This September, Landcare Australia partnered with Bupa as part of its 2024 Healthy Cities Challenge and invite you to apply for funding to support the planting of 75,000 native trees and shrubs across Australia to make our cities greener and support community wellbeing.
Eligible groups and organisations can apply for funding to establish projects in accessible urban or peri-urban areas. The focus is to improve the connectivity of native vegetation while encouraging community participation in outdoor activities.
Funding is available for the following activities:
Reconnect areas of important natural habitat in the urban and peri-urban landscape.
Encourage greater community participation in landcare and outdoor recreation activities.
Support listed Threatened Species and Threatened Ecological Communities.
Revegetate and widen wildlife corridors.
Improve the amenity and liveability of cities/towns by creating urban forests.
Contribute to the health and wellbeing of local community members.
Eligible groups and organisations include:
Landcare groups and networks and other community-led environmental groups (e.g. ‘Friends-of’, Coastcare, WildCare, Dunecare, Bushcare groups, Intrepid Landcare, etc)
Local government
NRM organisations or not for profits – including those operating nationally
Traditional Owners and First Nations organisations
State and Territory Landcare Organisations.
Project applications should be for a minimum of $5,000 to a maximum of $25,000 (ex-GST). If your group has a project requiring more than $25,000 in funding and can be established by July 2025, please contact Landcare Australia to discuss the proposal.
Applications close Monday, 30 September 2024.
