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What types of events and activities are not funded?

Read about the types of activities that are not eligible for funding under the program.

This MFE Program does not support:

  • sporting events
  • digital campaigns
  • digital only events
  • invite-only or members-only events – this includes VIP events/areas or events which exclude other event attendees
  • events that promote or are held for political purposes
  • conferences
  • paid ticketed events
  • fundraising events
  • events that exclude or offend other parts of the community
  • events that pollute the environment or purposefully destroy or waste natural resources
  • events that are entirely based on commercial activities
  • a specific event in the same year that the MFE Program or another grants program run by the department has already funded
  • events that are supplementing recurrent or ongoing costs of an organisation
  • events that are dependent on recurrent annual funding
  • events or related deliverables funded under an election commitment.

The MFE Program also does not support activities that:

  • are funded primarily under another state, federal or local government program
  • are within the responsibility of another state, federal or local government program
  • have already started or have been completed. This includes any activities undertaken prior to the notification of the application outcome
  • are private sector projects undertaken because of a Victorian Government contract.

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