Community partnerships
Community partnerships
The 2024 Community Partnerships Program is now closed for applications.
Our Community Partnerships Program is focused on supporting grassroots community events and projects run by not-for-profit organisations.
With a focus on sustainability, healthy communities and environmental leadership, we want to partner with organisations who, like us, foster an inclusive culture where diversity of thought, background and experience are embraced and celebrated.
This program runs annually and has a funding limit of $10,000 per partnership.
Funding will be provided from 1 July 2024.
Criteria
Applications must demonstrate delivery of the below key criteria:
- alignment with our vision: Delivering trusted water services for a sustainable and healthy South Australia
- demonstration of the use of water for a sustainable and healthy community
- the event or project should enhance a thriving community through cooler, greener environment or show climate change in action
- South Australian, not-for-profit organisation delivering valued services to the South Australian community
- the program/event benefits community members where the impact will be greatest
- the program/event provides opportunities for SA Water to engage with the community
- opportunities for SA Water staff engagement
- the sponsored event or project falls within the period 1 July to 30 June
Evaluation
All partnered programs and events will be required to provide a self-evaluation upon completion. If participating organisations are unable to deliver the agreed benefits or the evaluation is not provided within the required timeframe, the organisation may not be considered for future partnership opportunities.
Legally binding agreements are in place for all Community Partnerships.
What we won't support
While we welcome partnerships with a range of organisations, we do not accept applications for sponsorships that support:
- individuals
- any project, program or event related to gambling
- events that promote the consumption of alcohol as its core activity (such as wine festivals)
- organisations we are already engaged in a formal arrangement with, such as a Memorandum of Understanding or contractual agreement
- projects, programs or events where there is a real or perceived conflict of interest with an existing partnership, business or sponsorship activity.
We are not able to make charitable donations or support projects that span multiple years or require recurrent funding.
For more information
If you have any questions or require more information on our Community Partnerships Program, please contact us at communitypartnerships@sawater.com.au.
2022-23 Community Partnerships Program recipient - BioR
2024-25 partners
African Communities Council of SA | African Oasis Community and Sensory Garden Funding will be used to upgrade the garden to make it water efficient through effective automated watering and a water feature, creating a sense of peace and calm for the migrants and refugees. |
AUSMAP Total Environmental Centre | Microplastic Mapping: Creating environmental stewards for a sustainable future This project will address current knowledge gaps on microplastics across the Yorke Peninsula, in conjunction with a local Adelaide high school. Determining baseline data and building capacity for ongoing monitoring is critical to protect the long-term health of SA’s waterways. |
Berri Regional Secondary College | Aqua Care Aqua care is a comprehensive school and community-driven project aimed at promoting water sustainability through education, advocacy, and actionable initiatives. |
Conservation Council | Murray’s Mission Providing a series of hands-on workshops for the local community to learn about sustainable water use and create green spaces, through the use of irrigation and household wicking beds. |
Youth Inc | Project Overflow Project Overflow will design and build a sustainable interactive green space with young people to demonstrate the possibility of transforming spaces into a thriving educational hub that showcases sustainable water harvesting and regenerative landscape design through a First Nations lens. |
Felixstow Primary School | Aquaponics Garden Through the establishment of a small-scale aquaponic system, the objective is to offer students immersive, hands-on learning experiences that elucidate the symbiotic relationships between aquatic life, plant growth, and responsible water management. |
Seaford Independent Learning Centre – Seaford Secondary College | Mural The mural design will reflect the local water ways, and how the next generations will be keepers of the precious resource, with themes of sustainability and responsibility. |
Stirling Rotary | The Hills Small Acreage Field Days This event showcases the most modern technology that can be applied to the better management of the 20,000 + small acreage blocks (10 to 50 acres) in the hills extending to the Barossa and the Fleurieu. |
Workers Educational Association of SA Inc | WEA Community Sensory Garden WEA will create a water-wise community sensory garden on publicly accessible private land at the front of the WEA building in the CBD. |