Healthy Cities Landcare Grants - 2026

As part of Bupa’s ‘Healthy Cities Challenge’, Landcare Australia and Bupa have partnered to deliver the 2026 Healthy Cities Landcare Grants. The Challenge’s goal is simple, the more movement by participants, the more nature regeneration projects will be funded making our cities greener and healthier.

They will support environmental community groups and organisations to establish native plants (trees, shrubs and groundcovers) across Australia in urban and peri-urban landscapes. Project locations must be in high community use areas to support positive health outcomes for people and the planet. 

The Bupa Healthy Cities Landcare grant planting sites must be:  

• located in an urban or peri-urban area where people live, work, or regularly visit; 
• be accessible to the public and provide a clear community benefit; 
• in high community use areas suitable for recreational physical activity such as walking and cycling; 
• include a minimum of 500 plants; and 
• project sites must have landholder consent. 

Projects must plant native species that will improve the extent, condition and connectivity of native vegetation in urban and peri-urban areas. 

Project planting activities will contribute to the following: 

• reconnecting areas of important natural habitat in the urban and peri-urban landscape;  
• encouraging greater community participation in landcare and outdoor recreation activities; 
• improving the amenity and liveability of cities/towns by creating urban green space; and 
• contributing to the health and wellbeing of local community members. 

Grant recipients should engage local community volunteers, which can include Scouts/Guides, schools, and other community groups, to help deliver the on-ground revegetation activities.