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Round 6 Nature in the City: Cooling Your Suburb

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Eligibility

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Applicants: please note

Before completing this application form, you should have read the ACT Nature in the City: Cooling your Suburb Grant Program guidelines, which are available at 

Nature in the City: Cooling your Suburb Grant Program Guidelines

Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date, midnight 9 February 2025 will not be considered.

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

Applications will be assessed on how well they:

  • align with the priorities identified within the ACT Nature in the City: Cooling your Suburb Grant Program guidelines;
  • demonstrate sound project planning including achievable milestones, timelines, risk assessment and necessary approvals.
  • demonstrate the project is feasible, represents good value for money and has defined project outcomes
  • demonstrate community and other relevant stakeholder support

If you have any questions please contact us via email EPSDDCommunityGrants@act.gov.au or phone 02 6205 9033.

Confirmation of Eligibility

All applicant organisations must confirm that they meet the following:

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All not-for-profits, schools and owners corporations must confirm:

  • not-for-profit organisations and other groups must have an incorporated legal structure registered under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (e.g., be an incorporated association, a company limited by guarantee, and Indigenous corporation or non-trading co-operative). Individuals and non-incorporated groups can apply through an auspicing incorporated not-for-profit organisation.
  • ACT Government schools must apply through their Parents & Carers Association. Private and independent schools can apply directly through their school. 
  • owner's corporations must be registered (and apply) with their strata-title. 
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Businesses:

  • may apply but there must be a significant and clearly defined public benefit. If there is a reasonable expectation that a business will receive a private benefit from a project, then there is an expectation that a financial contribution to the cost of the project will be made commensurate with the proportional value of the private benefit with respect to the public benefit.
  • businesses who wish to apply are encouraged to partner with a community organisation as lead applicant.
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Auspiced applications:

Individuals and non-incorporated groups must apply through an auspicing incorporated not-for-profit community organisation. An auspice is an organisation that accepts legal responsibility including financial accountability for a project.

If your organisation is not a legal entity you will need to arrange for an organisation that has legal status to act as an auspice. Where an application includes an auspice, they are required to:

  • contract directly with the Directorate for the receipt of grant funding for the project and administer the funding in accordance with the Grant Guidelines and Deed of Grant.
  • disburse grant funding for the project to the auspiced party in accordance with the Grant Guidelines and Deed of Grant and not unreasonably withhold funding from the auspiced party for the implementation of the project.
  • comply with all grant funding contractual obligations, including the provision of progress reports, final reports and financial acquittal documentation.
  • submit the project evaluation report and financial acquittal repot on behalf of the auspiced party.
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