Grants and awards
The 2025 Community Tree Grants - closes 18 July
The Carman’s Trees for Bees Community Tree Grants support the planting of bee-friendly trees in extended gardens, community-owned land, school grounds, sporting club precincts and urban corridors.
The program provides funding to community groups and organisations to increase vital habitat, providing spaces for bees to forage, live and breed.
For more information and to apply
Strengthening Rural Community Grants - closes 17 September
There are two streams available for these grants but you can only put in an application in one stream.
Small and Vital - gives small remote, rural and regional communities across Australia the opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.
For more information and to apply
Prepare and Recover- The Strengthening Rural Communities (SRC) Prepare & Recover program supports communities in remote, rural and regional communities across Australia to implement initiatives that prevent and prepare for future climate related impacts, or recover from existing disasters in the medium to long-term timeframe, generally one to ten years after the disaster.
For more information and to apply
Grants Program - Victorian Fisheries Authority - open year round
This program is open year-round to applications from angling clubs and associations, and not-for-profit community groups for grants of $5,000 - $50,000.
Examples of projects that could qualify for funding include:
- infrastructure and access projects (minor boat ramps or kayak launches/landings, access paths, jetties, platforms, fish cleaning tables
- installation of instream habitat (woody, boulders, lunkers), and
- riparian work (fencing, planting, stiles)
Training opportunities calendar
We look forward to sharing training opportunities with our environmental volunteering community.
If you have something you would like to add, please email environmental.volunteering@deeca.vic.gov.auP
| Date | Time | Topic | Location & to register |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thursday 10th July | 10am - 12pm | Smart Socials to tackle the pest problem: Join La Trobe Catchment Landcare Network for a 2-hour online workshop to show how social media is one of the easiest, cheapest and most effective ways to raise awareness and share practical environmental advice about managing pest species. Jodie McEwen from The Marketing Side will be providing real-worl tips, templates and the confidence to make your social media more effective for your group. | online |
| Tuesday 15th July | 1pm - 2pm | Panel Discussion: Successful and Rewarding Volunteer Recruitment. Join "the Centre of Volunteering" for a panel discussion of Standard 4 of the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement | online |
| Tuesday 22nd and 29th July | 9.30am - 12.30pm | A-Z of Volunteer Management - A Two-part workshop providing participants with a sound understanding of best practice volunteer management. | online |
| Wednesday 23rd July | 1pm - 2pm | Rethinking Volunteer Recruitment. Take a second look at volunteer recruitment with the Centre for Volunteering Sector Development Coordinator, Tony Ward. | online |
| Thursday 24th and 31st July | 1pm - 2.30pm | Plain and Easy English Language - 2 part workshop. People with intellectual and cognitive disability are often overlooked in the pursuit of website accessibility. This 2 part workshop, facilitated by The Centre for Accessibility Australia, will provide tools in optimising online content for readability to significantly improve access to information. | online |
| Wednesday 30th July | 9.30am - 12.30pm | Introduction to the National Standards for Volunteer Involvement. A workshop to guide participants through the National Standards. | online |
| Tuesday 5th August (and Tuesday 2nd September) | 10am - 12pm | Two-part training. Preventing Burnout and Enhancing Wellbeing. Caring for others starts with caring for ourselves. A practical wellbeing training program, designed specifically for leaders of volunteers across Victoria. | online |
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