Community Participation Grants
The Coast Protection Board’s Community Participation Grants support voluntary participation in local, small-scale coastal management initiatives.
The objectives of these grants are to:
- Involve and/or educate communities on coastal management
- Enhance community skills and knowledge in rehabilitation, restoration and conservation of the coast and marine environment
- Facilitate partnerships in coast and marine management
- Encourage environmental protection in the wider community
- Achieve practical management actions and on-ground works which enhance conservation values and/or tackle the causes of coast and marine degradation.
Please note, volunteer groups or organisations need to partner with a coastal council and have council agreement to administer the grant.
2024-25 Community Participation Grant Program Guidelines and FAQs
Up to $40,000 is available in 2024-25 for Community Participation Grants.
Applications Open: 2 September 2024
Applications Close: 25 October 2024
Contact DEWCoasts@sa.gov.au to discuss your ideas and request an application form.
Past recipients
2023 - 24
| Grantee | Project title | Grant |
| Victor Harbor Coastcare Group | Victor Harbor Beachpole Monitoring Program | $2,018 |
2022 - 23
Grantee | Project Title | Grant |
Total Environment Centre Inc / City of Charles Sturt Council | Microplastics in West Lakes | $6,500 |
Yankalilla Marine Education / District Council of Yankalilla | Fleurieu Marine Education | $6,000 |
Tickera Community & Recreation Association Inc. / Barunga West Council | Tickera Foreshore Rehabilitation Project | $5,750 |
Hindmarsh Island Landcare Group Inc. / Alexandrina Council | Completing the Sugars Beach Murray Mouth Revegetation Project | $5,000 |
Friends of Parnkalla Walking Trail / Port Lincoln City Council | Removal of Weeds and Coastal Rehabilitation | $4,250 |
Friends of Granite Island / City of Victor Harbor Council | Granite Island Maritime & Coastal Community Education Project | $2,500 |
2021 - 22
Grantee | Project Title | Grant |
Lower Eyre Coastcare Association | Coastal Vegetation Protection, Regeneration and Rehabilitation at Greenly Beach & Frenchmans, Lower Eyre Peninsula | $9,750 |
Friends of Parnkalla Walking Trail / City of Pt Lincoln | Enhancing Coastal Vegetation, Parnkalla Walking Trail, Port Lincoln | $9,000 |
Friends of Minda Dunes / City of Holdfast Bay | Revegetation and Management of the Minda Dunes | $4,312 |
Friends of Park Terrace & Esplanade Reserves Ardrossan / Yorke Peninsula Council | Restoration and Monitoring of Ardrossan Remnant Grasslands | $4,000 |
Hardwicke Bay Progress Association / Yorke Peninsula Council | Protecting Hardwicke Bay's Natural Sandhills | $2,938 |
To stay informed on coastal grants, keep an eye on the Grants webpage and sign up to the Coast Protection Board eNewsletter.
Contact us
Email: DEWCoasts@sa.gov.au
