‘Green’ grants up for grabs for local environmental projects

Published 16 February 2026

• Community groups can apply now for City of Moreton Bay’s Our Healthy Environments Grants of up to $50,000.
• The grants provide practical assistance to organisations needing funding to protect and enhance the local environment and native wildlife.
• An engagement session will be held on 27 February before applications close on March 31.

City of Moreton Bay is calling on community groups to apply for grants of up to $50,000, to protect and enhance the environment.

Applications for the Our Healthy Environments Grants close on 31 March 2026 for projects starting on or after 1 June 2026. Projects must be completed within 12 months of the start date.

Mayor Peter Flannery said the grants provide a massive boost to local habitat, and protection of our environment, with a total of $186,000 in funding distributed across six projects in the last financial year.

“These initiatives have engaged community groups to restore habitat, monitor and protect endangered species, and much more,” he said.

City of Moreton Bay is committed to working with the community to protect our environment and the native wildlife who call it home and our Healthy Environments Grants are another example of this focus.

“I urge community groups that have a project in mind, to apply for a grant so we can help them make a difference across City of Moreton Bay.”

One of last year’s recipients, Friends of Parks Queensland Inc, used a $33,993 grant to establish the Friends of Sheep Station Creek community network. Led by ecological professionals, it encourages nature volunteering and strengthens connections between volunteers, experts and Council.

The group conducted weed control, citizen science events and wildlife monitoring, and delivered training in a forum that connected research and community conservation.

Friends of Parks Queensland Executive Officer Jessica Lovegrove-Walsh said the Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park site, of more than 200 hectares, was critical habitat for endangered Greater Gliders and Koalas.

“The legacy of this project will be to have an active and engaged community looking out for the conservation of Sheep Station Creek Conservation Park,” she said. 

The next Our Healthy Environments Grants Engagement Session, developed to provide information on how to apply, will be held at Kumbartcho Environment Centre on 27 February 2026 from 10am to 12pm. You can register online here.

To find out more, visit Council’s website.