Meeting papers

Attachment 3: Alliance Grant applications 2023-26 – Summary
Applicant            Funding request         Application overview
                     details


Wildlife Noosa LTD   Wildlife rescue         •   Wildlife Noosa Ltd conducts approximately 1,000 animal rescues in the Noosa Region each year - 7 days per week, day and night, on land and on water. The rescues are
                                                 entirely conducted by dedicated volunteers including the use of their vehicles, boats, kayak, cages and other essential equipment.



NICA                 The Urban Wildlife      •   The UWG is a community engagement program which provides a resource and service for urban landowners wishing to enhance urban ecology by using native plants,
                     Gardens (UWG)               increase their understanding of biodiversity values of their property and promote their enjoyment of their garden. The program includes a garden visit and expert advice on
                                                 ways to improve the biodiversity and remove weeds in private gardens, as well as several free native plants that suit the area.


Noosa                Environmental           •   Noosa EE Hub’s purpose is to connect youth to our ecosystems. By partnering with our local environment groups, they provide a pathway to new members and to
Environmental        Education (EE)              community engagement and behaviour change within our community.
Education (EE) Hub                           •   Noosa EE Hub support the development of a real time database of flora and fauna species and actively promote engaging Citizen Science programs to support this.


Noosa & District     Operational cost        •   NDLG aims to educate and raise awareness of environmental concerns within the community through a series of community programs and events, informative and
Landcare (NDLG)                                  interactive workshops, and a successful traineeship program.
                                             •   NDLG provide a range of services including carbon and biodiversity offsets, ecosystem restoration, catchment health monitoring as well as community education and
                                                 training.

Hinterland           Hinterland Bush Links   •   Hinterland Bush Links is an independent, not-for-profit and community-based environmental organisation.
Bushlinks Inc                                •   They support local landholders to connect, restore and protect native vegetation. The work they do improves landscape-scale wildlife corridors and helps secure
                                                 biodiversity on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland.
                                             •   They help local landholders by securing funding to bring volunteers together, remove weeds, plant trees and run educational events.
NICA                 Operational cost        •   As a volunteer-led active participation community organisation focused on the Noosa River catchment, NICA fulfills a key role in the delivery of cost-effective environmental
                                                 conservation, restoration and awareness services. These services, targeting best-in-class citizen science outcomes, include both terrestrial and aquatic monitoring,
                                                 restoration and education / awareness programs.

NICA                 Riverwatch              •   NICA's Riverwatch program includes water and nutrient monitoring, threatened species monitoring and conservation, wetland restoration, marine debris and pollution
                                                 management, hazard and social use monitoring.

Wildcare Australia   Wildlife rescue         •   Wildcare Australia Inc. rescue and care for sick, injured, orphaned and displaced native wildlife with the intention of returning them to the wild.
                                             •   Wildcare only wildlife group-based Trauma Care Service Network across SEQ – where trained specialist wildlife rehabilitators with Qld Health Drug Permits and darting
                                                 equipment can humanely sedate and / or euthanize severely injured wildlife after-hours (when local vets are not available) and on-location (for large animals). Noosa Shire
                                                 is serviced by this network and support for this service is requested in this grant application.


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