There are loads of grants available to help you support and better our local environment, including funding for land management, water sustainability and greener neighbourhoods.
Grants to help you help our environment
We’re committed to helping individuals and organisations help our environment through grants, funding and schemes. Current environment grants include:
- Land management grants
- Water sustainability grants
- Grassroots grants
- Greener neighbourhood grants
- Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme
- Waste and circular economy funding
Online grant finder
For all other environmental grants and rebates not listed on this page visit Grant Finder to start your search. There are over $40 billion worth of grants available.
Tree assistance fund
Council has introduced a tree assistance fund to provide financial assistance to help property owners maintain and manage risks with large trees on their land.
Property owners can apply for funds of up to 50% or a maximum of $2,000 towards the costs of:
- An initial arborist assessment report of the tree
- tree pruning
- pest and disease control
- fauna support such as installing bird boxes or hollows
Land management grants
Certain weeds negatively impact our native plants. We give grants to private landowners (with two or more hectares) purchasing herbicides, plants and other materials to help control these weeds in the Mitcham hills area.
Land management grants are now closed.
Learn more about the land management grant
How to apply?
Private landowners can apply for a land management grant if they have:
- At least two hectares of property in the Mitcham hills; and
- A current Land Management Plan agreement with the City of Mitcham
These suburbs are part of the Mitcham hills:
- Bedford Park (parts)
- Belair
- Bellevue Heights
- Blackwood
- Brownhill Creek
- Coromandel Valley
- Crafers West
- Craigburn Farm
- Eden Hills
- Hawthorndene
- Leawood Gardens
- Lynton
- Panorama
- Upper Sturt
If your land management plan agreement has expired or you’d like to get a new one, you can contact Jacob by calling 8374 7722 or emailing jkochergen@mitchamcouncil.sa.gov.au
We give grants to landowners to reimburse them for the cost of controlling certain weeds and helping revegetation on their property, including for:
- Herbicides
- Equipment and tools (purchased or hired)
- Plants (tube stock seedlings)
- Materials (tree stakes and sleeves, recycled matting and squares)
- Hiring a weed control contractor managed by Council
The grants can only be used for new works that start after you’ve received written approval from us.
You can apply for $3,000 (including GST) of total matched funding but there’s a maximum amount we’ll reimburse for each activity or expense:
- Herbicides: $200
- Equipment: $800
- Plants and materials: $800
- Weed control contractors: $3,000 ($2,000 minimum project value)
To apply for a land management grant:
- Download and read the land management grant fact sheet
- Download and fill out the editable land management grant application form (PDF) and submit it as an attachment in the grants enquiry form here.
- Which weeds you’ll target
- How much money you’ll contribute
- How likely you are to complete the work
- Which management techniques you’ll use
- How likely you are to maintain the area
- Whether you’ve received any other recent grants
To receive reimbursement you need to have written confirmation from us that your application was approved.
Claim forms for approved 2023 applications needed to be submitted by Thursday 15 June 2023 to be eligible for payment.
We’ll reimburse you within 30 days of receiving your claim form, original invoices and receipt (subject to verification).
Any approved contract work is invoiced directly to us and we’ll pay for this after it’s been completed and inspected.
Community recreation and sport facility grants
The Office for Recreation, Sport and Racing offers grants to help sporting clubs embrace sustainability technology and upgrades.
You find more information about the Active Club Program here and the infrastructure projects here.
Environment grants
Green Adelaide has three major grant funding opportunities to help individuals and groups maintain, restore and improve our local environment.
The water sustainability grant gives funding to individuals, community groups, businesses, schools and councils to help protect and manage our water resources.
The annual grassroots grants give between $2,000 and $150,000 to help individuals and groups transform their local environments.
The urban greening grants help improve our city’s livability by funding activities that increase greenery, reduce urban heat and improve our natural environment.
Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme (REPS)
The Retailer Energy Productivity Scheme helps homes and businesses save on energy costs.
You could get access to free or discounted energy efficiency activities, including:
- Water efficient shower heads
- Energy efficient lighting
- Cost-effective water heating
Waste and circular economy funding
Green Industries SA gives grants to businesses, industry groups and governments to help unlock the potential of the circular economy.
Industry and business groups can get up to $100,000 in funding to drive a more resource efficient and circular economy in South Australia.
Businesses and not-for-profits can get up to $15,000 to unlock more economically and environmentally sustainable practices, including for:
- Materials efficiency assessments
- Resource efficiency assessments (energy, water, waste)
- Lean production assessments
- Sustainable procurement review and assessments
- Research, design and business case development to implement circular economy principles
- Energy audits or assessments