Criteria include:
- Plans that encourage a passion for growing and promoting healthy lifestyle choices.
- Links to Life Education’s ‘Growing Good Friends’ Module. This module explores:
- nutrition
- physical activity
- positive relationships
- personal safety
Items that are NOT funded by the Yates & Life Education Australia Grants
- Horticulture and Landscaping fees (including wages, admin and labour charges).
- Any travel costs
- Delivery costs of goods and materials
- Artificial plants, flowers and or grass
- Irrigation equipment or water tanks totally more than 50% of the funding sought
- Garden shed, chicken coops, greenhouse or animal housing totalling more than 50% of the funding requested.
- Limitation on funding for concrete, paving, stones, fences etc totalling more than 50% of the funding requested.
- Lawnmowers and/or other machinery
- Cooking equipment
Applications are currently open and close on 28 August.
To apply and for more information: Growing Good Gardens
Reference:
$1000 Garden Grants Available To Early Childhood Services, Aussie Childcare Network, 28 July 2020
