Deadline: 28-Apr-23
The Landscape Boards South Australia is now accepting applications for its Grassroots Grants Program to support individuals, volunteers, community groups and other organisations working on a not-for-profit basis, with local landscape management projects.
Board Priorities
- Eligible projects will contribute to one or more of the priorities of the Eyre Peninsula Regional Landscape Plan, which are:
- Water – water allocation planning and water affecting activities.
- Sustainable agriculture – protecting the region’s soils and facilitating regenerative land management to improve soil health.
- Pest plants and animals – supporting landowners to undertake priority pest plant and animal activities and reducing threats from impact-causing native species.
- Biodiversity – protecting and restoring priority coastal and in-land biodiversity.
- Community – community including Aboriginal peoples, actively engaged in landscape management.
Funding Information
- Funding is available across two funding streams:
- Small Community Grants for up to $5,000 (GST exclusive)
- Large Community Grants for up to $15,000 (GST exclusive)
- This year the total pool of funding has been increased to $112,000 (GST exclusive).
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible the applicants will need to:
- be an individual, volunteer, community organisation, farming group or other working body (e.g. local government association);
- be undertaking natural resources management activities that help to achieve environmental benefits at the local level (e.g. pest plant or animal control, re-vegetation, erosion control, community engagement etc.);
- be a legal entity or be sponsored by a legal entity;
- have the agreement of any partner and/or sponsoring organisation to submit the proposal, and provide a letter of support with the application form;
- ensure that proposed project activities are not a component of any other funding agreement;
- ensure that written approval for any works undertaken on land owned by another person/entity other than the applicant, is attached to the application; or
- be undertaking project activities within the Eyre Peninsula Landscape Board region.
For more information, visit Grassroots Grants Program.