Annual Community Support Grants
The Family First Bank Community Support Grant Program reflects our commitment to the communities we serve.
Community Support Grant Applications are now closed for 2025!
Thanks to all of the local organisations who have applied for a Family First Bank Community Support Grant in 2025.
At Family First Bank, we believe in strengthening the communities we serve. The Family First Community Support Grant program provides funding to local initiatives, charities and community groups that make a real difference. Whether it’s supporting sport or leisure, family welfare or support, education, health / medical / wellbeing, culture or the arts or the environment, our grants help drive positive change where it’s needed most.
If your organisation is making an impact in our community, we’d love to hear from you!
Applications will open again in April 2026.
What the Program offers
- Grants per region – Lithgow, Bathurst, Blackheath and Mudgee, including their surrounds.
- Grants may be made available at the committee’s discretion
- More than one recipient per region may be considered.
Grants of up to $1,000 per application are assessed by a selection committee of two Family First Bank Directors and one community representative and will consider each submission based on the organisation’s community involvement and achievements. Organisations must be community non-profit based and be a member of Family First Bank.
Key Dates:
Applications for 2025 are now closed but will re-open April 2026.
What we have achieved in previous years
Every year, Family First gives away a percentage of its revenue in the form of community grants to assist organisations and individuals who are doing great things in our regions to help make our communities a better place to live. In 2024 we were able to assist 22 community not-for-profit organisations, sporting clubs, local charities and individuals by issuing grants totalling close to $20,000. The morning and afternoon tea events are planned so that funds can be distributed but the highlight is hearing about all the good things the recipients are doing with their grant money.
Family First Bank prides itself in supporting the communities within which we operate.
For more information on the Community Support Grant Program, please call us on 1300 369 900.
Mudgee Community Grants 2024
Congratulations Mid-Western Community Music Association!
Mid-Western Community Music AssociationMental Health Initiative
Family First Bank is a proud supporter of the Rural Adversity Mental Health Program. The initiative to support this organisation is built around a Bonus Saver Account for which members can earn a bonus amount of interest when they don’t withdraw from the account and make a deposit of at least $200 in the month. A percentage of the savings pool is then paid as a social dividend to this program. Put simply, the greater the balance of the Bonus Saver Accounts, the greater the funding we can provide to take on the issue of mental health.
Since launching this initiative in November 2017, we have raised over $247,640 for mental health related issues. This is a great result for mental health outcomes and as such Family First Bank and its members can feel very proud of its efforts.
Look at the community groups we've already helped!
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