Coastal Community Participation Grants

The Coast Protection Board’s Coastal Community Participation Grants support voluntary participation in local, small-scale coastal management initiatives.

The objectives of these grants are to:

involve communities in 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.

Applicants need to partner with a coastal council, and the council will administer the grant on their behalf.

2021–22 Coastal Community Participation Grants

Download the Grant Program Guidelines

Applications open: 1 April

Applications close: 16 May

Contact DEWCoasts@sa.gov.au to discuss your ideas and request an application form.

Congratulations to the 2020-21 recipients:

Applicant	Council	Project Title	Grant
Normanville Natural Resource Centre	Yankalilla	Implementing the Normanville State Heritage Sand Dunes Biodiversity Action Plan with community education	$10,000
Aquasave	Alexandrina	The Great Goolwa Cockle Challenge 2020-2021	$9,000
Nature Glenelg Trust	Grant	Community coastal education through workshops and working bees at Hutt Bay Wetlands	$8,650
SA Conservation Research Divers	Onkaparinga	Marine Hitchhikers of Eastern Gulf St Vincent – Stage 2	$6,860
Two Wells Lions Club	Adelaide Plains	Mitigating Impacts of Vegetation Dieback in Thompson Beach Dunes - A Community Partnership Program	$5,520
Victor Harbor Coastcare	Victor Harbor	Removal of the woody weed Allocasuarina glauca from the Bluff, Victor Harbor	$4,103
Birdlife Kangaroo Island	Kangaroo Island	Shoal Bay Coastal Rehabilitation Project	$2,860
Corny Point Progress Association Inc.	Yorke Peninsula	Corny Point Dune Re-establishment	$2,007