The City of Melbourne has opened applications for its 2025 Aboriginal Community Grants program, offering up to $10,000 for projects that strengthen community connection and cultural inclusion for First Nations people.

The grants are available to schools, not-for-profit organisations and volunteer-run community groups working in partnership with the City to deliver initiatives that:

- Promote cultural, social and economic development for Aboriginal Victorians

- Educate the broader community about Aboriginal heritage and culture

- Encourage understanding of reconciliation during National Reconciliation Week

- Support truth-telling, learning and healing across Melbourne

- Celebrate key cultural dates, including Sorry Day and January 26

Director of Aboriginal Melbourne, Jason Eades, said the City of Melbourne was "proud to celebrate the strength of First Nations peoples and champion our heritage through education, culture and truth telling".

"From community grassroots sport to the boardroom and beyond, these grants help educate, connect and empower First Nations people," he said.

"These grants are critical to enabling volunteer-run community groups educate the broader community about Victorian Aboriginal heritage, promoting reconciliation, facilitating truth-telling, and celebrating key cultural events such as NAIDOC Week and Sorry Day."

Applications are now open for projects that promote connection, inclusion and respect for Aboriginal culture and history within the City of Melbourne.

Past recipients have included organisations such as the Koorie Academy, the Aboriginal Literacy Foundation, Deadly Sports Aboriginal Corporation and Woor-Dungin Inc.

To be eligible, applicants must be a not-for-profit constituted body or a school located within the City of Melbourne municipality, and have a focus on supporting local or vulnerable communities.

More information on the grants can be found online.