Clarence City Council Environment and Biodiversity Grants February 2025

Before completing this application form, please read the Environment and Biodiversity Grants guidelines and General Grants Program Fact Sheet.

Applicants to this round must choose one of two funding tiers: up to $5,000 or from $5,000 to $10,000 for projects/programs or activities commencing after 1 June 2025.

Applications must be completed and received before the closing date to be considered.

This section of the application form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible for this grant. It is crucial that you complete these questions before any others to ensure you do not waste your time applying for an unsuitable grant.

Unincorporated organisations applying for a grant must be auspiced by an incorporated organisation. If you do not have an auspice you should not apply for this grant.

If you have any outstanding Clarence City Council grant acquittals from previous projects, you will not be eligible to apply this round.

If you have any questions in regard to these eligibility criteria, please contact the Clarence City Council grants team on 03 6217 9500 or via email at landcare@ccc.tas.gov.au.

If you do contact us throughout the application process, please quote the application number below:

For an application to be assessed for grant funding by council, the application must comply with the following criteria:

1. The grant application:

a) must be complete and include all required supporting documentation;

b) must be received within the grant application period, late applications will not be considered;

c) must be submitted by an authorised person of the organisation or entity and provide evidence of that authorisation; and

d) must not be for an activity that has a start date which occurred prior to the grant round or that has already taken place.

2. The activity must be undertaken within the Clarence municipality or demonstrate that it will benefit the City of Clarence.

3. The Applicant must not submit more than one application in each funding round.

4. Be an eligible entity for the given grant stream;

5. The Applicant must not owe any reports or money to Council as a result of previous funding or grants.

6. The applicant/s must have appropriate insurance coverage and have relevant workplace health and safety and risk management policies.

7. The Applicant is not:

a) government agency or department of Local Government,

b) State or Federal levels of Government;

c) an organisation with gaming machines;

d) a political party or an organisation whose core purpose is political lobbying, including the lobbying of councillors;

e) current council employees and councillors (this does not preclude irregular casual council employees whose work does not conflict with the grant activity or committees or organisations that councillors or staff participate on. All applications which involve council employees or councillors in any capacity must be declared as part of the grant application and will be subject to an eligibility conflict assessment by Council).

If you have any questions in relation to eligibility please contact landcare@ccc.tas.gov.au before applying.

Before applying, please ensure you have authority to apply, and upload relevant
documentation.

Organisations and other entities

Organisations (including not-for-profit organisations, registered charities, and community or resident groups)
• to provide evidence of authority to enter into the agreement, for example: Minutes of a
meeting of the board or Organisation body authorising the application

Companies
• Companies applying for grants must provide a valid ACN
• provide a letter of consent to the grant application executed in accordance with section
127(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth)

Auspiced applications
• a letter of support duly signed by the organisation auspicing body (please note this
may mean you need a decision of their board and to ensure the letter is duly signed)
• a copy of their Constitution and office bearers

Insurance
Applicants must provide evidence of appropriate insurance coverage and relevant
workplace health and safety and risk management policies with this application.

Conflict declaration:
Please outline any potential conflict you have with council. This includes but is not limited
to:
• the applicant being an employee or councillor;
• if the applicant is an irregular employee of council (an employee of council on a casual
basis without consistent hours and whose work does not relate to the grant activity)
• In the case of an organisation, if any members of the organisation are council
employees or councillors and if so, any steps that have been taken to mitigate a conflict.