Sustainability Grants assist projects that contribute to reducing your community’s carbon footprint, improve the environment or effectively conserve resource usage.

There will be two streams of sustainability funding:

Sustainability Grants:

Funding up to $10,000

Council will fund projects on a $2:1 ratio. Your contribution may consist of cash, assistance from other funding agencies, or up to 50% “in kind” such as voluntary labour or materials.

Quick Action Sustainability Grants:

Funding up to $2,000

Council will fund sustainability projects without a co-contribution from the applicant. Applicants can only make one successful application for this funding.

To be eligible to apply for a Buloke Shire Council Community Grant, you must be:

• A Not-for-profit community groups and nongovernment organisations within the Buloke Shire 
• If a group is not incorporated, it can be auspiced (or managed) by an incorporated organisation. 
• Group that runs activities for the benefit of residents of the Buloke Shire (any profits not to be taken outside of the Shire). 
• Individuals (Sponsorship only)

Who isn't Eligible

• Profit making organisations, and political parties 
• Projects which have already commenced or have been completed. 
• Applicants who have previously been funded by Council and have failed to comply with the financial, project monitoring and/or reporting requirements. 
• Projects that are clearly a duplication of an existing service.

• Phone: 1300 520 520
• Email: buloke@buloke.vic.gov.au