Deadline: 31-Mar-22
The Sustainability Victoria is seeking applications for the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund Stream 1: Local Community projects to support local community groups, social enterprises and other not-for-profit businesses working to reduce waste and improve recycling.
Objectives
- The Fund objective is to assist Victorian Communities to transition to a circular economy by providing funds to solicit creative solutions for issues and gaps in the current waste management system.
- The project needs to deliver one or more of the following objectives:
- reduce waste generation
- reduce non-organic material going to landfill by re-purposing through local community initiatives
- reduce organic material going to landfill by re-purposing through local community initiatives
- reduce the sources of plastic pollution, litter and illegal dumping
- boost Victoria’s economy through local circular economy initiatives, helping businesses to grow in new ways, and creating new jobs
Funding Information
For Stream 1, each project can receive a grant of between $25,000 and $59,000.
What will be funded?
- Projects must:
- align with the objectives of the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund
- be implemented in and service Victoria
- be completed within 12 months of signing the Sustainability Victoria funding agreement
- Costs directly related to the implementation of the project include:
- project management costs
- marketing, advertising or promotional costs
- consultancy or contract work required for the project
- community education activities
- travel expenses
- capital purchases (for example, infrastructure or equipment)
- leasing of equipment
- insurance fees related to the project
- leasing of premises
- permit, licensing, approval costs
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible organisations must be one of the following organisation types:
- a registered charity on the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) charity register
- a community group engaged in charitable or other community-based activity
- a social enterprise (must be currently registered with Social Traders or prove accreditation before entering into a funding agreement
- other not-for-profit organisation, ideally registered on the ACNC charity register
- Applicants must:
- have a current Australian Business Number (ABN)
- have been operating for at least 12 months by the application closing date (to be validated by the date that the organisation’s ABN is active from)
- be able to demonstrate financial viability to undertake the project (will meet or exceed the minimum co-contribution requirement)
- agree to comply with the Terms of Participation in Grant Programs
- agree to comply with the Short-form grant funding agreement
- Sustainability Victoria encourages applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander organisations and groups from diverse communities
For more information, visit https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/grants-funding-and-investment/grants-and-funding/recycling-victoria-communities-fund-round-2-stream-1-local-community-projects