Brophy Family and Youth Services
Education
A collaborative response to youth disengagement in regional Victoria
ProjectMerricks Creek Weed Eradication and Bank Restoration Project
Amount$25,000
Date2015
ProgramPast Programs | Environment
TRUST OBJECTIVES | PROJECT OBJECTIVES |
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This grant was approved under our previous grants policy (Jan 2014 – March 2017) | |
Rural and regional Victoria | Regional community empowerment and engagement in the monitoring and conservation of at risk coastal ecosystems in the Western Port catchment |
Building organisational capacity | Enabling Lord Somers Camp & Power House to implement and promote environmental objectives |
Extending opportunity | Preservation of the coastal foreshore at Somers for the benefit of the local community |
Collaboration and partnership | Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Parks Victoria, Balnarring Foreshore Committee, Melbourne Water, local Somers community, Merricks Creek and Estuary Working Group and Victoria University |
Maximising environmental impact through leverage, passion and partnerships
With a fragile ecosystem at risk due to erosion, land-use change and feral pests, this project leveraged the power of partnerships to rehabilitate the threatened aquatic and terrestrial coastal ecosystem at the mouth of the Merricks Creek in Somers on Victoria’s Western Port.
A group of passionate volunteers and the local community have been empowered to take increased ownership in the sustainable management of this delicate coastal environment. Starting with a small group of volunteers from Lord Somers Camp and Power House, this project quickly built momentum by leveraging partnerships with Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning, Parks Victoria, Balnarring Foreshore Committee, Melbourne Water, Somers Community and Victoria University.
Snapshot:
"Active citizenship is the key ingredient for the sustainable management of complex ecosystems. When combined with strategic and innovative interventions from partners, government and technical specialists, impact will exceed expectations." John Robert, LSC&PH Volunteer
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