Deadline: 30-Aug-21
The City of Marion is offering Community Grants Program to assist local not-for-profits to establish and undertake projects or activities that are beneficial for the community.
Objectives
Applicants should consider the following:
- Establish and undertake activities that align with the
- City of Marion Community Vision and Strategic Plan.
- City of Marion Equity, Access and Social Inclusion Policy statement.
- Activities that focus on the following will be highly considered:
- Demonstrate a strong benefit to City of Marion residents.
- Demonstrate inclusivity and accessibility to the wider community, where possible.
- Encourage community led projects/activities, including opportunities for volunteers.
- Create opportunities for grass roots clubs and groups to increase community participation.
- Demonstrate how the outcomes of the funding includes giving back to the community.
- Enable wellbeing eg: healthy lifestyles, skill development, community safety, cultural harmony
- Demonstrate environmental responsibility by the organisation/group, where applicable, eg: policies or practices relevant to recycling, single use plastics etc.
Funding Information
- Each funding round may include one grant up to $10,000
- The remaining funding pool has a $5,000 limit per application.
Criteria
- Council’s strong preference will be given to small not-for-profit organisations.
- Applications are accepted from groups that have received grant funding in previous financial years, priority may be given to organisations that have not received funding within the previous 2 financial years.
- Only one application per community group per round will be accepted.
- Where relevant, applications may be approved subject to additional criteria being met (eg: subject to development approval, landlord approval etc).
- Grants should generally not be used for site improvements on private property.
For more information, visit https://cdn.marion.sa.gov.au/sp/Documents-forms/Community-Grant-Guidelines.pdf