Urban Forest Grants
Applications are now closed
Total funding value: $25,000
Maximum application value: $10,000
Get in touch with the Town's Urban Forest Events and Education Officer to pitch your idea!
From small grants grow mighty forests.
The Town received some great submissions for our 2025 Urban Forest Grant Program; whilst the competition was tough, we are pleased to have supported the following projects:
- Perth NRM's ReWild Demonstration Garden in Bentley will provide examples of domestic gardens of a range of sizes and styles all underpinned by the objective of providing habitat for endemic wildlife. ($8,563.75)
- Kendal Becu’s Food Trees for Vic Park's Black Cockatoos aims to enhance biodiversity and support endangered black cockatoos (currently facing starvation) by planting high-value food trees at 50 residential properties across the Town of Victoria Park. ($7,100.00)
- Kensington Secondary School’s Banksia Woodlands Patch Rehabilitation Program will rehabilitate a degraded patch of Banksia Woodland within school grounds as part of an environmentally focused education program. ($4,837.00)
- Kent Street SHS P&C will plant of 12 mature weeping peppermint trees, four mature citrus trees and 100 native shrub species on the school grounds. ($7,435.25)
- Sukhjit Khalsa’s Welcome to our forest home is an innovative local-plant, landscape re-design of a suburban block which aims to increase canopy and habitat, generate community support, improve soil quality, be aesthetically appealing and non-irrigated. ($4,657)
We'll share more on the progress of these projects as they get up and running.
What activities will be supported?
Planting more trees! Primarily Urban Forest Grants support tree planting activities on private property, expanding the tree canopy within the Town of Victoria Park. There is also scope to fund projects which further the strategic outcomes of Urban Forest Strategy (UFS) and progress the actions from the UFS Implementation Action Plan, however such projects need demonstrate a close alignment the UFS strategic outcomes.
Projects that may be supported through the program include (but are not limited to):
- Planting native trees and shrubs on public or private land
- Initiatives that enhance biodiversity and support local ecology
- Projects that improve soil and water quality
- Community education programs on tree care and maintenance
- Creative workshops and events promoting the Urban Forest Strategy’s goals.
Who can apply?
The grants are open to a broad range of applicants, including not-for-profit organisations, community groups or clubs, artists, individuals, businesses, resident associations, town teams, place-based groups, parents and citizen (P&C) or parents and friends (P&F) associations, social enterprises and schools (for projects outside the Department of Education’s responsibilities).
How much is available?
Each applicant can request up to $10,000 +GST.
What’s the timeframe?
All applications must be submitted by 11pm WST, 3 January 2025. Successful applicants will have until 30 September 2025 to complete their project.
Selection criteria
Grant applications will be assessed against the following criteria:
- Demonstrated contribution to the Strategic Outcomes of the Urban Forest Strategy, within the Town of Victoria Park
- Demonstrated contribution to
- Environmental Wellbeing (improvements in water management, soil health, biodiversity, and ecology) and/or
- Community Wellbeing (improved mental health, physical activity, general health outcomes)
- Positively impacts the experience of the place
- Demonstrates strong community support
- Demonstrates good planning and financial responsibility in relation to both the projects implementation and ongoing maintenance requirements.
Next steps
Let’s talk through your ideas! We highly recommend you contact the Urban Forest Events and Education Officer at ufs@vicpark.wa.gov.au or on (08) 9311 8111 to discuss your project prior to submitting an application. Please note this assistance will only be available until Friday 20 December 2024.
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