safety essentials information including:
Community organisations wanting to erect a community event sign on land we own or manage, must complete an application form and pay a fee.
After receiving approval from us, the following rules apply:
For sponsorship advertising, the following rules apply:
Advertising on signs should clearly identify:
There are 10 sites available for the display of community event signage. Unless an applicant is a tenant on a reserve and is requesting a community event sign for that reserve. The sites are:
The application fee is $72.70.
Any advertised event must be in Manningham.
Community organisations wanting to erect a community event sign on land we own or manage, must complete an application form and pay a fee.
Prepare the following documents with your application.
A drawing of the proposed sign with dimensions, wording, colours, images and pictures.
Certificate of currency for public liability.
Book using the community event sign application form.
For further information please contact us on 9840 9470 or email manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au.
You can also read section 3.2 community event signs of the Outdoor Advertising on Council Owned and Managed Property 2017-2020
Let’s talk healthy ageing in our community!
The Healthy Ageing team will be doing pop up sessions across Manningham. Come and have a chat with us about key topics, such as:
No bookings required, simply come along with your questions and the friendly Healthy Ageing Team will be ready to assist.
The Healthy Ageing team will be doing pop up sessions across Manningham. Come and have a chat with us about key topics, such as:
navigating the My Aged Care system
finding local clubs and community groups
or finding events for older people
No bookings required, simply come along with your questions and the friendly Healthy Ageing Team will be ready to assist.
Serpell Community Reserve provides tennis, cricket and football facilities with a large oval, tennis courts and pavilion in an attractive treed setting.
The Reserve is well linked to three local streets, with an established path network, and has an open feel where a stand of pine trees marks the boundary from one of two adjacent primary schools.
Serpell Primary School has exclusive access to the car park (to the north of Burleigh Drive) and the ovals, including the walking track, at Serpell Community Reserve between 8:30am and 4:00pm Monday to Friday. This excludes public holidays and school holidays.
You are welcome to use the facilities at Serpell Community Reserve when it is not allocated to the school or a sporting club.
To find out when the grounds are free, please view the availability calendar.
Serpell Community Reserve offers football ground and cricket pitch hire.
Contact us for bookings and fees.
Have you noticed something unsafe like a broken tree branch or damaged playground that needs our attention?
Some types of events, such as festivals or school's cross country runs need a special permission to be held on public land.
MC Square offers a variety of meeting rooms for hire. Located on Doncaster Road between Westfield and our Civic Centre, it is conveniently accessible by public transport. There are ample parking spaces on site.
For information on services running at MC Square, please contact the relevant organisations directly. For more information on library services, visit the Whitehorse Manningham Libraries website.
MC Square also provides services on health, education, welfare, community, arts, cultural and heritage. See below for a complete list of the organisations located at MC Square.
From boardrooms, to meeting spaces with all the audio visual, kitchen and accessibility requirements, find a space that suits you.
It was great to get input from a wide range of community members who helped inform the design through the series of workshops.
Common themes that were explored included the river, the natural environment and the experience of walking along and looking across the river to the other side.
The design captures these themes whilst incorporating bright colours that will sit within, and complement the surrounding environment.
Angharad Neal-Williams is an Illustrator, muralist and graphic recorder based in Melbourne.
Her work combines strong line drawing with controlled colour and shape to create thoughtful, fun and conceptual drawings.
She utilises both digital and traditional mediums to ensure outcomes feel natural and expressive through quirky imperfections in the simple line work. Her style is distinctly optimistic and focuses strongly on the importance of composition and line.
There are two ways you can find local volunteering opportunities in our community:
We have partnered with EV Strengthening Communities, to deliver the Manningham Volunteer Resource Service which:
Find volunteering opportunities with Manningham Volunteer Resource Service
Help a learner driver today by assisting with their mandatory 120 hours of driving practice. This will help them get their licence. The program will provide vehicles. Learn more about the L2P Volunteer Mentoring program and support a young driver today.
We can connect you with organisations that conduct local land conservation activities. This is also a great opportunity for schools to get involved with their own student tree planting days.
Get involved in a sustainable goods exchange market.
Community learning centres, such as Neighbourhood Houses, encourage members of the community to participate in local activities, learning and education, and play an important part in strengthening local communities. There are five Neighbourhood Houses in Manningham, which Council supports through the provision of funding and facilities.
These five Neighbourhood Houses are managed by voluntary community-based committees of management, who are responsible for the overall operation of each centre. Neighbourhood Houses employ professionally trained staff and tutors as well as experienced volunteers.
Courses at Neighbourhood Houses can include:
Several centres also have a registered childcare centre.
The five Neighbourhood Houses are:
Manningham has a rich cultural heritage with many significant:
These heritage places reflect the different phases of Manningham’s development from First Nations to European settlement.
Manningham is home to two historical societies.
You can search and discover where our heritage places are by visiting the following pages:
The Whitehorse Manningham local history database is a useful resource for people searching for information about the history of the region. You can now search through four local history databases from the catalogue page of the library website.
Historical attractions are classified under the following themes:
Use the Manningham Heritage Map to find local historical attractions separated by theme.
Residents and visitors can explore and experience the rich history and environment of the area by taking our guided walking trails. These are self-guided walks where you can access information on distance, time, degree of difficulty and accessibility.
