Deadline: 15-Mar-23
The City of Logan’s Environmental Grants program (EnviroGrants), funded through the Environmental Levy, provides support to community organisations, educational facilities, businesses and individuals.
The aim of the EnviroGrants program is, ‘Through community awareness and participation, enhance and protect the natural environment and foster environmentally sustainable practices across the City of Logan’.
Focus Areas
Projects that address the following environmental focus areas in Logan will be prioritised:
- Waterways
- Threatened species
- Education
EnviroGrants Categories
Environmental grant funding is available under the following categories:
- Environmental partnerships and capacity building: up to $10,000 per grant
- Funding for this category will go to incorporated not-for-profit environmental and wildlife organisations towards:
- operational costs
- capital costs
- on-ground and capacity building project costs.
- These organisations must contribute to the enhancement and protection of the environment and wildlife within Logan. Outcomes from these projects may be negotiated and agreed upon between the Applicant and Council.
- What can be applied for?
- Community capacity building projects.
- Group and community training activities or events.
- Landholder extension and education/training activities developed and implemented by the community organisation (e.g. plant identification workshops, activities or events).
- Projects which address the protection, monitoring and rehabilitation of biodiversity.
- Projects which address major ecological threatening processes (e.g. rural and urban runoff, clearing of vegetation, riparian corridors and linkages, pest management).
- Projects which address waterways and catchment health.
- Projects which address the reduction of erosion and sediment runoff into waterways.
- Projects which seek help for environmental weed management (they must include a proposed postfunding maintenance program)
- A travel allowance will be considered up to a maximum of $500 where it increases the efficiency of a project. A vehicle logbook must be kept and provided at Council’s request
- Operation or administration expenses that aid a community group with limited funds and access to other funding sources to meet daily expenses.
- Funding for this category will go to incorporated not-for-profit environmental and wildlife organisations towards:
- On-ground ecosystem restoration: up to $10,000 per grant
- Funding for this category is for support of on-ground ecosystem restoration projects that make a positive and ongoing contribution to corridors, biodiversity and waterways values within Logan.
- What can be applied for?
- Restoration and revegetation of mapped biodiversity corridors.
- Stabilisation, revegetation and/or restoration of degraded areas (priority will be given to projects targeting pre-clear regional ecosystems, waterways, wetlands and/or biodiversity corridors).
- Fencing or off-stream watering for the restriction of stock access to natural areas where benefits to existing vegetation or waterway can be proven and stock numbers must be provided (private property only).
- Environmental weed management. Must include a proposed maintenance program. Funding will not be given for the management of prohibited species.
- Projects that cover more than one property (all landholders must provide written approval with the application).
- Environmental surveys and research: up to $10,000 per grant
- Funding is to support surveying and research projects that focus on Council’s Environmental Priorities, for example, water quality, connectivity, sustainability, carbon neutrality and threatened and pest species.
- What can be applied for?
- Innovative carbon emissions reduction / sustainability research.
- Flora and fauna surveys including threatened species surveys and research.
- Scientific trials that may assist future Council operations.
- Native plant propagation research/trials.
- Water quality monitoring research
- Mapping of significant environmental values.
- Community environmental perception surveys and research, for example, citizen science.
- Community environmental behaviour change surveys and research.
- Community environmental engagement surveys and research.
- Environmental education: up to $2,000 per grant
- Funding is to support projects that aim to educate the wider community about responsible environmental and sustainability practices within Logan. These include workshops, water quality monitoring projects, wildlife conservation activities and events or educational booklets.
- What can be applied for?
- Sustainability projects on school property.
- Bush tucker education.
- Community water quality monitoring projects.
- Community education publications.
- Innovative carbon emission reduction or sustainability projects.
- Community environmental education activities, for example, workshops that may help the community to become more sustainable, or more appreciative of native animals.
- Individual wildlife carer support: up to $1,500 per grant
- Funding is for supporting individual wildlife carers for the purchase of animal food, supplements, fuel and medication for native wildlife rehabilitation (capital items like incubators and cages will not be funded).
- What can be applied for?
- Costs of animal food supply for rehabilitation of native wildlife.
- Costs of medication for rehabilitation of native wildlife.
- A travel allowance will be considered for travel related to the rehabilitation and release of native wildlife up to a maximum of $500 per annum. A vehicle log book must be kept and provided at Council’s request.
Eligibility Criteria
- Environmental partnerships and capacity building
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations that:
- operate in the City of Logan or are able to prove that the program will benefit Logan’s residents and environment (this includes wildlife carer organisations)
- are able to show viability of the organisation
- are an incorporated environmental protection organisation, or
- are aimed at the rehabilitation of native wildlife.
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations that:
- On-ground ecosystem restoration
- Individuals and private landholders who are existing members of Council’s Environmental Conservation Partnerships including Land for Wildlife and/or Higher Agreements
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations.
- Educational facilities.
- Businesses.
- Environmental surveys and research
- Educational facilities, for example, schools, TAFEs, universities
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations
- Businesses.
- Environmental education
- Individuals
- Educational facilities, for example, childcare centres, schools, TAFEs, universities
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations
- Businesses.
- Individual wildlife carer support
- Individuals who are endorsed by a legislated wildlife rehabilitation organisation or hold an individual wildlife rehabilitation.
- Individuals residing in Logan.
- General eligibility
- The following criteria will apply to all applications received:
- Project meets the community purpose requirements in the Council policy titled ‘Grants to Community Organisations’.
- Project meets the eligibility criteria in the policy procedure titled ‘Grants to Community Organisations’.
- Project is consistent with the allocation of environmental levy funds outlined in the policy titled ‘Environmental Levy’.
- Grant funds must be used to deliver environmental outcomes or care for wildlife within Logan.
- Grant funds must be for a new initiative or for a new environmental project area.
- Funding for a previously funded project/deliverable will not be supported.
- Grant funded projects are to be delivered within the grant funding period.
- Applicants must supply evidence of appropriate insurance for the proposal/project.
- Quotes for proposed works/services/purchases – quotes are required.
- Grant recipients must be free of debt with the Council and must have successfully acquitted any previous grant funding.
- Political organisations are not eligible for funding.
- Internal Council branches are not eligible for funding.
- Council employees who are also residents of the city can apply in the same way as any other resident, but must also submit a Conflict of Interest Declaration—Assessment Form.
- Applicants must give full consent for Council to use any data, information and/or multimedia relating to the project in any or all promotional and marketing campaigns and any other printed or audiovisual or website material relating to Logan City Council.
- The following criteria will apply to all applications received:
For more information, visit City of Logan.