Applicants are now open for the second round of the Green Links Grants Program.
Aimed at funding projects that enhance Victoria’s local waterways and further protect the environment, the latest round will see successful applicants offered funding between $20,000 to $350,000 from a total pool of $2 million.
Community groups, water and land managers, Traditional Owners, local councils, and for the first time, now schools, are eligible to apply.
The first round of the Green Links Grants Program saw 23 projects share in more than $6 million, supporting the revegetation of almost 200 hectares of land across the Yarra, Maribyrnong, Werribee, and Barwon Rivers and their connecting tributaries and waterways.
Minister for Water Harriet Shing was pleased to see the program fund projects that protected the state’s waterways.
“As our communities grow, it’s so important to respect and protect our precious waterways and the environments that we know and love,” she said.
“The Green Links Grants are helping more people to get involved, and to make a positive and lasting difference.”
Applications will close at 5pm on December 5, 2024, with successful applicants notified in February 2025.
For more information on the Green Links Grants Program and future funding opportunities, visit www.water.vic.gov.au/grants/green-links-grants.
