The Sustainable Environment Grants program provides financial assistance to support schools and community groups to play an active role in reducing their impact on the environment. Council invites projects focused on environmental improvement, sustainability education, and the promotion of sustainable living as a way of life that provides benefit to the natural environment and local community. The Sustainable Environment Grant is open to local schools and high schools.
Projects can include:
▪ Waste Minimisation – including reuse, recycling, litter reduction, composting and worm farming, waste education projects;
▪ Sustainable Water Use – including water efficiency, stormwater harvesting and water reuse, rain gardens, water quality improvements, and sustainable water use education programs;
▪ Environmental Improvement – including protection and enhancement of natural areas, habitat creation for native fauna, and natural environment education programs; and/or
▪ Sustainable Living – including establishment of vegetable or native display gardens, bush tucker or community gardens, and the keeping of chickens or native bees.
Available funding
Applications are open all year round for funding of up to $5,000 per project.
Program timeframe
Applications can be made all year. Grants must be spent within 12 months of receiving them. Applications must be submitted at least three months prior to the commencement of a project. In exceptional circumstances, an organisation that is partnering with Council may receive retrospect funding up to one (1) month after the delivery of an event or program. Grants must be spent within 12 months of receiving them.
To understand program eligibility, exclusions and expected outcomes, please refer to the Grants Donations & Sponsorship Policy.
Program eligibility and exclusions
To be eligible applicants must have not received funding under this or another program for the same project (separate and additional stages of a previous project are eligible), must operate in the Liverpool LGA and:
a) Be a registered NSW school, not-for profit pre-school or childcare centre; or
b) An incorporated non-profit community organisation providing programs or services to residents of Liverpool; or
c) A community group auspiced by an incorporated organisation.
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