Deadline: 28 March 2025
The Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grant Program provides funding for projects that involve and educate young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment.
These grants provide young Victorians with an opportunity to participate in biodiversity focused learning activities and/or hands-on projects.
Focus Areas
- Biodiversity focused education activities: educating, involving, and engaging young people in valuing and actively caring for Victoria’s biodiversity and natural environment.
- Biodiversity focused on-ground projects: engaging young people to improve biodiversity through creating, enhancing, or restoring habitat for Victoria’s native plants and animals.
Funding Information
- The Victorian Government is providing funding of $450,000 for the Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants.
- Eligible applicants can apply for grants of up to $5,000 (excluding GST).
Eligibility Criteria
- The Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grants are open to schools (primary/secondary), Scouts, Girl Guides, youth groups, Junior Landcare groups, and youth environmental volunteer groups in Victoria. Cross-border schools that have Victorian students are also eligible.
- Applicant schools/groups must work with young people, who are preferably under the age of 18 years.
- Applicants must also have:
- a bank account
- an Australian Business Number (ABN)
- public liability insurance cover of at least $10 million.
Ineligibility Criteria
- You can’t apply if you are a:
- Kindergarten or childcare centre
- Commercial entity or for-profit organisation (including applications written by for-profit educational providers on behalf of eligible schools or groups)
- Commonwealth, state or local government, agency, or statutory authority
- Individual
- Community group
- Landcare group/network (unless you have a Junior Landcare group), ‘Friends of’ group, or other environmental volunteer group/network
- School or group with an overdue report for a Victorian Junior Landcare and Biodiversity Grant or another Junior Landcare Grant (via Landcare Australia).
For more information, visit Junior Landcare.
