Deadline: 06-Sep-21
The ACT Government is inviting applications to the ACT Event Fund 2022.
Objectives
- Events bring life, colour and vitality to the Canberra region. They build a strong sense of community pride and help to shape Canberra’s identity. Events also have the capacity to generate tourist visitation, economic activity and a range of legacy outcomes for the city.
- The ACT Event Fund plays an active role in stimulating and fostering positive economic, social and community outcomes for the Canberra region through the events sector.
- The ACT Event Fund assists eligible applicants to further develop, market and promote their events, while also supporting a diverse, high-quality calendar of events each year. For 2022, the ACT Event Fund will also continue to support events that can safely connect their community and visitors in line with public health directions.
Funding Categories
Support under the ACT Event Fund is made available through a competitive annual funding round that incorporates two (2) funding categories, Community Event Funding and Event Development Funding.
- Community Event Funding: up to $15,000 (plus GST) to support the delivery and enhancement of events that can encourage local engagement and participation.
- Event Development Funding: from $15,000 to $30,000 (plus GST) to support the delivery and enhancement of events that can demonstrate strong potential to develop and grow, including capacity to generate tourist visitation and economic activity.
Outcomes
The desired outcomes from support provided through the ACT Event Fund are as follows:
- To facilitate a vibrant, innovative and inclusive events culture within the ACT.
- To help develop a diverse, year-round events calendar.
- To encourage the development of tourism in the ACT and increase economic activity in the Canberra region.
- To encourage the involvement of the local community in events (e.g. event organisers, event participants/attendees, artists/performers, sponsors/partners, community groups, volunteers and local business).
- To facilitate community event activity within Canberra’s town centres and suburbs.
- To utilise, activate and enliven community assets, precincts and spaces.
- To provide support to viable events that are of high quality, well planned and well managed.
Eligibility Criteria
- The ACT Event Fund supports events that provide benefits to the ACT. Where applicants do not reside in Canberra or where events are staged outside of the ACT, the funding application needs to demonstrate a clear benefit to the Canberra region through the relevant assessment criteria. The Community Event Funding category includes provisions for supporting event activity in suburbs and town centres within the ACT (with a greater focus on events staged outside of the Canberra city centre and the National Triangle).
- Groups/ensembles, unincorporated associations and other bodies with no legal status must nominate a legally constituted organisation to take legal and financial responsibility for administering the grant if the application is successful.
- Any legally recognised entity can administer a grant.
- Examples include:
- Incorporated associations.
- Registered business.
- Companies limited by guarantee.
- The administering body must sign the application, receive the funds and be responsible for the administration of the grant, including the final acquittal.
For more information, visit https://events.canberra.com.au/event-organisers/funding-and-grants/act-event-fund