Deadline: 11-Jun-23
The City of Boroondara is seeking applications for the Climate Action Grants to support up to $10,000 to eligible not-for-profit community groups for projects, services, programs and activities that strengthen the community’s capacity to reduce emissions, and/or adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Grants could support initiatives such as:
- a project that makes it easier for their community to access goods and services to make their homes more environmentally sustainable
- an activity that supports the uptake of sustainable transport at a workplace
- an education campaign responding to a sustainability challenge, such as replacing gas as an energy source
- a service that helps vulnerable residents make their homes more resilient to climate change impacts.
Objectives
- Climate Action Grants are available for new projects and programs that increase community capacity to respond to climate change 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 their 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 per cent for professional fees and administration costs. Applicants can summit more than one grant application, but the combined total requested must be no more than $10,000 in any 12 month period.
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 either:
- an incorporated entity (e.g. a co-operative, incorporated association, company or company limited by guarantee); or
- auspiced by an incorporated third party, (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
- have satisfactorily accounted to Council for the expenditure of any previous Council grants (if relevant)
- comply with all applicable laws, including:
- all statutory requirements to maintain their status as an incorporated entity, including governance, accounting, reporting and auditing requirements
- child safe standards under the Child Wellbeing and Safety Act 2005, for
- organisations that provide services to minors
- registration or accreditation of professional employees
- comply with Occupational Health and Safety, safe working practices and Worksafe recommendations and requirements
- have an adequate risk management plan in place, as required.
Exclusions
- 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 charge by an organisation to manage a grant
- repeat applications for the same projects, activities or equipment that are identical to something that was funded in the previous funding year
- registered political parties or organisations that are controlled by a registered political party
- religious projects or activities seeking to promote the spiritual beliefs of a religious group
- projects or activities that seek to lobby the local, state or federal governments about particular laws, policies, practices or decisions of governments
- projects or activities that have already started or have been completed (no retrospective funding)
- funding of prizes, sponsorships, donations or gifts
- new building works, capital improvements, facility maintenance and fixed assets (e.g. air conditioner, shade sails, cubby houses and sheds)
- projects that have been, or are being funded by other parts of Council
- the organisation’s day-to-day operational expenses such as insurance and rental subsidies
- interstate or overseas travel.
For more information, visit Climate Action Grants.