ClosedNew South WalesGovernment
Fresh Start Grant Program - Round 3
Offered by Office of Local Government
Closes August 2025
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Verified against Office of Local Government's own page on 27 Aug 2026
Key facts
- Funding amount
- From $86.5m
- Variable from a total pool of $86,500,000
- Status
- Closed
- Opened 30 June 2025
- Jurisdiction
- New South Wales
- Last verified
- 27 Aug 2026
- The date we last read this program on Office of Local Government's own page.
Who can apply
Office of Local Government lists this program as open to the following kinds of applicant. It is a starting filter, not the full eligibility test, and the guidelines on the official page are what decide it.
- Individuals
- Local government
Eligibility, in the funder's words
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What the program funds
Funding to employ an additional 353 apprentices in the local government sector across the state. This is in line with the NSW Government’s goal for 15 per cent of local government workforces being apprentices and trainees. NSW Governments objective of the grant is to increase the local government workforce through the employment of apprentices (recruits) over 6 years commencing January 2026. This program will provide funding for wages and 15% of oncosts for the employment of additional apprentices Build capacity in councils and a stronger local government sector.
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What it is for
This program is categorised under the following purposes. Each one that has a page of its own links to every other Australian grant we track for the same purpose.
How to apply
Applications for Fresh Start Grant Program - Round 3 are made through Office of Local Government, not through GrantWindow. We do not take applications, charge a fee or act as an intermediary, and any site that offers to apply on your behalf for a government grant is worth a very careful look.
Apply for Fresh Start Grant Program - Round 3 on the official site
Applications close in August 2025. Government grant portals are busiest on the final day and several of them close on the stroke of the deadline, so the practical advice is to submit a day early.
This round is closed. Many Australian grant programs run again, and a closed program is the reason the alert list exists: we watch this page nightly and tell the list the day it reopens.
Where this came from
© State of New South Wales. For current information go to www.nsw.gov.au. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
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