Deadline: 20-Oct-22
The Bellingen Shire Council is accepting applications for its Community Event Sponsorship Fund to support local community events.
Open to incorporated not-for-profit organisations and registered charities, events should aim to foster partnerships between community organisations, target regions outside the Shire and be innovative and creative.
The Community Event Sponsorship Fund (CESF) is part of a small community grants program that is delivered and administered by Bellingen Shire Council under Section 356 of the NSW Local Government Act 1993. The aim of the CESF is to support local community events that generate awareness of the Shire and highlight its Community Vision 2035 of being ‘Connected, Sustainable and Creative’.
Objectives
- To support local events that align with Bellingen Shire’s Community Vision 2035
- To raise awareness of the Bellingen Shire by targeting other areas and regions
- To promote and market the Bellingen Shire
- To encourage innovation and creativity
- To foster partnerships between community organisations
Funding Information
- There are two funding rounds each financial year which are limited to Council’s yearly budget allocation.
- Council will consider funding of up to $5,000 for projects that demonstrate how they will deliver on the objectives outlined.
- Council reserves the right to part-fund events and considers any funding request to be a contribution to the overall costs of the event.
Eligible Event Activities
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Eligible event activities include (but are not limited to):
- Equipment to support the event (purchase or hire)
- Promotional material specific to the event being funded, however, this should not be a major component of the funding requested
- Venue hire for the event
- Entertainment
- Private works
Ineligible Event Activities
- General operating expenses and ongoing costs e.g., rent, electricity, water, wages, etc.
- Prizes or competitions
- Activities that only benefit narrow organisational interests or political interests
- Costs towards purchases or services that have a commercial outcome
- Events that have already commenced or taken place (retrospective)
- Devolved funding (funding that is then passed on to another individual or group)
Eligibility Criteria
- Incorporated not-for-profit organisations with a registered ABN
- Unincorporated groups or associations with a nominated auspicing body that is an incorporated not-for-profit organisation with a registered ABN
- Registered charities with an ACN
Who cannot apply?
- Individuals
- Commercial enterprises or for-profit organisations
- Organisations that have outstanding reports or acquittals for any funding programs administered by Bellingen Shire Council may be ineligible unless alternative arrangements have been made with Council
- Organisations that do not have the appropriate public liability insurance to cover the timeframe in which the event will take place
- Organisations that are outside of the Bellingen Shire local government area
- State and Federal government agencies (including schools)
For more information, visit Bellingen Shire Council.
For more information, visit https://www.bellingen.nsw.gov.au/Community/Grants-and-Funding/Community-Grants-Program