Grant stories

  • Helmeted Honeyeater habitat results draw new funding

    Based on outstanding results from a previous habitat restoration project, the Ross Trust has backed the Friends of the Helmeted Honeyeater to expand their work.

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    Fund amount:
    $164,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Biodiversity Conservation

    Location:
    Yarra Ranges

    Year:
    2020

  • Increasing early learning participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children

    In the lead up to National Reconciliation Week, the Ross Trust awarded $150,000 over three years to SNAICC, to advocate for increased early learning participation for Aboriginal and Torres Strait I...

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    Fund amount:
    $150,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Educational Equity

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2020

  • Education steps up when home is not an option

    The Ross Trust is putting its support behind an award-winning program to support school children who don’t have a home, to help them stay connected with education and services.

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    Fund amount:
    $250,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Educational Equity

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2020

  • Backing the expansion of Our Place in Frankston North

    The Ross Trust is contributing $300,000 over three years to support the establishment of Our Place in Frankston North.

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    Fund amount:
    $300,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Educational Equity

    Location:
    Southern Metro

    Year:
    2020

  • Advocating for our parks and wildlife

    Jordan Crook is the new Nature Conservation Campaigner with the Victorian National Parks Association (VNPA), with the supported of an Advocacy Grant.

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    Fund amount:
    $223,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Biodiversity Conservation

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2020

  • Early intervention on mental health in the regions

    A project to explore the unique challenges of accessing mental health care for primary-school aged children in regional and rural Victoria, is the beneficiary of a Challenge and Change grant of alm...

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    Fund amount:
    $99,612

    Program area:
    Educational Equity

    Location:
    Statewide

    Year:
    2020

  • Funding reef restoration off the coast of Dromana

    A grant of $287,000 over two years will support The Nature Conservancy Australia’s plan to bring back Victoria’s lost reefs, with a reef restoration project in Port Phillip Bay off the coast of Dro...

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    Fund amount:
    $287,000 over two years

    Program area:
    Biodiversity Conservation

    Location:
    Mornington Peninsula

    Year:
    2020

  • Creating a better home for vulnerable gliders

    Squirrel, Sugar and Greater Gliders – along with other vulnerable species – are expected to return to a stretch of Victoria between the Grampians and Victorian Alps thanks to a biolinks project ‘Gl...

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    Fund amount:
    $80,000 over two years

    Program area:
    Flora and Fauna

    Location:
    Grampians

    Year:
    2019

  • Eastern Bettong set for a return to Victoria

    A grant of $200,000 over two years will help Odonata establish a safe haven for the reintroduction to Victoria of the Eastern Bettong and other priority endemic endangered species within the new Or...

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    Fund amount:
    $200,000 over two years

    Program area:
    Flora and Fauna

    Location:
    Loddon

    Year:
    2019

  • Improving mental health support in rural Victoria

    The YouThrive Victoria Rural Leaders program is about to enhance its wellbeing component to create a specific focus on mental health.

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    Fund amount:
    $120,000 over three years

    Program area:
    Vulnerable Victorians

    Location:
    Barwon South West

    Year:
    2019