Deadline: 27-Sep-22
Do you have a green thumb or a keen interest in growing fresh food? The City of Whittlesea is offering a helping hand to set up new community gardens to support the local community to come together and reconnect.
The City of Whittlesea acknowledges the ongoing social and economic effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on the whole community. The Gardening Together Again (GTA) Program was created in response to support community gardening groups who have been negatively impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic.
The Gardening Together Again program’s goals include connecting community gardeners within the council area; providing a series of educational workshops facilitated by their partner, Cultivating Community; and providing funding opportunities for the garden groups.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant value is $4,500.00 (ex GST).
- The $4,500.00 is provided across two categories;
- Category 1 – $3,500.00 towards running a Community Garden Funds may be used for;
- For creation of a new community garden, or updates to existing community garden
- Equipment, training or workshops that serve the community garden
- Public liability insurance may be included as an expense in your grant application budget
- Category 2 – $1,000.00 to celebrate your garden
- Category 1 – $3,500.00 towards running a Community Garden Funds may be used for;
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible to apply for Gardening Together Again Program seed funding applicants must:
- Be a registered (incorporated) or auspiced not-for-profit community garden located in the City of Whittlesea
- Have participated in at least one GTA workshop session either online or in person. If you have not participated in one workshop, please watch the following workshop on garden management and complete the post workshop survey in order to meet eligibility.
- Workshop link
- Survey (must be completed)
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or qualify to submit a Statement by Supplier
- Hold current public liability insurance appropriate to the activity outlined in the application, or have insurance costed as a line-item in the budget
- Previous applicants from Round 1 only for the category not previously funded
- If you do not have a certificate of incorporation you must be partnered (auspiced) by an incorporated organisation. The partner organisation cannot be wholly funded by the City of Whittlesea.
Ineligible
- Individuals
- Political organisations
- Groups who have not complied with acquittal conditions from previous Council funding
- Groups not located in the City of Whittlesea
- Groups auspiced by an organisation that is wholly funded by the City of Whittlesea
- Groups who have not participated in the Gardening Together Again program
For more information, visit https://www.whittlesea.vic.gov.au/community-support/grants-awards-and-competitions/gardening-together-again-grant-round-2/
