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Council opens Community Sustainability Grant

Grants of up to $3000 per project are available, and the grants will close at 5pm on 21 September 2020.

Applicants must outline how their project or event will work in line with regional Victoria’s relevant COVID-19 restrictions.

The grants will support ideas which go toward achieving sustainability-related actions within the Environmental Sustainability Strategy.

The intention of the funding is to facilitate projects which achieve some or all of the following objectives:

Encourage and support the community to address the climate emergency by reducing greenhouse gas emissions and working towards a zero emissions future.
Raise community awareness of the relevance of climate change, the impacts it will have on our environment and way of life, and the opportunities it will present.
Increase the energy efficiency of new and existing community buildings across the municipality.
Encourage participation in sustainability activities and events.
Enable community members to acquire or develop new skills in relation to Sustainability.

Funded projects must be able to demonstrate that they are inclusive, have wide community support, and, where appropriate, are sustainable past Council’s funding.

“The Community Sustainability Grants assist Council in promoting the idea of sustainable living in Greater Shepparton. We all have a part to play in limiting our impact on the environment, and we look forward to seeing the projects, ideas and events, in line with COVID-19 restrictions, that this funding can produce,” Mayor Cr Seema Abdullah said.

“Applications can be made by not-for-profit community, arts, cultural or sporting groups whose activities are conducted in Greater Shepparton.”

The Community Sustainability Grants join a raft of grants currently available through Council. To apply for the Community Sustainability Grants, or for more information on all Council grants, visit our Grants and Funding page.

You can view the Environmental Sustainability Strategy here.