2020-06-09 Planning & Environment Committee Agenda

PLANNING & ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA                                                        9 JUNE 2020


7                        ENVIRONMENT PROJECT GRANTS
DOCUMENT INFORM AT ION




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

Index                               ECM/ Environmental Grants

Attachments                         1.   Environment Project Grants Funding recommendations


EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Not applicable

RECOMMENDATION
That Council note the report by the Environment Services Manager to the Planning &
Environment Committee Meeting dated 9 June 2020 and approve the Environment Project
Grants 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 consists of three components;
1.                       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 advertised twice a year, concurrent with the Community Project Grants.
2.                       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.
3.                       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 only on the latest rounds of stream 1 -
Environment Project Grants.
Promotion & Assessment
Applications for the Environment Project Grants opened on 18 February 2020 and closed on 25
March 2020. 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 and promoted through social media



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