2026 Merchandise Sponsorship Round 2

A great range of sponsorship merchandise is available through two annual application rounds as part of our community partnership program, the Ripple Effect.

Please only apply if you will be using your merchandise before 30th April 2027. Our next round of merchandise sponsorship opens in February 2027, so if you are applying for a later event, we would encourage you to apply then. 

Round 2 - NOW OPEN

Applications open Monday 24th of August 2026 at 9:00am 

Applications close Friday 18th of September 2026 at 5:00pm

Outcomes will be advised to all applicants by Friday 25 September 2026.

To understand if your organisation is eligible for sponsorship through our program, please read the following Ripple Effect Merchandise Sponsorship Guidelines

Merchandise available includes:

• Water bottles
• Shopping bags
• 10 litre buckets
• 4 minute shower timers
• Garden hose trigger nozzles

For further enquiries, please email rippleeffect@wannonwater.com.au 

The following organisations are eligible to apply:

• Community, not-for-profit, or Aboriginal organisations that are an incorporated legal entity under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), or the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2001 (Vic) or the Corporation (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cth).
• Schools in the Wannon Water service region.

Alignment with our services and strategic direction

To be considered for sponsorship, project activities should:

• Be delivered within the Wannon Water service region.
• Align with at least one theme from our strategic focus areas, as mentioned in our sponsorship guidelines.

Applications that fall outside the scope of the program will NOT be considered, including activities that:

• Will be held outside our service region.
• May attract adverse community response. 
• Involve open-ended sponsorship, or naming rights.
• Discriminate adversely against any people, organisations or groups.
• Support organisations that derive primary income from, or are significantly linked to, tobacco, gaming or alcohol industries.
• Have visible links to political or lobby groups.

Applicants who have outstanding evaluation or acquittal reports from previous Wannon Water applications are not eligible to apply.

Other conditions:

1. Wannon Water reserves the right to terminate any sponsorship arrangement, should the association cease to be appropriate.
2. Sponsorship should not be considered a general endorsement of the organisation or its products by the Victorian State Government, and the arrangement must not be promoted or publicised as such.
3. All parties should understand clearly that the sponsorship arrangement has no bearing on Wannon Water's exercise of its regulatory or inspectorial functions.