Grants and awards
Coastcare Victoria Community Grants Program - closes 16 February 2025
Grants of up to $10,000 are available to fund community-led environmental groups and organisations that deliver projects to support the community in caring for and acting for the marine and coastal environment.
The focus will be on one of three streams:
- Stewardship and Education
- Strengthening the Coastcare Victoria Community
- Caring for Country
Resource Smart Schools Awards- closes 25 February 2025
The ResourceSmart School Awards are Victoria’s largest sustainability celebration of students, teachers and volunteers who are working together in schools and the community to build the future we need.
The 2025 theme is “Working together.”
We can achieve so much more when we work together, whether that’s with other students, other schools, other teachers, or the wider community beyond the school gate. By working together, our efforts combine to build the future we need!
For more information and to apply
Strengthening Rural Communities Grants - closes 27 March 2025
The Foundation of Rural Regional Renewal's (FRRR) Strengthening Rural Communities Small & Vital grants stream provides small remote, rural and regional communities with an opportunity to access funds for a broad range of initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities.
Grants up to $10,000 are available for grassroots, community-led initiatives that directly and clearly benefit local communities that strengthen local people, places and climate solutions, with a preference for smaller communities (i.e. populations under 15,000).
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.au
| Date | Time | Topic | Location & to register |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5 - 26 January 2025 | various | Summer by the Sea activities give you a chance to find out more about these remarkable places and to learn about some of the challenges facing our marine and coastal environments. | Across the Victorian Coast |
| Saturday 18 January | 8.30am - 11am | Paws for Platypus:: Join Waterwatch for a morning of fun and education with a four-legged friend! Did you know Sunbury is home to the elusive platypus? Learn how practising responsible dog ownership around waterways can protect the local platypus population. | Sunbury |
Page last updated: 16/01/25