Communities Environment Program

Overview

The Communities Environment Program (the program) will run over one year in 2019-20. The Australian Government announced the program in March 2019 prior to the 2019 budget and will provide $22.65 million in funding to support small scale, community-led environment projects that address local environmental priorities in each of the 151 federal electorates across Australia. The program forms part of the Australian Government's 2019 environment policy election commitment, Our Plan for a Cleaner Environment. It aims to support the environmental priorities of local community and environment groups in their regions and neighbourhoods, to recover and strengthen the environment and to build and strengthen local communities. The minimum grant amount is $2,500 The maximum grant amount is $20,000 The grant amount will be up to 100 per cent of eligible project costs. Additional cash and/or in-kind contributions towards the project costs are strongly encouraged. You must complete your project no later than 31 December 2020. You may start your project from the date you submit your application. However, if you choose to start your project before you have an executed grant agreement, you do so at your own risk. We cannot fund your project if it receives funding from another Commonwealth, State, Territory or local government grant. You can apply for a grant for your project under more than one government program, but if your application is successful, you must choose either the Communities Environment Program grant or the other government grant. We are not responsible for any expenditure you incur until a grant agreement is executed. You must incur your project expenditure between the project start and end dates to be eligible.