Deadline: 28-Feb-25
Applications are now open for the Environmental Sustainability Grant to support community organisations in environmental and sustainability projects and landowners’ environmental works that support the strategic vision for Frankston City’s future.
Objectives
- The purpose of the Environmental Sustainability Grants is to support the growth and implementation of initiatives that improve the natural surroundings and foster sustainable practices across Frankston City.
- The key objectives of this grant are to collaborate with local community organisations and landowners to:
- Support the Greening the Future 2014-2024 Strategy and Climate Change Strategy 2023-2030.
- Enhance wildlife corridors to improve biodiversity and contributing to ecosystem restoration.
- Support sustainable land management practices, with a focus on protecting and enhancing native vegetation.
Priorities
- Community group environmental projects that have a community education and engagement component.
- Revegetation works on private land that contribute to mapped biodiversity corridors connecting native vegetation across the landscape.
Categories
- This grant is divided into two categories:
- Community Group Projects
- Landowner Works
Funding Information
- For Community Group Projects: $1,000 per recipient
- For Landowners Works: $1,000 per recipient
What can be funded?
- Examples for Community Organisation Projects
- Workshops that encourage waste diversion, composting, worm farming, water recycling, water efficient garden beds or bush food gardens.
- Small events that connect people and increase their knowledge of the climate emergency and provide skills for effective advocacy and action.
- Open day community events such as tree planting days or bush regeneration activities.
- Workshops that provide information to the community around making their homes more energy efficient or to transition to 100% renewable electricity.
- Community programs that encourage skills to expand sustainable behaviour such as how to access the various rebates available, bicycle maintenance workshops or clothing exchange activities.
- Examples for Landowner Works
- Revegetation works which:
- Complement remnant vegetation on private properties
- Link or strengthen significant habitat areas or corridors
- Are required in a land management plan
- Aim to increase canopy cover
- Works to help control and or manage minor erosion.
- Environmental weed control in good quality native vegetation, in association with other vegetation protection measures such as revegetation.
- Revegetation works which:
Eligibility Criteria
- For Community Organisation Projects
- A not-for-profit community group or organisation
- Either be:
- Incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 or commenced the process of incorporation (evidence will be required); or
- Endorsed as a Deductible Gift Recipient (DGR) as covered by Item 1 of the table in section 30.15 of the Income Tax Assessment 1997; or
- Auspiced (sponsored or supported) by another incorporated or DGR covered Item 1 organisation that will accept legal and financial responsibility for the activity (evidence will be required).
- Located
- Within the local Government area of Frankston City; or
- If located outside of Frankston City, servicing a significant number (over 1000) of Frankston City residents;
- Have complied with all terms and conditions including the submission of satisfactory acquittal reports for all previous Council grants.
- For Landowners Works
- Located within the local Government area of Frankston City.
- Rural landowners with a minimum of 2/3 Acre 2697.9sqm
- Zoned Low density, Rural conservation or green wedge or located within a recognised Biodiversity corridor or Environmental Significance Overlay.
- Commit to maintaining the vegetation for at least 5 years.
For more information, visit Frankston City Council.