Deadline: 12-May-25
The City of Boroondara has launched the Climate Action Grants Program to provide important financial support for the delivery of new services, projects, programs, and activities that strengthen the community’s capacity to reduce emissions and/or adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Objectives
- Climate Action Grants are available for new projects and programs that increase community capacity by addressing one or both of the following objectives:
- Building community capacity and knowledge to mitigate contribution to climate change (i.e. reducing emissions). Examples could include a project that makes it easier for the community to access goods and services to make their homes more sustainable, a project that supports the uptake of sustainable transport at a workplace, or providing education about responding to a sustainability challenge.
- Building community capacity to adapt to the impacts of climate change. An example could include a program to assist vulnerable populations to make their homes more resilient to the impacts of climate change.
Funding Information
- Up to $10,000 is available for projects, which can include up to 50% for professional fees and administration costs.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a Climate Action Grant, your organisation must:
- be committed to providing direct benefits to residents of the City of Boroondara (local organisations are prioritised)
- be a not-for-profit organisation
- be a registered legally constituted entity (e.g. a co-operative, incorporated association or company limited by guarantee) or have an auspice (unless requesting less than $1,000)
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN), or complete a Statement by Supplier form, or hold an exemption from registration
- hold an adequate public liability insurance policy to cover the staff, members and the general public, as appropriate
- not have their own grant giving program or fundraising program that provides money to finance another organisation’s community initiatives
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following will not be funded:
- individuals and private profit-making organisations
- organisations or groups that:
- own or operate poker machines
- explicitly promote sports betting
- meet in venues that have gaming machines
- funding requests that are considered by Council to be the funding responsibility of other levels of government
- primary or secondary schools (Council encourages partnerships between schools and community organisations, but the community organisation must be the applicant)
- auspice fees, being fees charged by an organisation to manage a Grant
For more information, visit City of Boroondara.
