Venue hire support

Venue hires support aims to:

encourage community access to and use of nominated Council owned facilities
enable community organisations and groups to provide programs and activities at a reasonable cost
maximise use of Council owned venues by residents of Darebin.

Our 2026 Community Grants will now respond to the Strategic objectives defined in Our Darebin Plan 2025–2029.

Darebin Community Grants typically open on 1 April each year, but the opening date will be different in 2026.

This year it opens in July and applications can be found on SmartyGrants.

Venues for hire

Venue	Phone	Email
Preston City & Shire Halls	03 8470 8649	presthal@darebin.vic.gov.au
Darebin Arts Centre	03 8470 8280	dac@darebin.vic.gov.au
Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre	03 9481 9500
Donald Street Community Hall, Preston	03 8470 8110	community.hubs@darebin.vic.gov.au
Fairfield Community Room	03 8470 8110	community.hubs@darebin.vic.gov.au
Clyde Street Community Hall, Thornbury	03 8470 8110	community.hubs@darebin.vic.gov.au
GE Robinson Pavilion, Reservoir	03 8470 8110	community.hubs@darebin.vic.gov.au
Preston Library Meeting Rooms Northcote Library Meeting Rooms	1300 655 355	Contact us at Libraries
Reservoir Community and Learning Centre	03 9496 1021 or 03 8470 8110	community.hubs@darebin.vic.gov.au
Keon Park Children 's Hub	03 8470 8022	KeonPark.Childrenshub@darebin.vic.gov.au

Note:

Venue hire support applications for the use of the Darebin Arts Centre and Northcote Town Hall Arts Centre are subject to specific eligibility criteria.
All bookings are tentative until applications have been assessed, approved and venue hire support has been allocated.