Community partnership grants

The Murrumbidgee CMA is offering funding for community groups through the "Murrumbidgee Community Partnerships" program.

This program will provide funding to incorporated community groups and not-for-profit organisations to enable them to undertake projects that deliver NRM outcomes in alignment with Murrumbidgee catchment action plan (CAP) priorities. The maximum amount of funding is: $20,000 (GST exclusive)

Murrumbidgee Community Partnerships has two objectives:

• To provide an opportunity and means for incorporated community groups to undertake small on-ground projects tackling important local NRM issues within the Murrumbidgee catchment as mapped above.
• To increase community confidence and ability to adopt NRM practices and promote shared learning and decision making, leading to greater community ownership of NRM in the catchment

What is an eligible project?

To be eligible, a project must meet all of the following criteria: Project activities must align with at least one of the 2012/13 Murrumbidgee Catchment Action Plan. Priority will be give to projects that include: Reducing the impacts of rabbits or engagement with Indigenous communities. Project activities can also align with one or more of the Murrumbidgee Catchment Action Plan targets, in the areas of Biodiversity, Land, Water and Community (refer to pg.4 of these guidelines). Projects valued between $1,000 - $20,000 (GST exclusive). Projects must have a clear project design and plan and can be completed by the end of December 2013. Projects must have in-kind contribution (cash and/or in-kind) of at least 50%.

Who can apply?

Murrumbidgee Community Partnerships is targeted towards incorporated community groups who have the majority of their group members within the Murrumbidgee catchment. Also, if the community group is proposing to conduct on-ground activities, these must be undertaken in the Murrumbidgee catchment. Eligible applicants include, but are not limited to: Landcare groups Sustainable farming groups Schools Universities Volunteer (ie. Rotary, Apex) Scout / Guide groups Indigenous land management groups Not-for-profit organisations Progress associations Recreational groups Sporting organisations Outdoor clubs Any other local issues-based community-orientated group

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