Grants to support coastal land managers and community organisations to undertake projects to rehabilitate, restore and enhance coastal sites.

Grants between $5,000 and $60,000 are available to support:

• the implementation of local and regional coastal plans and strategies, especially those devised in accordance with State Planning Policy 2.6: State Coastal Planning Policy (SPP 2.6)
• coastal management actions that reduce exposure to coastal hazards and risks to preserve Western Australia's beaches and foreshores
• sustainable recreational and tourist use of the coast by assisting in the maintenance of the recreational amenity and provision of public access to the coast
• the capacity of Western Australian communities to increase their involvement in coastal zone management activities, through joint coastal research activities, education, and training
• the identification, protection and maintenance of environmental values, aesthetic qualities, biodiversity, and water quality in the coastal zone

Projects that encourage and support actions to reduce exposure to coastal hazards to preserve WA's beaches, particularly within coastal erosion hotspots, watchlist sites or inundation sites, will be favourably considered.

Projects that propose effective planning and management actions in coastal erosion hotspots or watchlist sites as defined in the Assessment of Coastal Erosion Hotspots in Western Australia or inundation sites will be favourably considered and receive additional priority.

Eligible applicants:

• Community groups:
  • Coastcare or Landcare group
  • regional coastal management group
  • primary or secondary school, TAFE or university
  • local ratepayers' association
  • 'friends-of' group
  • regional natural resource management organisation
  • non-government organisation
  • not-for-profit organisation
  • other local issues-based community-oriented groups.
• Coastal managers:
  • a local government with vested responsibility for coastal management
  • an Aboriginal Corporation or land council with land management responsibilities.

• Phone: 08 6551 9349
• Email: coastalgrants@dplh.wa.gov.au