Environmental Trust
The NSW Environmental Trust is an independent statutory body established by the NSW government to fund a broad range of organisations to undertake projects that enhance the environment of NSW. The Trust is empowered under the Environmental Trust Act 1998, and its main responsibility is to make and supervise the expenditure of grants. The Trust is administered by the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH), Department of Premier and Cabinet.
The Trust is chaired by the Minister for Environment. Members are the Director-General of Department of Premier and Cabinet (delegated to the Chief Executive of the Office of Environment and Heritage) and representatives from the Local Government and Shires Associations, the Nature Conservation Council and NSW Treasury.
Objectives
The objectives of the NSW Environmental Trust are:
- to encourage and support restoration and rehabilitation projects
- to promote research into environmental problems of any kind
- to promote environmental education in both the public and private sectors
- to fund the acquisition of land for the national parks estate
- to fund the declaration of areas for marine parks and for related purposes
- to promote waste avoidance, resource recovery and waste management (including funding enforcement and regulation and local government programs)
- to fund environmental community groups
- to fund the purchase of water entitlements for the purpose of increasing environmental flows for the State's rivers and restoring or rehabilitating major wetlands.
The Trust also reimburses NSW Treasury for approved forestry restructuring payments under the Forestry Restructuring and Nature Conservation Act 1995.
Funding announcements
Applications have now opened for the Environmental Education, Protecting our Places, Eco Schools and Food Gardens in Schools programs.
See below for a summary of the program, their current status and amounts being offered.
| Summary of Environmental Trust Grant Programs |
|
Program |
Opening date |
Closing date |
Funding available |
|
Anticipated announcement date
|
Education
(Community) |
16 March 2013 |
26 April 2013 |
$500,000 |
December 2013 |
|
Education
(State and Local Government) |
16 March 2013 |
26 April 2013 |
$500,000 |
|
Eco Schools |
16 March 2013 |
17 May 2013 |
$150,000 |
October 2013 |
| Food Gardens in Schools |
16 March 2013 |
17 May 2013 |
$70,000 |
October 2013 |
| Lead Environmental Community Groups |
TBA |
TBA |
$600,000 |
October 2013 |
|
Protecting Our Places |
16 March 2013 |
31 May 2013 |
$500,000 |
October 2013 |
|
Research
(Major Grants) |
12 January 2013 |
Closed |
$1,000,000 |
October 2013 |
|
Research
(Seeding Grants) |
Not being offered in 2013 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Restoration and Rehabilitation
(Community) |
Mid July 2013 |
September 2013 |
$2,000,000 |
April 2014 |
|
Restoration and Rehabilitation
(State and Local Government) |
Mid July 2013 |
September 2013 |
$2,000,000 |
April 2014 |
For further information on any of these programs, select the relevant link above.
For further information on the application process: grant assessment process.
Information on grants awarded in previous years can be accessed by selecting the relevant program from the side menu.
Dissemination program
This program provides funding each year to a number of high achieving, completed projects to extend the learnings and benefits more widely across NSW.
For further information, please contact the Environmental Trust on (02) 8837 6093
NSW Environmental Trust
PO Box 644, PARRAMATTA 2124
Phone: (02) 8837 6093
E-mail:info@environmentaltrust.nsw.gov.au
Page last updated: 20 March 2013
