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Meals Subsidy Program 2025-26

The City of Casey provides funding to community groups or clubs to deliver centre based meals.

Registered members must be:

  • aged 60 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.

Important Information

  • Name: Meal Subsidy Program
  • Status: Closed - applications for 2026-27 will open in May 2026 

Apply online

Funding

Council will subsidise $5 per meal served to eligible Casey residents for the 2025-2026 program. 

A meal must be a substantial two-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 complete an acquittal report outlining the success of their programs in alignment with Council’s priorities.   

Eligibility

To be eligible for a Meals Subsidy Grant, an organisation must: 

  • be a not-for-profit community organisation, incorporated association, auspice 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 2025-2026 

The following organisations have been successful in their application for the Meal Subsidy Program for 2025-2026 

  • Berwick Greek Senior Citizens Club
  • Casey Chinese Senior Support Group
  • Casey Friendship Association
  • Casey Seniors Club
  • 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
  • The Casey Hungarian Senior Citizens Club
  • The Chinese Xin Jiang Senior Citizens Association Inc
  • Transit Soup Kitchen and Food Support
  • Young Generation Filipino Senior Citizens Club of the South East

Applications

  • Applications for the 2025-2026 financial year are closed
  • Applications for the 2026-2027 financial year will open in May 2026

Guidelines

It is strongly recommended that all interested groups read through the MSP Guidelines 2025-26 before applying. The guidelines provide additional information to this page.

More Information

If you have any questions, please call 9705 5444 or email mealservices@casey.vic.gov.au 

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