21 March 2025
North Sydney Council is offering up to $3,000 in funding to early education and school institutions across the local government area under its Green Schools Grants program, supporting projects that tackle waste, emissions and local biodiversity.
Applications for the grants close Sunday 30 March and are open to preschools, childcare centres, primary and high schools.
The grants are designed to assist school-led initiatives that address topics such as plastic use, energy efficiency, water conservation, climate action and habitat restoration.
North Sydney mayor Zoë Baker said the program aimed to foster environmental awareness at the grassroots level. “Council is proud to support local schools to run on-the-ground environmental projects,” she said. “These initiatives can help protect our environment by reducing waste and carbon emissions, and contribute to healthy local wildlife habitats that thrive for future generations.”
Past grant recipients include St Mary’s Primary School, which ran a “Catching Water” program to reduce catchment pollution and presented litter survey data to council with proposed management solutions. Little Sprouts Early Education used its grant to install a water tank and Bokashi bin, expand a vegetable garden and restore its worm farm.
Further information on eligibility and applications is available at northsydney.nsw.gov.au/GreenSchoolsGrants.