Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants: Community Facility Category in Australia

Deadline: 13-Mar-23

The Brisbane City Council is seeking applications for its Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grants Community Facility Category to provide funding to improve, develop and maintain Community Facilities.

Objectives

The Community Facility Category aims to deliver outcomes in alignment with Brisbane Vision 2031, which plans for the future of the city.
There are two options for funding:
- Option 1 – Planning and design for a proposed Community Facility improvement or development project
- Option 2 – The construction phase of a Community Facility improvement, development or maintenance project.
Projects must deliver one or more of the following objectives:
- improve the quality of a Community Facility
- increase, maintain or enhance participation and community access to a Community Facility
- improve the flexibility of a Community Facility so that it encourages the development of multi-use, sharing and co-location.
- Applicants must demonstrate that they have the capacity to maintain the completed improvement works.

Priorities

Council may set prioritised project types to respond to key community needs and issues identified by Council. If applied, these priorities will be determined before the new financial year and listed at the start of the application form and on Council’s website. Examples include sports field lighting, building maintenance, increased diversity of use or participation.

Funding Information

You can apply for a grant ranging from $10,000 to $200,000 (GST exclusive). As resources are limited, not every application that meets the assessment criteria will necessarily receive a grant. Applications may also be part-funded.

Eligibility Criteria

Applicants must:
- be an incorporated not-for-profit organisation; or
- be auspiced by an incorporated not-for-profit organisation that accepts legal and financial responsibility for the project or activity (Auspice Organisation)
- own the land and/or Community Facility or have the authority to undertake the proposed works on a Council Community Leased Facility
- not have outstanding debts, overdue or un-acquitted grants with Council or outstanding issues with the Office of Fair Trading at the time of application
- for Council Community Leased Facilities, ensure that Council’s annual lessee survey (Census) has been completed for the site subject to the application.
If an applicant states in their application that they are being auspiced by an Auspice Organisation, a letter from the Auspice Organisation must be provided, signed by the chair, president or chief executive officer (or equivalent) of the organisation, agreeing to auspice the proposal.
Organisations NOT eligible to apply include:
- organisations that are not authorised to undertake works on a Council Community Leased Facility
- national sport and recreation organisations
- political organisations
- State and Federal Government departments
- for-profit organisations
- tertiary education institutions
- non-incorporated organisations (unless auspiced by an Auspice Organisation)
- church or religious groups, unless the proposed project or activity can be considered to be in addition to the group’s core business.
Preference will be given to applicants who have not yet received a Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Grant in either Category (Community Support or Community Facility), within the current financial year. This does not apply where the organisation is acting as an auspice.