Tasmanian Regional Drought Resilience - Quick Wins Grants Program 2025

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Introduction

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Purpose

As part of the federal government’s Future Drought Fund, over the past two years, the Tasmanian Government has worked with communities to develop three regional drought resilience plans for the North, North-West and Southern regions of the state.

Plans aim to help Tasmanian communities strengthen resilience to drought and climate events and provide a roadmap of actions individuals, communities and organisations can take. Community groups, businesses, not-for-profit organisations and all levels of government can use the plans to understand how they can make a meaningful difference to drought resilience. 

Get to know your region’s goals:

Grants program

As part of the first round of implementation, the Quick Wins Community Grants Program has $330,000 ($110,000 per region) of seed funding available across the state, for projects between $5,000-$20,000. This is part of a larger $1.3 million dollar grants program to support the delivery of Tasmania’s Regional Drought Resilience Plans, to be rolled out later this year. 

Your grant idea needs to support your region’s drought and climate resilience goals, which will form part of the criteria for evaluation. Grants ideas must also align with the Future Drought Fund’s Determination 2024-28 mandatory principles. Further information about these principles can be found in the Guidelines here.

The application will take from 30-60 minutes to complete, depending on how much work you have already done. Good luck!

 

Confirmation of Eligibility

I confirm, as an authorised representative of the organisation, that:

  • I have read and understand the program Guidelines,
  • I am able to demonstrate alignment between this application and the aims of this program, and

I also confirm that the organisation meets the following criteria:

Applicants must:

  • be a local government authority (council); or
  • be a registered charity, registered with the ACNC; or
  • be an incorporated and not-for-profit organisation;and
  • be responsible for all costs associated with storing, maintaining and replacing any resources or equipment; and
  • commit to being part of Future Drought Fund (FDF) program evaluation requirements,

 

Please select below: * Required
You must confirm that all statements above are true and correct.

Mandatory Commonwealth Eligibility Requirements

To receive funding all projects must align with the following principles:

Note:
If you believe your project does not meet all of the principles listed below, we recommend that you do not proceed with an application, as it is unlikely to be eligible for funding. This is simply to avoid unnecessary effort on your part and ensure your time is spent on opportunities that are a better fit.

 

Does your project align with the vision, aim and strategic objectives of the Future Drought Fund, particularly in supporting economic, environmental, and social resilience?
Does your project deliver a public good? (A public good is one that is non-excludable and non-rivalrous—meaning it can be accessed and used by multiple people without diminishing its availability to others.)
Is your project focused on long-term drought resilience, and not intended to provide in-drought assistance or directly address individual hardship?
Will your project actively encourage the participation of diverse individuals, organisations, and landscapes across the agricultural sector and rural, regional, and remote communities—including First Nations peoples?
Does your project foster collaboration to improve coordination, planning, communication, and implementation of drought resilience activities, while avoiding duplication of effort?
Is your project designed to achieve efficient and effective outcomes for stakeholders?
Will your project ensure that all data, knowledge and learnings generated are shared and made freely available in the public domain?
Does your project include planned monitoring, evaluation and learning activities that are robust, efficient, and aligned with Future Drought Fund expectations?

Project Alignment

To support your responses above, please provide a short statement outlining how your project meets each of the above requirements.

This should include:

1. How the project aligns with the vision and objectives of the Future Drought Fund.

2. The public good it delivers and who will benefit.

3. Confirmation that it does not provide in-drought assistance or direct hardship support.

4. How you will engage diverse participants, including First Nations peoples.

5. How collaboration, coordination and avoidance of duplication will be achieved.

6. How the project will deliver efficient and effective outcomes.

7. How information and outcomes will be made publicly available.

8. How monitoring, evaluation and learning activities will be built in.

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