The City of Casey provides funding to community groups or clubs to deliver centre based meals under the Commonwealth Home Support Programme (CHSP).
Registered members must be:
- aged 65 and over or 50 and over for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
- residing in the City of Casey.
Group social meals benefit the community by:
- creating opportunities to connect and celebrate culture and diversity
- encouraging participation in events and programs
- promoting independent living
- providing access to nutritious, safe and culturally appropriate food
- reducing isolation and loneliness.
Funding
Council will subsidise $4.70 per meal served to eligible Casey residents.
A meal must be a substantial 2 course meal. Morning or afternoon tea is not considered a main meal.
Funding is for 12 months of the financial year, and interested groups must apply for funding on an annual basis. Community Groups are required to report their meals numbers monthly to be reimbursed.
Eligibility
To be eligible for a Meals Subsidy Grant, an organisation must:
- Be a not-for-profit community organisation, incorporated association or similar type of entity
- Offer the community meal within the City of Casey municipality
- Maintain public liability insurance of no less than $20 million and provide a current certificate of insurance
- A majority of the group members must reside within Casey and be aged 60 and over
Successful Applicants for 2024-2025
The following organisations have been successful in their application for the Meal Subsidy Program for 2024 - 2025.
- Berwick Greek Senior Citizens Club
- Casey Chinese Senior Support Group
- Casey Tamil Manram
- Corona Italian Senior Citizens Club
- Cranbourne Italian Senior Citizens Club
- Cranbourne Senior Citizens Club
- El Hokamma Senior Citizens
- Endeavour Hills Senior Citizens
- Greek Senior Citizens Club of Cranbourne and Districts
- Hampton Park Seniors Club
- Hampton Park Turkish Seniors Group
- Mauritian Silver Edge Club
- South Eastern Chinese Senior Citizens Association
- Sri Lankan Elders Welfare Association
- Transit Soup Kitchen and Food Support
- Young Generation Filipino Senior Citizens Club of the South East
How to apply
Online applications for the 2025- 2026 MSP will reopen in April 2025.
Guidelines
It is strongly recommended that all interested groups read through the Meals Subsidy Program Guidelines 2024-25 before submitting an application. The guidelines provide additional information to this page.
If you have any questions, please call 9705 5444 or email mealservices@casey.vic.gov.au