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Environment grants

Our environment grants program exists to enable community groups and individuals to create positive environmental impacts. This can be through new programs, projects and workshops, discovering your own homes energy efficiency, creating a more sustainable school or getting some training to boost your volunteer work.

Program categories for 2019

Green Training Fund

OPEN: This program provides financial support towards residents undertaking environmental education, with a focus on conservation, land management, sustainability, climate change or environmental behaviour change.

Home Energy Audit

OPEN: Have a qualified assessor inspect your house to get ideas to help you save money and energy. Also learn about the current energy star rating for your house.

Environment Project grant program

CLOSED: This grant aims to encourage community groups to develop initiatives that achieve our sustainability aims. Find out about program dates, criteria and how to apply.

Community sustainability workshops grant program 2019

CLOSED: The community workshops grant program encourages new or established groups to develop initiatives that achieve our sustainability aims. Find out about criteria, how to apply and what we will fund.

Youth climate action grant program 2019

CLOSED: This grant encourages young people of primary and secondary school age to come up with projects that will make a difference for their community or school to reduce emissions, support biodiversity, conserve resources or reduce waste to landfill.

Business energy audits

These audits will help businesses in Banyule understand how they can save money and lower emissions within their business operations. This will be delivered as part of the Business Grants program which is new for 2019.

Learn about small business energy grants

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Grant recipients for 2019

Find out about the 2019 environment grant recipients