Our historical attractions include:
Our historical walks include:
Walk, Talk and Coffee - Westerfolds park to Templestowe Village Walk
Building the Warrandyte Style - Historic Warrandyte Architectural Walk
A Clearing in the Forest - Waldau Village Historic Walk
Built on Gold - Warrandyte Historic Town Talk
Wine Time Heritage Wander - Historic Wonga Park Walk
Relaxing Riverside Ramble - Warrandyte Riverside Walk
Car Race Hill - The Templestowe Hill Climb Walk.
Manningham Modern - a self-guided tour of mid-20th century modern homes in Manningham.
Calling all people from multicultural backgrounds in Manningham and surrounds!
Come and learn more about the importance of looking after your mental health and wellbeing, and the support that is available in your local community.
Our next Strength Through Connection event is a forum on Mental Health and Multicultural Communities as part of national Mental Health Week.
This event will feature:
Mental health is a key component of overall health and well-being. 1 in 5 (21.4 per cent) Australians aged 16 to 85 have experienced a mental disorder in the past 12 months.
Many people may not be aware of what poor mental health means, how to support someone or how they can get help. The individual needs, backgrounds and identities of people can impact how, or even whether, they will seek support.
We will have a broad range of speakers who will provide information about:
We look forward to seeing you there!
The role of Council policies is to clearly state our position on a range of matters affecting the community. These policies assist us in our decision making and provide guidance to Council officers.
Our commitment to building a culture of child safety recognises that Manningham Council will prioritise the safety of children in our care and will build child safety into everyday practice.
Find out more about Manningham’s procurement policy. We’re always looking for suppliers who practice fairness and are technologically innovative.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY
Participation in the Competition is deemed acceptance of these Terms and Conditions.
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The Winner will be notified by email and will be announced on the Proponent’s website between 30 June 2024 and 14 July 2024. Upon notification, the Winner will receive their prize by email (the Proponent will email the prize to the Winner using the Winner’s email address as set out in the Winner’s entry form). |
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The Proponent is committed to compliance with its obligations under the Privacy and Data Protection Act 2014 (Vic). All personal information (including images) collected by the Proponent for the Competition will be used for administering the Competition and for the purpose of understanding community views relating to growth and development across Manningham’s activity centres. The ‘Community survey, Activity Centre Design Concepts’ results may be published once deidentified Personal information will not be disclosed to third parties unless the Proponent is required to disclose under legislation or disclosure is necessary to complete the purpose for which it is collected as set out in these Terms and Conditions. If the information is not collected, it may impede the Proponent from administering the Competition. You may access information you have provided to the Proponent at any time and make corrections if you believe that information is incorrect. The Proponent’s Privacy Policy can be located at https://www.manningham.vic.gov.au/. You can contact the City Planning team by telephone 03 9840 9333 or by email manningham@manningham.vic.gov.au. |
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Council Plan 2021-25 was adopted at the Council Meeting on 24 August 2021.
We are developing a new a four year Council Plan, ten year Asset Plan and ten year Financial Plan in pursuit of our Community Vision 2040. A Community Panel will make recommendations to Council on what to include in the Plans.
The Council Plan is our promise to you in pursuit of our community’s vision for the future and to achieve the very best for Manningham.
The Council Plan 2021 – 2025 sets out our priorities and goals over Council’s four year term.
We will focus on:
The Council Plan has five themes and 11 goals.
We have developed actions to deliver outcomes for every goal, for every theme.
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We pride ourselves on delivering outcomes for the Manningham community. We regularly monitor and report on our performance across the year.
Over 2,600 people from all over Manningham contributed to developing the Council Plan 2021-2025.
We’re excited to launch our new expanded community award program to honour and celebrate individuals and groups who are doing amazing things in Manningham.
Mayor Deirdre Diamante has officially announced the new Manningham Community Awards program, with nominations opening on Monday 16 June 2025.
“We’re incredibly fortunate to have so many remarkable individuals, groups and organisations in our community, all working tirelessly to make a real difference,” Cr Diamante said.
“I’m thrilled to introduce the new Manningham Community Awards - a program dedicated to recognising the outstanding contributions of those who are helping to shape our vibrant community.
“This year, we will celebrate those who have gone above and beyond in making Manningham a better place to live, work and visit over the past 12 months.”
The expanded awards program will recognise achievements in eight categories with one of the individual winners also named the Manningham Citizen of the Year.
The expanded awards program will recognise achievements in eight categories with one of the individual winners also selected by the judging panel to be the Manningham Citizen of the Year. The categories are:
Nominations will be open Monday 16 June to Sunday 20 July, with the winners announced at an Award Ceremony at the Manningham Function Centre on Tuesday 16 September.
“I encourage you all to nominate someone who inspires you, someone who has positively contributed to our community. It’s a great way to show how much we appreciate what they do,” Cr Diamante said.
For more information on the awards and how to nominate, visit our Community Awards page.
We have three awards that recognise the outstanding contribution of locals who have distinguished themselves with their service to the community.
The following people have received Freedom of the City Awards.
Please note award recipients include those made by the Manningham Council's predecessor, the City of Doncaster and Templestowe.
You can make a nomination anytime.
