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Sustainability Grants awarded

A total of five grants were approved with a total of $11,329.

Successful applicants:

Shepparton Search and Rescue Squad Inc. Security Light LED Upgrade $3000
Zero Carbon Tatura Communications Project $3000
Transition Tatura Communities Shaping the Future: My Community 2021 $1500
Tatura Community House Harvest Table $1670
Currawa Primary School Wicking Vegetable Garden Beds $2159

The Sustainability Grants are designed to support the development and implementation of sustainable projects and events, which will contribute to achieving sustainability related actions in Council’s Environmental Sustainability Strategy.

The intention of the funding is to assist projects which achieve some or all of the following objectives:

Encourage and support businesses, industry and the general community to reduce energy costs and greenhouse gas emissions to mitigate the impacts of climate change
Increase the energy efficiency of existing and new residential and commercial buildings across the municipality
Raise community awareness of the relevance of climate change, the impacts it will have on our environment and way of life, and the opportunities it will present
Encourage participation in sustainability activities and events
Enable community members to acquire or develop new skills in relation to Sustainability
Increase community awareness on waste minimisation and correct waste disposal
Enable community members to acquire or develop new skills in relation to sustainability.

For a full list of successful applicants, or for more information on the grants, click here.