Community Volunteer Action Grants survey closes this Sunday 5th February

Posted on 2 February, 2017 by Connecting Country

As part of the Threatened Species Protection Initiative, over $2 million dollars has been provided by DEWLP in Community Volunteer Action Grants (CVA). The program was designed to recognise the value of grassroots community action in making change happen quickly, and enable groups to deliver small-scale threatened species conservation projects on public and private land that strengthen community connections to the local environment.

Golden Sun Moths occur in our region and are critically endangered

Funds were directed towards supporting voluntary efforts to protect and restore threatened species habitat (such as planting of native vegetation) as well as engagement activities that increase the understanding and management of threatened species habitats (such as participation and training of volunteers in bird counts).

CVA Round 1 funded 83 community delivered threatened species projects.
CVA Round 2 is currently underway and will see 98 community threatened species projects delivered across the State. In CVA Round 2, eligibility to apply for grants was expanded and also included ‘not for profit’ organisations.

DEWLP are keen to hear your views and feedback on the Community Volunteer Action Grants program to help them design the next program.

A reminder that the survey will close this Sunday 5th February 2017.

It takes approximately 10 to 15 minutes to complete and questions center around what the program should focus on, who might apply for funding, how long a project should be able to run for and what activities should /should not be funded.

DEWLP have sent the survey to a range of groups but please feel free to share with your volunteer community environmental networks.

They are looking forward to hearing how they can best deliver their community grants, making it easier to achieve their common goal of ensuring the survival and prosperity of Victoria’s most threatened plants and animals and protecting our biodiversity.

To complete the survey use the link below:
http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/3237824/Survey-CVA-Grants