- water saving and efficiency
- water recycling
- water treatment - improving surface and groundwater health.
Funding is available from various Queensland State and Australian government departments, local government and philanthropic organisations throughout the year. CYPDA is currently funded by Queensland State Development and through Australian Government Natural Heritage Trust funded projects which is administered in Queensland by the Department of Natural Resources and Water.
GrantsLINK
This website helps you find funding available under a variety of grant programs for individuals, businesses and communities to help you to develop solutions to local and national problems, fund ideas and initiatives or provide assistance in times of hardship.
http://www.grantslink.gov.au/
Natural Heritage Trust
The Natural Heritage Trust (NHT) was set up by the Australian Government in 1997 to help restore and conserve Australia's environment and natural resources. Since then, thousands of community groups and organisations have received funding for environmental and natural resource management projects.
For further information contact Deb Pople, CYPDA's Strategic Regional NRM Facilitator on 07 4031 3432
http://www.nht.gov.au/
Australian Government Envirofund
The Australian Government Envirofund is the local action component of the Australian Government's $3 billion Natural Heritage Trust. It helps communities undertake local projects aimed at conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable resource use.
Community groups and individuals can apply for grants of up to $50,000 (GST inclusive) to carry out on-ground and other actions to target local problems.
For further information contact Deb Pople, CYPDA's Strategic Regional NRM Facilitator on 07 4031 3432.
www.nht.gov.au/envirofund/index
Community Water Grants
The Australian Government's Community Water Grants programme offers grants to help local community organisations save, recycle or improve the health of their local water resources.
Grants are available for projects related to:
For further information contact Deb Pople, CYPDA's Strategic Regional NRM Facilitator on 07 4031 3432.
http://www.communitywatergrants.gov.au/
Working on Country
This programme provides funding for Indigenous people to deliver environmental services on country. The programme is funded under the Australian Government's initiative A better future for Indigenous Australians: Building an Indigenous workforce in government service delivery, and has two main objectives:
to provide the means for Indigenous people to undertake environmental work on country that meets both their aspirations for caring for country and the Australian Government's environmental responsibilities
to provide a mechanism through which Indigenous people, including those involved with the CDEP programme, can move into jobs.
Preference is given to longer term projects and funding is available for projects up to 3 years in duration. Round 2 is now open and has a closing date of 5pm on Friday 19 October 2007.
For further information contact Barry Hunter, Indigenous Land Management Facilitator on 07 4019 6221 / or the Working on Country team in Canberra on
02 6274 2939
www.environment.gov.au/indigenous/workingoncountry
Threatened Species Network Community Grants
The Threatened Species Network (TSN) is a partnership between WWF-Australia and the Australian Government. The TSN has people on the ground across Australia working with community groups and other conservation partners to help stop the declining numbers of our native plants and animals, particularly those listed by Australia's state and federal governments as threatened. Managed by the Threatened Species Network (TSN), the grants program was established to support and inspire communities to conduct on-ground work for the ongoing health of our natural environment, specifically targeting the needs of nationally threatened species and ecological communities. Funding is provided for activities such as:
Fire management
For further information please contact the TSN Grants Program Officer on
02 8202 1233 or Rebecca Richardson, Threatened Species Network (Queensland), WWF-Australia on 07 3012 7574.
wwf.org.au/ourwork/species/tsngrants/
rrichardson@wwf.org.au
AusIndustry
AusIndustry is the Australian Government's agency for delivering products, services and information that support industry, research and innovation. Australian government programs and grants for Australian businesses.
http://www.ausindustry.gov.au/
Queensland Government Find a Grant
www.qld.gov.au/grants
Queensland Government Blue Print for the Bush funding
Blueprint for the Bush is a 10-year partnership plan between the Queensland Government, AgForce and the Local Government Association of Queensland to foster and support sustainable, liveable and prosperous rural communities in Queensland. The Blueprint introduces new strategies for rural infrastructure and services, and strengthens existing measures that are working well.
www.nrw.qld.gov.au/blueprint
Gambling Community Benefit Fund
The Fund provides one-off grants of up to $30,000 to Queensland based not-for-profit community groups. The closing dates for the grant rounds are: 31 March, 30 June, 30 September and 31 December.
http://www.gcbf.qld.gov.au/