Deadline: 04-Apr-2024
The Community Zero Emissions Grants Program provides funding to eligible organisations for projects that support the ACT community’s transition to net zero emissions and/or community resilience to climate change impacts.
The ACT Government has committed $600,000 over four years (2021–22 to 2024–25) to eligible not-for-profit organisations and individuals.
Program Objectives
- The Program is designed to fund projects that will:
- assist the community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and increase community resilience to climate change impacts
- drive greater community awareness and engagement in the transition to net zero emissions and in resilience to climate change impacts
- develop and implement innovative solutions and generate new knowledge to support a community transition to net zero emissions and increased resilience to climate change impacts.
Program Priorities
- The Program priorities for Round Seven are:
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions from transportation
- reducing greenhouse gas emissions from natural gas use
- supporting the community to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, including more extreme heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and storms.
- The projects must be targeted toward one or more of the Program priorities. Applicants are required to nominate the Program priorities for their project.
Funding Information
- $150,000 of funding is available in Round Seven of the Program. The funding limit is $50,000 (excluding GST) per single application and $75,000 (excluding GST) per joint application
Eligible Projects and Activities
- Round Seven grants are available for projects and activities that will address one or more of the Program priorities:
- reducing transport emissions
- reducing natural gas emissions
- supporting the community to prepare for and adapt to the impacts of climate change, including more extreme heatwaves, bushfires, droughts and storms.
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals and non-incorporated groups must apply through an auspicing arrangement with an incorporated not-for-profit organisation. The auspicing organisation accepts legal responsibility including financial accountability for a project. If your organisition is not a legal entity you will need to arrange for an organisation that has legal status to act as an auspice.
- To be eligible for the Program, an organisation (or the auspicing organisation) must meet all of the following criteria.
- It must:
- be a not-for-profit organisation or not-for-profit group with an incorporated legal structure registered under the Corporations Act 2001 (e.g. be an incorporated association, a company limited by guarantee, an Indigenous corporation or a nontrading co-operative). Individuals and non-incorporated groups can apply through an auspicing incorporated not-for-profit organisation
- have a minimum of $10 million public liability insurance or provide a quote from an insurance company and then become insured for $10 million public liability upon becoming successful for funding. This grant cannot be used to pay for the required insurance
- be applying for funding for a project to be undertaken within the ACT and primarily for the benefit of ACT residents
- if undertaking works to a property, have permission of the building owner to do so. This is critical where organisations lease ACT Government properties, which may be subject to existing repair and maintenance or minor capital works programs
- have obtained any other relevant approvals and authorisations to undertake activities associated with the application
- have completed any outstanding grant acquittal reports due to the Environment, Planning and Sustainable Development Directorate or have applied for an extension for existing grants or grants acquittal reports
- have completed all relevant questions in the application form and have the declaration signed by the appropriate person (i.e. CEO or other authorised delegate)
- be prepared to enter into a Deed of Grant with the Territory.
- Please note: Applications may not be assessed for funding if the applicant does not comply with the above eligibility requirements.
Ineligible
- The following entities are not eligible to apply for funding under the Program:
- Individuals and unincorporated organisations (unless auspiced by an incorporated not-for-profit organisation)
- Family trusts
- Statutory bodies and authorities
- Australian Government agencies
- ACT Government agencies
- Other state or territory agencies
- Political parties registered under the Commonwealth Electoral Act (1918)
- For-profit groups and public companies.
For more information, visit ACT Government.