Brisbane City Council's Native Wildlife Carers Grants provide financial assistance to groups and individuals involved in rehabilitating and releasing orphaned, sick and injured native wildlife originating from within the Brisbane City Council area.

Funding amounts range from $500 to $5000 per project.

In line with Brisbane Vision aspirations to be a clean, green and sustainable city, these grants aim to improve Brisbane’s natural environment by providing assistance to registered non-profit organisations and individual native wildlife carers to rehabilitate and release orphaned, sick and injured native wildlife.

Native Wildlife Carers Grants can be used for both consumable and non-consumable items as outlined below.

• Consumable items: The grant supports the claiming back of expenses for consumable items incurred from rehabilitating and releasing orphaned, sick and injured native wildlife originating from the Brisbane City Council area. Consumable items include, but are not limited to: veterinary fees, travel expenses to release/transfer native wildlife and collect fodder, feeding utensils, care blankets and travel bags.
• Non-consumable items: All non-consumable items must be proposed for purchase and will not be reimbursed for items already purchased. Non-consumable items include, but are not limited to: nest boxes, pre-release cages and aviaries. Items in support of behavioural enrichment equipment, in preparation for the animal’s release are encouraged.

The funding of Intensive Care Units (ICUs) will be at the discretion of Council. Only suitable experienced carers that can demonstrate a need for the unit will be considered for funding of an ICU.

Training expenses for both organisations and individual carers are also available:

• Non-profit, incorporated organisations that are licensed wildlife rehabilitators can apply for materials and services to deliver wildlife rehabilitation training that will benefit native wildlife originating from the Brisbane City Council area. This includes training manuals and workshop presenter fees. 
• Individual carers caring for native wildlife originating from within the Brisbane City Council area can apply for training course/workshop fees where the training promotes caring in accordance with the Code of Practice for the Care of Sick, Injured or Orphaned Protected Animals in Queensland.

Eligible applications

Applicants can be either:

• an individual that is registered to rehabilitate native wildlife that is endorsed by a Wildlife Rehabilitation Organisation; or
• a non-profit, incorporated association whose primary role is wildlife rehabilitation, or be sponsored by an incorporated organisation.

All activities carried out by all applicants must be performed in accordance with the Code of Practice Care of Sick, Injured or Orphaned Protected Animals in Queensland and relevant permits must be held under the Nature Conservation Act 1992.

Applicants (and their sponsoring organisation) must not have outstanding debts or overdue unacquitted grants with Council.

Items applied for through this grant must not have been funded or reimbursed through any previous Council grant or a grant through any other source.

Ineligible applications

The following will NOT be funded:

• non-consumable items for applicants based outside the Brisbane LGA
• consumable items that have not yet been paid for
• training fees, materials and services that have already been paid for/provided
• administration costs
• postage, delivery and shipping costs
• cleaning products
• books
• tissues.

• Phone: 07 3403 8888
• Email: SustainabilityGrants@brisbane.qld.gov.au