CREST Funding Program FY2025-2026

Before completing this application form, you should have read the Program Guidelines.

Incomplete applications and/or applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

This section of the application form is designed to help you, and us, understand if you are eligible for this funding program. It is important that you complete these questions before any others to ensure you do not waste your time applying for an unsuitable funding program.

If you have any questions regarding these eligibility criteria, please contact sustainability@melville.wa.gov.au.

If you do contact us throughout the application process, please quote the application number below.

Before proceeding, please confirm the following:

• you have read and understood the Program Guidelines.
• your organisation is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation.
• your organisation holds a building or land lease agreement with the City of Melville and operates all or part of a City-owned asset, facility, or land.
• your organisation does not have any conflicts of interest and/or confirm that no ineligible individual has participated in any aspect of the application. Refer to the ineligible applicants section in the Program Guidelines.
• your organisation is not an ineligible applicant and your project/items are not ineligible. Refer to the "What will not be considered" section of the Program Guidelines.
• your organisation does not owe any reports or money to the City of Melville as a result of previous funding or grants.

The City will not accept any applications submitted past the deadline or submitted via another method outside the SmartyGrants online portal, unless prior written permission was granted by the City.

Please note that the below funding conditions will be applicable only to successful applicants and the City will request further information before signing a formal funding agreement with the beneficiary organisation:

• Successful applicants must permit access to City officers and/or the City’s contractors to the relevant facility during reasonable hours and with prior notification.
• Successful applicants must provide their utility bills for the past 12-month period and other relevant information within reason for the progression of the feasibility assessments and designs, when requested by the City.
• Community organisations having a ground lease must provide building plans (particularly roof structural drawings, electrical drawings and electrical single line diagrams) for the progression of feasibility assessment and design, where available.