Coastcare Victoria Community Grants 2019
Applications are now open for the Coastcare Victoria Community Grants and will close 20th February 2019.
The Coastcare Victoria Community Grants Program supports community organisations to protect and enhance the coastal and near-shore marine environment. It has two key focus areas:
- Conservation, rehabilitation, restoration and preventative actions for Victoria’s coastal and marine ecosystems.
- Support community participation and engagement to enhance community knowledge and understanding of coastal and marine management.
Grants of up to $10,000 for one-year projects and $15,000 for two-year projects are available.
For eligibility, how to apply and other important information, see our guidelines and frequently asked questions:
Coastcare Grant Guidelines (Word.docx)
Coastcare Grants Guidelines (PDF)
Coastcare Community Grants FAQs (Word.docx)
Coastcare Community Grants FAQs (PDF)
To apply, please follow this link: https://coastcare.smartygrants.com.au/2019
Before you apply, please discuss your project with your Coastcare Facilitator:
Bellarine and Surf Coast
Far South West
Port Phillip Bay and Westernport
South Gippsland
East Gippsland
Coastcare Community Grants 2018 recipients
Organisation | Project |
Friends of the Prom Inc | Sea Spurge Removal: Restoring Hooded Plover Habitat at Squeaky Beach, Wilsons Promontory National Park |
Rhyll Coast Action Inc | Revegetation of Coastal Woodland at Pleasant Point, Phillip Island |
Mount Eliza Association for Environmental Care | Weed Control and Re-vegetation Ranelagh Beach Foreshore Reserve No2 |
Friends of the Hooded Plover (Mornington Peninsula) Inc | Fostering Community Participation and Protection for a flagship Coastal Species; the Red-capped Plover |
Cape Paterson Residents and Ratepayers Association | Undertow Bay Weed Removal and Revegetation Stages 4 and 5 |
Elizabeth Cain/ Seaside Scavenge | Seaside Scavenge Mornington Peninsula |
Mornington Environment Association Incorporated | Red Bluff Mornington rehabilitation |
Silverleaves Conservation Association Inc. | Protection and Enhancement of Coast Banksia Woodland |
South Gippsland Landcare Network | Corner Inlet Citizen Science Water Quality Improvement Project |
Warrnambool Coastcare Landcare Network | 2018-19 Thunder Point Coastal Reserve Community Conservation Project |
Friends of the Beleura Cliff Path | Revegetate, monitor drainage, and prevent erosion of Beleura Cliff Path |
Moogji Aboriginal Council East Gippsland Incorporated | Moogji Coastal Works Project 2018-2019 |
Anglican Earthcare Gippsland Inc | Raymond Island Monitoring Environmental Change and Management of invasive species |
Balcombe Estuary Reserves Group Mt Martha Inc (BERG Mt Martha) | Vegetation Survey & Assessment of Mount Martha Coastal Vegetation |
Friends of Williams Road Beach | Creating habitat resilience, extending the habitat corridor & reducing plastic pollution, Mount Eliza Foreshore |
Conservation Volunteers Australia | Point Lonsdale Foreshore Stabilisation |
Bellarine Catchment Network | Bellarine Coastal Community Engagement and On-Ground Works 2018-19 |
Heytesbury District Landcare Network | Controlling incursion of Coast Wattle |
Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Committee of Management | Walkerville Foreshore Reserve Weed Eradication, Revegetation and Erosion Control 2018 |
Tambo Bluff Landcare Coastcare | Steps towards the future - restoring and protecting the integrity of the Lake King foreshore |
Friends of Beware Reef | Improved Technical Capability |
McCrae Homestead Coastal Group Inc. | Enhancement of McCrae Coastal Habitat. |
Australian Marine Mammal Conservation Foundation | Marine Litter Education Project - Empowering Young People, Making A Difference |
Fishcare Victoria Inc. | What's Under the Water |
Friends of Fisherman's Beach | Linley Point/Fishermans Beach Weed Removal and Indigenous replanting |
Victorian Wader Study Group | Sustaining long term studies of waders and terns in South East Australia |
Page last updated: 12/12/18