Green Schools Grant Program

Supporting school communities to implement environmental initiatives...

Schools can run such projects on energy, waste, water, climate change, biodiversity...

Green School Grants support North Sydney pre-schools, childcare centres, primary and high schools to develop, implement, review and celebrate school-based environmental projects. Schools can apply for grants up to the value of $6000, and projects must be completed by the end of each school year.

Green School Grants 2019

IMPORTANT

The grant application deadline has been extended until Friday 7 June 2019, 5pm. Don't let your school miss out!

This year the grant funding guidelines changed to allow schools to apply for funding up to $6,000 for any waste-related school project.

All non-waste related projects can still apply for funding up to $3,000.

Funding is competitive and capped at $12,000 per financial year.

 

Apply Now

To apply, please download and read the application guide and application form.

Closing date for applications is Friday 7 June 2019. 

Before proceeding with your Green Schools grant we highly recommend you do the following:

Involve others - start exploring your project idea with as many students, teachers, parents and decision makers as possible. Get quotes, as the cost of products and labor can often be surprisingly high. Obtain pre-approval from management to use a space or facilities as this will allow you to hit the ground running once your grant has been approved. Contact Council to discuss your idea, uncover ways we can help, and grab any technical assistance we can provide before you apply.

Contact Sustainability Education Officer, Jordan Moy on 9936 8398 or email [email protected]

Green Schools Past Projects

Take a look at a couple of projects past recipients of the grant program have completed over the years.

Little Sprouts Early Education

Little Sprouts applied to transform their yard into a natural oasis, full of greenery, natural elements and sustainable infrastructure. Students, teachers and families worked together to create herb and vegetable beds, installed a Bokashi Bin for food waste, developed a native garden, installed a water tank and revived their old worm farm.

Have a look:

St Mary's Primary School

St Mary's year 2 class, lead by teacher Timothy Butt, took innovation to a new level with their water catchment projects.

The "Catching Water" unit (completed over 20 weeks) got students to take what they learnt from excursions to Smoothey Park and Coal Loader, and invent designs that would help fix problem pollution in the catchment. The students did things like a litter count of Ridge St and St Leonards Park which revealed the high incidence of cigarette butts in both locations, as well as plastic waste, and illegally dumped rubbish. Students modelled their inventions and videoed their activities - then featured in a showcase event. Parents, Council and other classes saw what the class had learnt about the effects of litter on the catchment. St Mary's presented a Litter Report to Council and made numerous recommendations on how to manage the litter problem along Ridge St and St Leonard's Park.

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