Other Grants

The Victorian Landcare Grants

Overview

The Victorian Government is providing $3.35 million through the Victorian Landcare Grants to support Landcare and environmental volunteering groups and networks for on-ground works, education, and capacity building projects that protect, enhance, and restore our land and natural environment.

Funding

A total of $3.35 million is available for project and support grants across Victoria.

Project grants

Up to $20,000 is available for on-ground works, capacity building activities, community education and engagement that protects, or improves natural assets such as native vegetation, native fauna, waterways, wetlands, and soils. 

Support grants

Up to $500 is available for assistance with costs such as insurance, incorporation and operational needs, or meetings and events or newsletters, websites, and other communication. 

Eligibility

The grants are open to all Victorian Landcare and environmental volunteer groups and networks that are community-based and have a focus on on-ground land and natural environment improvement work. This includes Landcare groups and networks, Friends of groups, Conservation Management Networks, Coastcare groups and Aboriginal groups and organisations working on Country.

Timeline

2022-VLG-Guidelines PDF 2022-VLG-Guidelines Word Doc

Apply

Your application is to be made through SmartyGrants:  https://delwp.smartygrants.com.au/CCMA2022VLG 

Please read the above Guidelines before you apply.

Contact

For more information, contact:

Regional Landcare Coordinator: Stephanie Rosestone

Email: stephanie.rosestone@ccma.vic.gov.au

Phone: 0497 632 585

The Victorian Junior Landcare Grants

Overview

The 2022 Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants provide funding for projects that seek to involve and educate young people to value and care for Victoria’s biodiversity and our natural environment. These grants provide young Victorians with an opportunity to participate in biodiversity focused hands-on on-ground projects and/or environmental learning activities.

The first round of the Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants was in 2018, and since then the four rounds of these grants have funded 461 projects.

Past projects funded by the Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants include:

• enhancing or restoring habitat using indigenous plants to attract birds and insects
• a biodiversity-focused excursion to a wildlife sanctuary or national park
• monitoring native animals in a local area and contributing the results to a citizen science program, such as the Atlas of Living Australia or Waterwatch
• working with a Landcare group to plan and deliver a weed control project to protect the local biodiversity.

These projects support the delivery of Protecting Victoria’s Environment – Biodiversity 2037, Victoria’s 20-year plan to stop the decline of our native plants and animals and improve our natural environment.

Funding

Up to $450,000 is available for projects of up to $5,000 each (excluding GST).

The grants are funded through DELWP’s Victorian Landcare Program and administered by Landcare Australia as part of its national Junior Landcare Grants program.

Eligibility

The grants are open to Victorian childcare centres, kindergartens, primary and secondary schools, scouts, girl guides, youth groups, and Junior Landcare groups.

Timeline

Information

For more information, visit Junior Landcare – https://juniorlandcare.org.au/grant/2022-victorian-junior-landcare-and-biodiversity-grants

You can also contact:

Regional Landcare Coordinator: Stephanie Rosestone

Email: stephanie.rosestone@ccma.vic.gov.au

Phone: 0497 632 585