Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The City of Adelaide (Council) is inviting applications for the Quick Response Grants for small scale community initiatives.
Priority Areas
- The Community Impact Grants are funded across five priority areas. Applications must respond to at least one of the priorities:
- Welcoming – Create opportunities for people to welcome newcomers into their local neighbourhood.
- Participation – Encourage residents and community groups to actively participate in their local city community.
- Reconciliation – Develop and strengthen reconciliation practices. Support, promote and share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures recognising the Kaurna people as traditional owners of the land.
- Social inclusion – Deliver inclusive responses to meet the needs of isolated and marginalised groups.
- Neighbourhood connection – Create opportunities for people to connect with each other. Celebration of diverse community and collaborations.
Funding Information
- Quick Response (Post Local Elections): Up to $2k
- Duration: Length of funding agreement (1 year)
Eligible Activities
- Activities, events or programs achieving at least one of the five Program Priorities. Past examples include:
- Activities, events, or programs that encourage residents and community groups to actively participate in their local community – Halloween Ride, Wags Trail Dog Walk, Shaping Futures Podcast, Festival of Climate Action
- Training, education and accreditation for volunteers, coaches’ officials, and administrators such as first aid training that will then be used for broad community benefit in the City of Adelaide
- Subsidies to support participation by vulnerable community groups –Impact Chains – First Nations Voices for Systems Change
- Sporting equipment or uniforms for new teams or inclusion programs – Portable Soccer Goals, Pride Guernseys
- Commercial organisations/business enterprises starting a new activity outside of their usual business – ‘Shine like gold’ coffee cart
- Subsidies of hire fees
- Lifelong learning such as cooking or dance classes – Young and Nourished – exploring sustainable eating
- Multi-cultural events and festivals – Festival of Flowers, Torres Strait Islander Cultural Night, Adelaide German week
- Reconciliation programs
- Health and safety equipment for community programs – Learn to Fence Programs Under COVID-19 Restrictions
- Community or resident led initiatives – The Association of Australian Tertiary Students from Afghanistan 7-a-side soccer tournament
- Come-n-try activities – Rally4ever
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be considered from:
- Organisations or groups who are legally constituted as an incorporated association
- Not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2006 )
- Educational institutions
- Social enterprises and commercial organisations
- Unincorporated community groups/individuals may be considered for quick response grants only
- Social enterprises and commercial organisations will be considered for all categories (excluding Community Infrastructure Grants) when delivering a program outside of their usual business that focuses on community participation and purpose rather than expected profit basis.
- The application identifies a clear benefit for the community, encouraging residents to access, engage and actively participate in their local community.
Ineligible
- Activities, events or programs occurring outside of the City of Adelaide boundary
- Maintenance costs
- Expenses associated with training or development that benefits an individual without broader community benefit within the City of Adelaide such as costs associated with an elite athlete.
- Travel costs
- Reimbursement of utilities
- Requests for reimbursement of funds already spent
For more information, visit City of Adelaide.
