Australia: Environmental Grants Program 2021/2022

Deadline: 30-Aug-21

The Gympie Regional Council has announced the 2021/2022 Environmental Grants Program to provide financial assistance to eligible community organisations to deliver projects which respond to the four environment priorities set out in Council’s Environment Strategy:

• Biodiversity and habitat protection
• Adapting to a changing climate and natural hazard management
• Improving land management practices that influence water quality and waterway health
• Energy efficiency and the addition of renewable energy

• Environmental education and awareness
• Environmental surveys, monitoring and research
• Maintenance or improvements at existing revegetation sites on State Government and Council owned or managed properties including weed removal on Council owned or managed properties
• New rehabilitation/revegetation works on State Government and Council owned or managed properties
• Breeding and distribution of biological control agents
• Food, supplies and services for community groups who rehabilitate native fauna
• Small capital purchases used for surveys, monitoring, research or improvement of the natural environment (these items cannot be used for commercial activities that might be undertaken by the not-for-profit group)
• Calibration or servicing of small capital items (these items cannot be used for commercial activities that might be undertaken by the not-for-profit group)

• Organisations are limited to a maximum grant of $20,000 per round.
• Applications can include eligible projects across one or more of the environment grant categories.  For example:
  • $10,000 for Environmental Education and Awareness
  • $2,000 for Food supplies for fauna
  • $8,000 for New rehabilitation/revegetation works on State Government and Council owned or managed properties
• Small capital purchases used for surveys, monitoring, research or improvement of the natural environment – maximum value of $5,000 for purchases as part of grant request.
• A maximum of $15,000 has been allocated in each round for projects in the category “Food, supplies and services for community groups who rehabilitate native fauna”.

• the organisation’s project must be within the Gympie Regional Council area;
• the organisation must not receive or make a commercial gain from the project;
• the project must demonstrate quantifiable and positive environmental outcomes directly relevant to, and of benefit within the Gympie Regional Council area;
• where relevant, the project must demonstrate how the works will be maintained beyond the project completion date;
• the project must demonstrate how the project assists Council to achieve its environmental outcomes identified in the Council’s Environment Strategy.

• are an incorporated not-for-profit community organisation, or have an auspice arrangement with an incorporated not-for-profit community organisation (including not-for-profit co-operatives and companies limited by guarantee) with a focus on the environment or natural resource management or would like to contribute to Council’s Environment Strategy outcomes;
• demonstrate an ability to deliver on ground and other environmental outcomes in a timely, safe and responsible manner;
• work in partnership with Council with the knowledge that Council makes the final decisions about the project;
• have access to a group of volunteers;
• hold $20M public liability insurance and other forms of insurance relevant to the project;
• have no outstanding debt with Council;
• are based in, or provide direct benefits to, the Gympie region.

For more information, visit https://www.gympie.qld.gov.au/environmental-grants-program