Deadline: 24-Feb-21
If you have an idea to develop a vibrant, sustainable, and inclusive Cumberland community, apply for a Cumberland Community Grant of Cumberland City Council. The Program provides grants to local not-for-profit organizations and individuals for projects which aim to develop a more vibrant, sustainable, and inclusive Cumberland community.
This round aims to support community organizations in the effective delivery of programs that respond to local community needs as a result of COVID-19. Cumberland Community Grants Program will fund projects in the following grants streams: Community Participation (Small) and Small Equipment Fund.
Objectives
- To support community organizations in the effective delivery of programs that respond to local community needs as a result of COVID-19.
- To aid in the delivery of effective programs that support the diverse needs, interests, and aspirations of the Cumberland City Community.
- Provide one-off funding to assist with the establishment of a new project or to significantly expand an existing project.
- To enhance community participation in the development and delivery of programs.
- To create positive connections between residents of Cumberland City.
- To further develop existing skills, knowledge, and access to opportunities for residents and organizations.
- To maximize access and usage of community resources, services and facilities including equity of access for special needs groups
- To encourage collaboration and partnerships.
Funding Priorities
Projects must fall in one of the following funding priorities:
- Community safety: Projects addressing this priority aim to do the following:
- Improve crime prevention and public safety outcomes including addressing community perceptions of crime and safety.
- Increase the provision of domestic violence services and support, particularly those with an outreach component.
- Address the underlying drivers of violence against women (primary prevention programs).
- Impact the significant lack of affordable housing and the shortage of crisis, short, medium, and long term accommodation in the community.
- Provide programs and support for victims of crime.
- Safe driving programs.
- Provision of services addressing drug and alcohol dependency.
- Provision of preventative drug and alcohol education and awareness programs.
- Health and wellbeing: Projects addressing this priority aim to do the following:
- Provide opportunities to increase the participation of women and girls.
- Promote physical activity that improves fitness levels and general health and wellbeing.
- Projects that combine social, recreational, and physical activities to promote stress management, and physical wellbeing. Target groups include young people, older people, survivors of torture and trauma/refugees, people with disabilities, and their carers.
- Prevent and raise awareness of mental health, substance abuse, and lifestyle diseases such as diabetes, obesity, and coronary heart disease.
- Promote the use of active transport such as walking, cycling and use of public transport.
- Nutrition and cooking programs that promote nutritious food for good health.
- Youth: Projects addressing this priority aim to do the following:
- Improve employment and education outcomes for young people.
- Improve health and wellbeing of young people.
- Programs that increase community connection.
- Improve the safety of young people. Social cohesion and participation Social cohesion projects aim to build stronger relationships and mutual respect between groups within the community by addressing issues of discrimination and conflict.
Funding Information
- Community Participation Grants Program (Small Grants): $5,000;
- Small Equipment Grants Program: $1,500;
- Total Funding Amount available Round Two 2020/21: $50,000.
What can be funded?
- Applications must be for a specific project that supports the organisation in their recovery from or as a response to community needs due to the impacts of COVID-19, either the establishment of a new project or to significantly expand an existing project.
- Applications must be for a specific project, either the establishment of a new project or to significantly expand an existing project.
- Project must occur between 1 July 2021 and 30 June 2022.
- Applicants must be a legally registered, incorporated not-for-profit organisation with an ABN.
- Unincorporated groups may be sponsored.
Not Eligible for Funding
- Organisations that have been funded under one stream of the Cumberland City Community Grants Program cannot be funded under another stream for the same project.
- Only one grant per applicant, per stream will be funded per financial year. The only exception to this is where auspicing arrangements are in place. Auspicors will be able to auspice multiple applications but only one grant per auspice, per stream will be funded annually.
- Applicants cannot receive funding for the same project or event more than once a financial year.
- Organisations that have not submitted acquittal reports for projects funded by Cumberland City Council, the former Auburn or Holroyd City Councils.
- Organisations with debts with Cumberland City Council.
- Projects which duplicate services already provided in the Cumberland City LGA.
- Ongoing staff or operational costs.
- Political parties.
- Retrospective funding for projects that have been completed prior to 1 July 2021.
- Schools or State Government agencies/ departments.
- General donations to charities.
- Prize money.
- Payment of debts or loans.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be a legally registered, incorporated not-for-profit organization or group unless the grant stream specifically includes individuals (e.g. Creative Cumberland Grants Program).
- Unincorporated groups may be sponsored (auspiced) by incorporated not-for-profit organizations.
- Applicants must have a current registered Australian Business Number (ABN).
- Applicants must be currently located or delivering services in the Cumberland City LGA or have specialist expertise not currently available in the Cumberland City LGA.
- Applicants must be able to provide proof of public liability insurance (minimum of $10 million liability) and any other insurance required to deliver the project which may include professional indemnity, workers compensation or volunteer accident insurance.
- Applications must be for a specific project.
- Residents of the Cumberland City LGA must be the primary beneficiaries of the project.
- Projects must address an identified funding priority.
- Projects must be well defined with a clear budget.
- While individual budget items may include GST, GST is not to be applied to the funding request as a whole.
- Projects must demonstrate that any ongoing or recurrent costs can be met by the organization once grant funding has been expensed.
- The organization must demonstrate the capacity to manage funds and deliver the project.
- Projects must be delivered between the dates specified for each grant round.
- As per the Community Grants and Donations Policy, all requests for financial assistance must go through the Cumberland City Council Community Grants Program. Unsolicited requests for donations will not be accepted.
Application Process
- Council will actively promote grant rounds and invite applications via an open call.
- Applications for grants can be made by completing the online application form.
- Forms are available once the grant round is open.
- Applications will only be accepted during the advertised grant round dates and times.
- Applications will only be accepted via the SmartyGrants application portal.
For more information, visit https://www.cumberland.nsw.gov.au/cumberland-community-grants
