Deadline: 20-Aug-2024
Applications are now open for the Development & Operations Grants to support a resilient, thriving community media sector that reflects, amplifies, and enriches the ever-evolving communities of Australia.
Objectives
- The objectives of Development & Operations grants are to support community media organisations to:
- Strengthen governance policies and practices that support longer term thinking.
- Enhance capacity and capability that drives sustainability.
- Increase resilience through preparations for unexpected change.
- Deepen engagement with identified communities.
- Expand partnerships to maximise opportunities.
- Develop and embed inclusive and accessible practices.
Funding Information
- You can submit one Development & Operations grant application. There is no limit to how much you can apply for. The more funding you request, the greater detail assessors will expect in your responses.
- Funding support is available from either one or a mix of General and Transmission, Ethnic, First Nations, Radio Reading, National Training Project and Business Skills Training funding lines, depending on eligibility to those funding lines.
- Requests for more than $25,000
- Applications requesting $25,000 or more must demonstrate financial contributions from other funding sources. These can include other funding partners, sponsors, crowdfunding or financial contributions from your organisation’s own resources. Co-contributions cannot include other CBF funding, in-kind or volunteer support. The proportion of the co-contribution will be considered in assessment.
What can you use the grant for?
- You can apply for any combination of the following organisational costs in your application:
- Activities: including strategic planning, updating policies and processes, training, business development, marketing, events.
- Infrastructure: including production/transmission/administration equipment, website/software development, solar panels, capital works.
- Operations: including salaries, utilities, administration, professional development including conferences.
- Administration for the grant up to $1,000.
Eligible Activities
- They strongly encourage applicants to highlight this in their applications. This includes the following activities:
- Strategic planning in consultation with your community and key stakeholders. They have published this Strategic Planning Resources article to explain what they would like to see in your strategic planning process.
- Maintaining strong relationships and collaboration with like-minded community media organisations and other community partners.
- Creating and supporting social change movements to help create a stronger society, such as empowering First Nations Australians, gender equity, promoting multiculturalism, improving accessibility and informing the communities so they can make better decisions.
- Showcasing new ideas through inclusive engagement with First Nations Australians, culturally and linguistically diverse people, LGBTIQ+ people, people with disability, and people living in poverty in your community.
- Providing leadership, business, media, accredited and pathways training opportunities for your community.
Who can apply?
- You are eligible to apply for a Development & Operations grant if you are:
- A recognised community media organisation (radio and TV).
- A Remote Indigenous Media Organisation or Remote Indigenous Broadcasting Service.
For more information, visit Community Broadcasting Foundation.