2021-07-06 Planning & Environment Committee Meeting Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                      6 JULY 2021


6    ENVIRONMENT PROJECT & ALLIANCE GRANTS

Author           Craig Doolan, Environment Services Manager
                 Environment & Sustainable Development Department

Index            ECM/ Environment Grants

Attachments      1.    Environment Project & Alliance Grants Funding recommendations
                       July 2021


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Environment Services Manager to the Planning & Environment
Committee Meeting dated 6 July 2021 and approve the Environment Project Grants and
Environment Alliance funding recommendations for this round as outlined in Attachment 1 to the
report.


REPORT
The Environment Grants Policy endorsed by Council in September 2019 states that the
Environment Grants program ‘will support the implementation of the Noosa Environment Strategy,
as well as Council’s other key environment strategies and plans, by enabling collaboration with the
community in initiatives that work towards the outcomes and targets identified in the Noosa
Environment Strategy’.
The grants program consisted of three components:
    Environment Project Grants for projects, programs or events that align with the Noosa
     Environment Strategy and have a positive impact on the Noosa environment. These grants
     are usually advertised twice a year, concurrent with the Community Project Grants.
    Environment Alliance Grants provide organisational support to community groups that are
     primarily focused on environmental activities. These agreements are entered into for a three
     year period, and were most recently endorsed by Council in June 2019.
    Multi-year Environment Collaborative Grants support longer-term, larger-scale strategic
     initiatives that align with the Noosa Environment Strategy and have a positive impact on the
     Noosa environment. These grants were most recently endorsed by Council in February 2020.
The purpose of this report is to seek a recommendation for the latest rounds of Environment Project
Grants and for two Environment Alliance Grant applications.

Promotion & Assessment
Applications for the Environment Project Grants opened on 31 March 2021 and closed on 30 April
2021. Promotion for the grants included:
    Two paid advertisements in the Noosa News
    E-newsletter to 300 not-for-profit community groups
    Specific email to all non-for-profit community groups on the database of the Community
     Development team
    Details published on Noosa Council’s website.


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