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Recycling Victoria Communities Fund Round 2 – Regional Community Projects (Australia)

Deadline: 31-Mar-22

The Sustainability Victoria is seeking applications for the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund Round 2 – Regional Community projects to support local community groups, social enterprises and other not-for-profit businesses working to reduce waste and improve recycling.

Fund 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 2, each project can receive a grant of between $60,000 and $250,000.

What will be funded?
  • Projects must:
    • align with the objectives of the Recycling Victoria Communities Fund.
    • be implemented in and will service Victoria
    • be completed within 18 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 a minimum of 2 years (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 funding terms and conditions under the General grant funding agreement.

For more information, visit Sustainability Victoria.

For more information, visit https://www.sustainability.vic.gov.au/grants-funding-and-investment/grants-and-funding/recycling-victoria-communities-fund-round-2-stream-2-regional-community-projects