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Grant Assessment

Your online application must answer/include the following:

  • Write a brief description about your proposed garden project and why it is important to your school. Is this project part of a larger garden project?
  • How will your students be involved in this project? What educational outcomes will be achieved through this particular project? If so, please include details.
  • Will the wider community be involved in this project? If so, how?
  • Include a budget on the cost of the project.
  • Please outline a timeframe/schedule for completion of your project.

Your application will be assessed on:

  • Quality of entry for proposed garden project
    • Level of detail provided
    • Broadscale application or targeted grant
    • How well is the project aligned with the chosen grant?
    • Is there a clear plan?
  • Expected educational benefits
    • Incorporation of project into school curriculum
    • Student involvement? Expected involvement of students in the project and beyond
  • Community support for the project
    • Does the project include the wider community – parents , volunteers, community
  • Project Budget
    • Detail of the budget provided. Does the school have a realistic view of the cost involved for the project?
  • Previously received VSGA support or funding for School Garden?
    • Priority will be given to schools that have not received a Victorian Schools Garden Award/Grant in the last 12 months?
  • Merit and need

Preference will be given to applications which:

  • Demonstrate strong student involvement and directly engage students with planning and on-ground gardening activities
  • Are linked to educational outcomes for the school community
  • Are supported by the wider community
  • Gardens which are sustainability focused and that reuse and recycle where ever possible
  • Are part of an ongoing commitment to promoting gardening activities within the school environment

 

 

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Tania Karamitos
Program Co-ordinator
Victorian Schools Garden Awards
Phone: 03 9576 0599
Fax: 03 9576 0431
Email: vsga@ngiv.com.au
 

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