OUR PARTNERS
To help grow the next generation of environmental champions, Woolworths has partnered with Landcare Australia to support the Junior Landcare Program.
Developed for primary schools and early learning centres across Australia, the Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants program offers opportunities for children to engage in outdoor, hands-on environmental learning activities that promote the development of positive environmental, educational and social outcomes.
The grants of up to $1,000 each encourage children to share knowledge, create experiences and develop skills so they have an understanding and appreciation of sustainable food production, First Nations perspectives, improving waste management and enhancing native habitats.
In 2023, a total of 1,107 primary schools and early learning centres across the country received grants of up to $1,000.
Since the Woolworths Junior Landcare Grants launched in 2018, more than 4,900 school groups have shared over $5 million in grant funding.
The Junior Landcare Learning Centre is also made possible with the support of Woolworths. This online platform provides engaging, age-appropriate resources to help teachers, parents, community groups, youth groups and children build knowledge and create deeper connections to sustainable land management and conservation activities.
Woolworths also sponsors the Woolworths Junior Landcare Team Award, a category in the National Landcare Awards program. This award acknowledges a school, youth organisation or young community landcare team which contributes to raising awareness, sharing knowledge and promoting participation in landcare amongst young people.
Connecting With Nature
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Forty native plants were planted by 20 students at Viewbank Early Childhood Centre as part of a project which taught the children about the local …
Bush Tucker and Bees
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Bold Park Primary School was involved in developing a native garden to attract bees thanks to a Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant.
Grow it, Eat it, Don’t Waste it
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Students at Kallangur State School are harvesting fresh produce and delivering it to the school’s tuck shop.
Canteen food project
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Students at school on NSW Clarence River create vegetable garden, using produce in school canteen with funding from a Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant.
Bush tucker learning space
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Revesby Public School creates Indigenous bush tucker garden and installs stingless native beehive with funding from Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant.
Veggie Garden Expansion
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With funding from a Woolworths Junior Landcare Grant, Huonville Primary School in Hobart created a flourishing vegetable garden