Together with Yates, Life Education are encouraging young children to get gardening, growing edible plants and learning healthy eating habits by offering a $1,000 Growing Good Gardens Grants for early childhood services.
Criteria
Successful applicants will be chosen based on the following criteria, in the absolute discretion of Life Education and Yates:
- Quality and well thought out designs
- Plans that encourage a passion for growing and promoting healthy lifestyle choices
- Level of hands-on student involvement in the project
- Level of involvement of the broader school community or local community
- Feasible and technically sound project activities
- Realistic and detailed project budget
- Integration into the school curriculum or youth/community group program to maximise environmental learning.
- Applicants are encouraged to visit yates.com.au for information and inspiration
- To be eligible to be selected to “Double Your Grant” a list of Yates® products must be included in the application and shown in the progress report. The winner will be selected from this category based on the overall quality of the application.
For more information and to apply: Growing Good Gardens Grants 2021
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