Deadline: 23-Aug-21
The City of Onkaparinga is seeking applications for Community Grants – Community Development Programs to provide funding opportunities that aim to foster community participation in a range of initiatives which build capacity, connectedness, and wellbeing.
The Grants encourage and celebrate community and cultural life, leisure participation, and improve community inclusion and wellbeing.
The Grants align with the Community Plan 2030 theme of ‘People’ (Their communities are connected, engaged and resilient, and their communities are active and healthy), strategic plans including (but not limited to) the Community. Capacity Strategic Plan 2021–24, Inclusive Communities Action Plan 2021–24, Arts and Cultural Development Strategic Plan, Sport.
Purpose
- The Community Grants – Community Development Programs contributes to:
- increasing opportunities for strengthening connection between community members
- providing opportunities for participation in physical activity
- increasing alternative approaches to reduce social isolation
- providing opportunities for activities which celebrate diversity.
- The Community Grants – Community Development Programs provide funding to assist community groups to:
- deliver community-led initiatives that wouldn’t otherwise happen
- build the capacity and capability of their communities
- encourage community participation and inclusivity
- provide opportunities for participation in activities that encourage community members to engage in community life and/or leisure activities that increase wellbeing
- provide opportunities for community members from targeted populations to increase their participation in physical activity
- help achieve their Community Plan 2030 outcomes and other strategic priorities
- provide opportunities for community members to participate in activities that celebrate the arts and cultural diversity.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $4000 are available per application.
Funding Conditions
- Applicants must contribute a minimum of 50 per cent toward the total program cost, including GST. This may comprise of upfront cash and ‘in-kind’ support (e.g. volunteer labour hours and materials) and/or other funding sources.
- Very few, if any, programs/activities can be funded to the full amount requested due to the number of applications received. Applicants should determine whether their program/activity will still be able to proceed without the full funding amount requested and reconsider their application if not.
- The program/activity must commence after 1 January 2022 and be completed by 31 December 2022 and funds must be acquitted in accordance with agreed terms and conditions.
- Applicants who have submitted multiple applications across different grant programs must rank their applications in order of preference (i.e. if not all applications are able to be funded, please let them know which is the most important to you).
- Council may prioritise applications that align best with their Community Plan 2030 and other strategic plans.
- Applicants should be aware of their responsibilities to comply with federal government taxation requirements. For information or advice on whether you should be registered for GST or need an Australian Business Number.
Eligible Activities
- address an identified gap and do not replicate existing services
- promote and/or facilitate inclusivity and accessibility
- are new (a new stage of a previously funded program is not classified as a new program)
- meet an identified need (e.g. evidence of partnerships, letters of support)
- will be community managed
- have defined start and end dates within the 2022 calendar year
- target marginalised groups within their communities (e.g. social disadvantaged, culturally and linguistically diverse, Indigenous Australians, people with a disability, youth/children, mature aged)
- encourage community participation and inclusivity to reduce social isolation.
Eligibility Criteria
- not-for-profit organisations
- unincorporated groups who apply through an appropriate ‘not for profit’ incorporated body that supports the application and is willing to accept responsibility for the funding (an incorporated body wanting to auspice a grant for another group must complete and sign the auspice form to be submitted with the application).
For more information, visit https://www.onkaparingacity.com/Council/Grants/Community-Grants/Community-Development-Programs-Grants