Deadline: 12-Jul-21
The City of Greater Geelong has launched a call for applications for the Children’s Week Grants Program to support both face to face community or online events and activities for children and families within the City of Greater Geelong municipality that take place during Children’s Week.
Children’s Week is an international event designated by the United Nations and celebrated annually in the fourth week of October. Children’s Week 2021 will take place between 23 to 31 October 2021.
Objectives
The objectives of providing this support are to:
- Support not for profit community groups and organisations located in the City of Greater Geelong to engage with children and families by delivering a children’s event or activity such as a face to face community events, pre-recorded livestreaming virtual activities or webinars.
- Celebrate and promote the unique contributions that young children make to the community.
- Focus community attention on the needs and issues associated with early childhood.
- Support activities that highlight the Children’s National theme for 2021 based on the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child Article 15; ‘Children have the right to choose their own friends and safely connect with others’
- Support activities that highlight the 2021 key messages of reconnecting with nature and the outdoors, connecting with others and your community and brining the fun to you.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to $400 are available.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community groups and organisations can apply for grants to assist with the cost an event or activity and/or for that event to be advertised and promoted in the Children’s Week online Calendar. The week is designed to celebrate and promote the unique contributions that young children make to the community and focus community attention on the needs and issues associated with early childhood.
- Not-for-profit, incorporated bodies, co-operatives or associations
- Registered charitable organisations – refer to the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission
- Unincorporated bodies with an auspice
- Early childhood services, schools and learning institutions – only for activities that are not curriculum based and the primary benefit is for the wider community.
For more information, visit https://www.geelongaustralia.com.au/grants/article/item/8d270e04f1379bd.aspx