Deadline: 24-Feb-23
The City of Adelaide is inviting applications for Community Impact Grants Program.
The Community Impact Grants program provides financial support to eligible clubs, groups, educational institutions, organisations, and residents to help deliver the following Council Strategic Plan outcomes:
- Increase community use of and access to the Adelaide Park Lands
- Safe and welcoming community spaces
- Healthy and resilient communities
- Support initiatives to achieve functional zero homelessness
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and cultures strongly represented in city life
- Beautiful, surprising places
- Celebration of diverse community and collaborations.
Grant Categories and guidance for what might be funded
- There are four Categories of grants within Community Impact Grants and Strategic Partnerships:
- Quick Response Grants – Quick turnaround grants for small scale community initiatives
- Community Impact Grants – Small to medium sized activities, events or programs
- Community infrastructure Grants – Minor infrastructure improvements available to community groups
- Strategic Partnerships – Large innovative projects that are a mechanism for the City of Adelaide (Council) to work as a genuine and trusted partner with organisations to achieve the aspirations of Council and the partner organisation, adding flexibility and scope not available in their typical grants program.
Priority Areas
- The Community Impact Grants are funded across five priority areas. Applications must respond to at least one of the priorities:
- Welcoming – Create opportunities for people to welcome newcomers into their local neighbourhood.
- Participation – Encourage residents and community groups to actively participate in their local city community.
- Reconciliation – Develop and strengthen reconciliation practices. Support, promote and share Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures recognising the Kaurna people as traditional owners of the land.
- Social inclusion – Deliver inclusive responses to meet the needs of isolated and marginalised groups.
- Neighbourhood connection – Create opportunities for people to connect with each other. Celebration of diverse community and collaborations.
Funding Information
- Up to $25k.
What can be funded
- Activities, events or programs that encourage residents and community groups to actively participate in their local community
- Training, education and accreditation for volunteers, coaches’ officials, and administrators such as first aid training
- Subsidies of hire fees
- Multi-cultural festivals
- Reconciliation events
- Sport and recreation participation opportunities
- Equipment and uniforms
- Activities, events or programs targeting a specific population such as a women’s running program
- Sports lighting, benches, water bubblers
- Accessibility improvements to buildings, sun protection
- Irrigation systems, air conditioning, surfaces (such as tennis courts)
- Community gardens.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will be considered from:
- Organisations or groups who are legally constituted as an incorporated association
- Not-for-profit companies limited by guarantee
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Corporations (under the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act 2006)
- Educational institutions
- Social enterprises and commercial organisations
- Unincorporated community groups/individuals may be considered for quick response grants only
- Social enterprises and commercial organisations will be considered for all categories (excluding Community Infrastructure Grants) when delivering a program outside of their usual business that focuses on community participation and purpose rather than expected profit basis.
For more information, visit Community Impact Grant.
