Deadline: 02-Sep-2024
The Golden Plains Shire Council is seeking applications for the 2024 Community Strengthening Grants – Creative Community Stream.
The Creative Community stream is available to assist incorporated groups and organisations to undertake arts and culture projects within Golden Plains Shire that directly benefit the Golden Plains Shire Community.
Examples may include:
- Connecting and engaging through participation in creative experiences
- Initiatives that demonstrate direct benefit to the local artistic community
- Arts and Culture as a tool to revitalize local spaces
- Workshops, performances and exhibitions
- Arts activities as part of community festivals or events
- Artist-in-residence programs
- Public art and design projects
- Community seminars and forums
- Activities or projects which support the development of lost trades or practices
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $10,000 are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant must be a community group or organisation.
- Community groups and organisations must be:
- not for profit; and
- incorporated or have an auspice arrangement.
- Groups may submit multiple applications per round, but they must be for different projects and cannot be the same application over multiple streams.
- Government organisations and agencies are not eligible to apply. However, kindergartens, Committees of Management, other community committees and local branches of larger organisations (e.g. CFA and SES) are eligible where significant community benefit can be demonstrated.
- The project must be carried out within the Shire and/or benefit Golden Plains Shire communities and residents.
- Primary and Secondary schools are eligible to apply as long as the project is not solely curriculum-based and can strongly demonstrate a partnership with another community organisation or have a joint use agreement in place guaranteeing community access.
- Previous funded applicant must have no outstanding debts or overdue acquittals with Golden Plains Shire Council.
- Applicant must have a level of public liability insurance appropriate to cover the project. This is where if increased insurance is required to your specific project, it can form part of the budget in your application.
- Applicant must demonstrate the organisation’s ability to deliver the project by providing evidence of other projects delivered by the organisation or project plan.
- Applicant must provide quotes or evidence to support the budget for any individual expenditure over $250.
- Applicant must match the requested funding through either cash and/or in-kind contributions. An in-kind contribution is a contribution of a good or a service other than money. It includes voluntary labour, donated goods and donated services/resources. The following rates should be used as a guide when calculating in-kind voluntary labour:
- Volunteer general labor: $30 per hour.
- Professional labor provided by a qualified tradesperson: $45 per hour or can demonstrate reasonable commercial rate.
- The number of times an applicant has previously received funding through the Community Strengthening Grants Program will be considered during the assessment process. Council may choose not to fund a project by applicants who have previously received funding should the program be oversubscribed.
- For facilities’ improvements, the applicant must either be the owner of the land/building/facility or have a written consent from the owner. Consent evidence must be in writing and attached to the online application.
- If the community facility is on Council-owned land/property, the applicant must discuss the project with a Golden Plains Shire Council officer prior to submitting the application.
For more information, visit Golden Plains Shire Council.