Deadline: 21-Aug-23
The City of Greater Geelong is accepting applications for the Community Infrastructure Grants to support the planning and delivery of community-led infrastructure projects that provide access to places, spaces, and services where and when people need them the most; and provide facilities that foster and facilitate positive health and wellbeing outcomes.
The City’s role is to deliver liveable and accessible places, promote active and healthy lifestyles at every stage of life, deliver services and programs more equitably and support people to stay connected with others in their local community. They also need to create an environment where everyone feels welcome and valued for their unique contribution – regardless of age, ability, gender, cultural background, geographic location, or income status.
Community infrastructure does this by providing places and spaces for building community. It includes open spaces, recreation and sports facilities, arts and cultural facilities, community centres, early years’ facilities and meeting places.
Grant Categories
- There is total funding available of $2,700,000.
- Planning – $50,000
- Costs associated with facility development planning, concept designs and detailed designs for future infrastructure projects that demonstrate strong community benefit and align with key priority areas of this program.
- Capital Works – $350,000
- To assist with cost of ready to go community infrastructure projects. Infrastructure projects must be openly accessible to and have strong community benefits and align with the key priority areas of this program.
What can you apply for?
Your grant activity must take place within the City of Greater Geelong.
- Planning grants
- Community groups can apply for planning grants to fund strategic planning or design development for future infrastructure developments such as:
- strategic infrastructure planning – facility development plans
- infrastructure design – concept through to detailed design for future infrastructure projects
- detailed designs (tender documentation) for projects under $350k e.g., netball courts, cricket practice facilities, sports lighting
- Note: The City reserves the right to project manage any successful planning grant applications for City assets.
- Community groups can apply for planning grants to fund strategic planning or design development for future infrastructure developments such as:
- Capital works grants
- Renewal Projects – means to bring an asset back up to its original standard
- change room renewal
- pavilion renewal
- Upgrade Projects – means to make the asset better than original standard
- pavilion upgrades
- change room upgrades
- Build New Projects – means brand new assets
- community gardens (not for plants, soil, tools etc)
- cricket nets
- Renewal Projects – means to bring an asset back up to its original standard
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit, incorporated bodies or registered under company law who operate on public land managed or owned by Council, or Crown land where the management of the facility is community based and there is access for the broader community.
- Not-for-profit, incorporated bodies or registered under company law who operate in facilities not located on Council owned or managed land; or managed or maintained by Council which provide access for the broader community.
- Unincorporated bodies with an auspice.
- Schools and learning institutions – only for activities that are not curriculum based and the primary benefit is for the wider community.
Ineligible
- For-profits – commercial entities, businesses
- Individual/Sole Traders (entity type with Australian Business Register)
- Individuals (without an ABN)
- Tenant clubs/organisations that have not resolved a breach of the Victorian Code for Community Sport.
- Applicants that have received funding from this grant in the current financial year (applies only when a second grant round is offered by the City)
- Applicants with outstanding acquittals for grant funding from the City – including auspices
- Applicants with outstanding debts or arrears to the City of Greater Geelong or in legal proceedings with the City
- An organisation involved in legal proceedings relating to winding up its operations, or experiencing insolvency or bankruptcy (this includes any legal bankruptcy‑related actions against the organisation’s directors or officers)
For more information, visit City of Greater Geelong.
