The Sunshine Coast Council is pleased to launch the Environment Levy Grants for not-for-profit community based organisations to fund projects that make a positive and ongoing contribution to the region’s biodiversity and waterways.
Sunshine Coast Council has a strong history of partnering with the community to achieve the environmental goals set out in council’s strategies, plans and policy positions, including:
Sunshine Coast Council Corporate Plan 2020-2024
Environment & Liveability Strategy 2017
Sunshine Coast Council Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan 2017.
Priorities
Priority is given to non-recurrent projects that:
Contribute to landscape scale protection, monitoring and rehabilitation of biodiversity, which include native plants and animals and waterways
Build community capacity, engagement and participation in biodiversity, waterways and pest management
Adapt and respond to environmental challenges, e.g. pest plants and animals.
Funding Information
Not-for-profit community based organisations can apply for up to $5,000 to assist with projects that make a positive and ongoing contribution to the region’s biodiversity and waterways values.
Eligible Projects
To be eligible for funding, applications must:
Demonstrate a purpose that is in the public interest
Be consistent with council’s Environment Levy Policy
Link to council’s Corporate Plan and environmental strategies, specifically Environment and Liveability Strategy 2017 and Sunshine Coast Local Government Area Biosecurity Plan 2017
Adhere to the specific terms and conditions of this funding program.
Eligibility Criteria
Community organisations which meet all of the following criteria:
Operate within the Sunshine Coast Local Government Area (LGA) or are able to demonstrate that the project or program will benefit residents and environment of the Sunshine Coast LGA
Have appropriate insurance and adhere to sound Workplace Health and Safety practices are able to demonstrate viability
Have no debt to council, or have entered into scheduled payment arrangements with council which are being adhered to
Have met acquittal conditions for previous council grants.
If a community organisation is not a legal entity or recognised by the Australian Taxation Office as a not-for-profit type, then the application must be auspiced and administered by such a group.
Applicants may submit only one grant application per round.
Ineligible
Government agencies or departments of local, state or federal government
Educational, religious or medical organisations, where the application is for the organisation’s core business
