This grant program provides funding to eligible recipients to undertake on-ground environmental conservation activities that focus on greening and/or rewilding local community spaces, supporting preparations for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games across Queensland.

Grants of up to $25,000 (excluding GST) will be provided to eligible recipients to undertake on-ground environmental conservation activities that focus on greening and/or rewilding local community spaces, supporting preparations for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games across Queensland. A total of $1.2 million in funding is available under this round of the grant program.

Projects funded will be those that encourage community participation and must demonstrate:

• how the activities will rehabilitate or revegetate a community space; and
• the ongoing benefits to the local community and Queensland's natural environment.

Projects must be completed within 18 months from execution of the grant agreement.

Funded projects may focus on, but are not limited to:

• improving natural areas adjacent to sporting fields, reserves, parks and other urban landscapes
• encouraging vegetation and wildlife native to their local area
• supporting pollinators and other common local species to thrive in community spaces.

The following are eligible to apply for a grant in their own right:

• properly established incorporated associations (incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Act 1981)
• Australian charities registered with the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC)
• properly established not-for-profit organisations including those registered under the Corporations Act 2001 or Co-operatives National Law (Queensland) (must include evidence attached of constitution for not- for profit organisations)
• Indigenous corporations incorporated under the Corporations (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander) Act 2006 (Cwlth)
• Natural Resource Management (NRM) organisations
• River Improvement Trusts constituted under the River Improvement Trust Act 1940.

The following entities are eligible to apply for a grant with a project sponsor:

• unincorporated organisations
• unregistered charities and not-for-profit organisations
• Parents and Citizens Associations (P&Cs) and Parents and Friends Associations (P&Fs).

Project sponsors must be one of the following organisations:

• an organisation eligible to apply for funding in its own right
• a school (government and non-government school)
• a local government authority.

• Phone: 3330 6360
• Email: GEGrants@detsi.qld.gov.au