Community Sustainability Grants 2025

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At the 30 September Council meeting, the following six applicants were successful in receiving a Community Sustainability Grant.

The funding will help support a range of projects focussing on renewable energy, habitat restoration, native vegetation enhancement, energy efficiency improvements, and innovative climate resilience initiatives.

OrganisationProject nameAmount
Scouts Victoria 1st Yackandandah ScoutsClosing the loop$3,075
Corowa Rutherglen MotorsportLighting project (Wahgunyah)$3,545
Three Flats LandcareKnow the natives$2,100
Chiltern LandcareHabitat Restoration along the Black Dog Creek$1,400
Beechworth Urban Landcare & Sustainability Inc.Enhancing Beechworth native vegetation$1,950
Indigo Regen Inc.Playing the Adaptation Game for Climate Resilience in Indigo Shire 2025-26$5,000
TOTAL
$17,070


The 2025/26 Community Sustainability Grant round has closed.

We're committed to protecting, maintaining and enhancing our natural and built environment, and to promoting sustainable living. One way we do this is through our annual Community Sustainability Grants Program.

This program aims to support eligible not-for-profit community groups and organisations to:

  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our collective efforts to achieve a net zero emissions future;
  • Build community capacity to adapt to climate change; and
  • Strengthen the long-term financial sustainability of community organisations.

Find out more about the types of projects that have been successful in past funding rounds by heading to Our Climate Action website.

To understand if your project is eligible, read or download the Community Sustainability Grant Guidelines 2025-2026.

At the 30 September Council meeting, the following six applicants were successful in receiving a Community Sustainability Grant.

The funding will help support a range of projects focussing on renewable energy, habitat restoration, native vegetation enhancement, energy efficiency improvements, and innovative climate resilience initiatives.

OrganisationProject nameAmount
Scouts Victoria 1st Yackandandah ScoutsClosing the loop$3,075
Corowa Rutherglen MotorsportLighting project (Wahgunyah)$3,545
Three Flats LandcareKnow the natives$2,100
Chiltern LandcareHabitat Restoration along the Black Dog Creek$1,400
Beechworth Urban Landcare & Sustainability Inc.Enhancing Beechworth native vegetation$1,950
Indigo Regen Inc.Playing the Adaptation Game for Climate Resilience in Indigo Shire 2025-26$5,000
TOTAL
$17,070


The 2025/26 Community Sustainability Grant round has closed.

We're committed to protecting, maintaining and enhancing our natural and built environment, and to promoting sustainable living. One way we do this is through our annual Community Sustainability Grants Program.

This program aims to support eligible not-for-profit community groups and organisations to:

  • Reduce greenhouse gas emissions in our collective efforts to achieve a net zero emissions future;
  • Build community capacity to adapt to climate change; and
  • Strengthen the long-term financial sustainability of community organisations.

Find out more about the types of projects that have been successful in past funding rounds by heading to Our Climate Action website.

To understand if your project is eligible, read or download the Community Sustainability Grant Guidelines 2025-2026.

  • Successful grant recipients 2024

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    Council awarded the following funding at its September 2024 meeting.

    Organisation

    Project

    		 Description

    Funding amount

    (Ex-GST)

    Rutherglen Lawn Tennis Club Inc.

    Shining the Light on Rutherglen Tennis

    Replacement of halogen lights on four of the towers with energy efficient LED lights, and replacement of current wiring with bird proof systems to withstand Corella attack.

    $10,000

    Osbornes Flat Community Centre Inc.

    Osbornes Flat Hall Reducing our Greenhouse Gas Emissions

    Replacement of four gas heaters with electric radiant heaters that have been designed to match the existing space in the hall and provide an appropriate level of comfort for hall users. This is stage two of renewable energy works at the hall, following the recent installation of additional solar panels, battery and generator plug-in point.

    $5,033

    Beechworth Urban Landcare & Sustainability Inc.

    BULS support for Indigo Environment Strategy

    Continued environmental restoration of a number of landcare sites at Lake Sambell and the surrounding area, to improve waterway health and restore natural habitat through weed control and revegetation with indigenous species.

    $4,299



    		$19,332
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