Community groups working together
Community groups working together
Tweed Landcare and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers working together to respond to drought and fire recovery leads to formal partnership.
Collaborations -
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The issue
In 2019 part of the Tweed valley was impacted by severe bushfire. The fires were intense and came on top of widespread drought.
Tweed Landcare recognised that we needed to develop a project and seek funding to support habitat restoration and wildlife recovery but we did not have the in house expertise to develop and deliver a wildlife recovery component of the project.
The solution
When funding opportunities were announced to support bushfire recovery we contacted the Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers a - group of passionate and knowledgeable volunteers.
Funding applications were written with input from both organisations - Tweed Landcare provided information on restoration and Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers on wildlife and it is planned to work with the strengths of each organisation.
By working together at the application stage we were able to develop well designed and comprehensive projects.
There were also significant contributions of in-kind volunteer time from both organisations.
The impact
WIRES Landcare Australia- $20,000 grant secured
inGrained Foundation- $30,000 application submitted- waiting on announcement.
In process of negotiating a Memorandum of Understanding between Tweed Landcare & Tweed Valley Wildlife Carers to outline how the organisations will work together.
Learnings
The partnership works because it is a genuine collaboration from the start. Discussions commenced prior to starting funding applications.
Key facts
- 2 applications submitted
- 1 Memorandum of Understanding being negotiated