Deadline: 17-Sep-21
The City of Stirling is offering 2021-2022 Community Collaborations Fund to support localised community-led programs and/or providing activation of the four Community Hub locations and local community centres.
Objectives
Funding will be allocated to projects that support initiatives which meet these main objectives:
- Build capacity through increasing the skills, knowledge, connection or wellbeing of the City of Stirling community.
- Enable organisations and community members to create lasting community connections.
- Meet some of the objectives of the City’s five Social Plans; Access and Inclusion plan, Aged Friendly Strategy, Multicultural Framework, Reconciliation Action Plan and Youth Framework.
Funding Information
Grants are available of up to:
- $100 for Get to Know Your Neighbours Gatherings
- Up to $2,500 for collectives with no ABN, sole traders/ incorporated organisations/small businesses and Not-For Profit groups.
- Limited funds of up to $5,000 for outstanding project ideas, these projects MUST be discussed with the Community Collaboration Officer prior to applying.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Requirements:
- Individual applicants must reside in the City of Stirling.
- Projects, events or activities should be of direct benefit to the City of Stirling community.
- Projects, events or activities must be delivered within the City of Stirling.
- Projects or ideas that meet identified community needs will be prioritised.
- An event application must be submitted for all events or activities with more than 100 people in attendance.
- Majority of participants must live, work or study in the City of Stirling.
- Applications must have sustainable outcomes (recurrent funding will not be given and programs that require this will be less likely to be supported).
- Applications must be submitted a minimum of twelve (12) weeks prior to the commencement of the project.
- All funding awarded needs to be acquitted by 30 December 2022.
- Applications have not been approved for funding already within the financial year.
- The following recipients and activities will not be eligible for funding:
- Applicants that have not met the terms and conditions of previous grants or have outstanding acquittals or debts to the City.
- The same project has received funding from the City of Stirling in the past.
- Costs associated with a project which have been accumulated prior to approval of the grant.
- Cost associated with the running of an organisation or business (e.g. websites, admin and overhead cost, computers, printers etc.).
- Organisations aligned to a political cause.
- Faith-based activities of religious organisations, this includes worship activities of a religious entity or group such as preaching, delivery of sermons, prayer services, rituals and the like.
- Activities or projects that are already funded or supported by the City of Stirling.
- Funds that will be used to purchase alcohol.
- Applications will not be approved for the same activity more than once per financial year.
- Projects that duplicate an existing or similar project or services within the community.
For more information, visit https://www.stirling.wa.gov.au/services-and-support/grants-and-sponsorships/community-grants