Grants available

Published on 17 February 2025

The following grant programs are currently open, which may be relevant to Landcare projects:

Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants

The NSW Environmental Trust is now inviting applications to the 2025 round of its Environmental Restoration and Rehabilitation Grants Program.

$4 million in grant funding is available to community and government organisations for projects focused on protecting, conserving and restoring the environment in New South Wales. Funding of $150,000 to $350,000 per project is available. 

Applications must align with at least one of the grant program’s priority themes: 

• prioritise healthy Country and recognise and value Aboriginal peoples, their traditional knowledge and practices, and connection to Country

• restore ecosystems and biodiversity

• strengthen environmental management

Applications close 5pm Monday 19 May 2025. Further information available at https://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/funding-and-support/nsw-environmental-trust/grants-available/environmental-restoration-and-rehabilitation

If your Landcare group would like any assistance applying for grants for Landcare works please contact Kate Meares at the Landcare office on 02 4921 0392. All grants applied for under the Lake Macquarie Landcare Volunteer Network require approval from the LMLVN Committee and the Landholder – see Grants and Funding for more information and resources.