LANDCARE LED BUSHFIRE RECOVERY GRANTS PROGRAM

Your application will be considered if you are a local Landcare group/network, landholder, community organisation, Indigenous group, Traditional Custodian and/or other regional and national organisation, and undertaking work within one or more of the seven declared areas. Unincorporated groups and individuals are ineligible. However, they can apply with an eligible partner or auspicing body (e.g. Landcare group/network, Land Council, etc). If you need support with this process, please get in touch with your Region’s Applicant Support Team (See Contacts).

The total program funding is $14million.

Funding will be delivered in three streams. The funding portions per stream are shown below as approximate upper-limits for guidance only, as there is flexibility in the funding range. Please contact your Region’s Applicant Support Team to discuss your options.

Eligible applicants are invited to apply for grants in three different streams:

1. Community grants to approximately $50k
2. Landscape Scale Partnership projects to approximately $300k
3. Major projects to approximately $500k – $1m each (East Gippsland Region Only)

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 > Rainforests of South-East Queensland                  
 > Rainforests of the NSW North Coast and Tablelands   
 > The Greater Blue Mountains and World Heritage Area  
 > Forests of the NSW South Coast                           
 > Australian alpine environment  ACT  NSW  Victoria       
 > Forests and coastal ecosystems of East Gippsland     
 > Kangaroo Island                                       

Where partnering on projects, a lead organisation must be appointed. Only the lead organisation can submit the application form and enter into agreement. For larger partnerships (valued at over $50k), including Landscape Scale and Major Projects, the lead organisation’s application must identify all project partners, and include a brief letter of support from each of them.

Each letter of support should include:
• Name and ABN of project partner(s)
• An overview of how the project partner will work with the lead organisation and any other project partners in the group to successfully complete the project
• An outline of the relevant experience and/or expertise the project partner will bring to the group
• The roles/responsibilities the project partner will undertake, and the resources it will contribute (if any)
• Details of a nominated management level contact officer

A draft/template Letter of Support is available here >

Applications open: May 24, 2021
Applications close: June 16, 2021
Notification of successful applicants: July 15, 2021
Progress Update Reports: a) November 14 2021 b) February 13 2022
Final Report due and project completed STRICTLY by April 29, 2022

The 29th April 2022 completion date is fixed and THERE ARE NO ALLOWANCES FOR EXTENSIONS ON PROJECT COMPLETION. Please consider the timeframe carefully when planning activities in your project.

The National Landcare Network, State and Territory Landcare Organisations and Landcare Australia will assist all applicants throughout this entire process. Our applicant support team will reach out to groups and organisations, answer all questions and enquiries and help to put applications together. We completely appreciate the tight turnaround involved and understand the challenges. We are here to assist in any way we can.

Applications are now open, however, you will need to register with SmartyGrants when applying. Click here to go to the registration page:

Please contact the support team in the State or Territory Landcare organisation for your region or Landcare Australia.

A community is also on Landcarer, bringing people together to ask questions, learning and stories, and share activities, join webinars and connect across regions: https://www.landcarer.com.au/bushfirerecovery/

To further assist with project planning, a summary of priority actions identified in Regional Bushfire Recovery Workshops for each of the seven Bushfire Affected Regions is available for download here.

For Landcare groups that are interested in applying for the grants and are current members of a State or Territory Landcare organisation, please contact your Landcare peak body as listed below for further information.

For other organisations and groups, including Traditional Owners, environmental NGOs, government agencies, community groups, individual farmers and landowners who are interested in applying for the grants, please contact Landcare Australia.