Getting kids interested in landcare now will pay dividends in the future for our environment.
Landcare Australia and the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning are partnering to make it easy and fun for you to get the children in your life involved in environmental sustainability activities at school, at home or in your community.
Victorian primary and secondary schools, kindergartens, childcare centres, Scouts, Girl Guides, and youth groups are invited to apply for a grant of up to $5,000 to help this happen.
A total of $450,000 is available this year. The grants are funded by the Victorian Government through the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning. Landcare Australia delivers the grants through its Junior Landcare program.
The grants provide an opportunity to secure funding to engage young Victorians in outdoor, hands-on, on-ground projects, and environmental learning activities that provide both environmental and educational outcomes, as well as health and social benefits.
Project focus areas include improving biodiversity through the development, improvement or restoration of habitat for Victoria’s native plants and animals and/or educating, involving and engaging young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s natural environment.
Grant applications close on Friday, April 30, 2021. For more information and to apply for a grant, visit: juniorlandcare.org.au/grant/2021-victorian-junior-landcare-and-biodiversity-grants
