Deadline: 1-Mar-25
The Cultural & Arts Support Grant Program is an initiative aimed at nurturing fledgling artists, supporting grassroots community arts and cultural activity and underpinning higher level arts and cultural development.
The Toowoomba Regional Council aims to support and promote regional arts and cultural development, as it recognises the significant contribution vibrant arts and cultural programs, events, activities and pursuits can make to enhancing quality of life and promoting community pride. Council also acknowledges this industry’s capacity to strengthen the region’s potential for tourism and economic development.
Principles
- The Cultural and Arts Support Grant Program (CAS) seeks to respond to Council’s vision, values and goals, as outlined in the Corporate Plan 2024-2029, by supporting foundational community arts and cultural activities.
- Community members can participate by identifying opportunities for arts, cultural expression and opportunities to develop creative industries.
- The program will prioritise projects that:
- increase visibility and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures
- show the broadest community participation in any outcomes
- increase participation from outside greater Toowoomba
- develop new work with a clear connection to the place, histories, and communities
- provide opportunities for audiences, including the region’s residents, workers and visitors, to engage with creativity, self-expression, learning and cultural participation
Funding Information
- Funding assistance (to a maximum of $ 4,000) is available for up to 75 per cent of the total project costs (excluding GST) per project, event or activity (subject to available funds).
Eligible Projects
- Any project, event or activity which has an art or cultural theme or outcome that:
- has a clear broad community benefit or is focused on maintaining the ‘spirit’ and identity of communities within the Toowoomba Region Council area.
- develops and enhances artistic or cultural capacity of a group’s talents within the communities.
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations can apply for a Cultural Arts Support Grant if:
- The organisation is an eligible community organisation or is under the auspices of an eligible community organisation as defined in the Community Grants Policy.
- The organisation operates or provides services within the Toowoomba Region Council area.
- The organisation has an Australian Business Number (ABN).
- Individuals can apply for a Cultural Arts Support Grant in collaboration with a community organisation which is eligible or in collaboration under the auspices of an eligible community organisation as defined in the Community Grants Policy.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following, are not eligible to apply:
- Individuals without an auspicing organisation.
- For-profit companies, Trusts and other organisations.
- Government, semi-government organisations and statutory authorities.
- Unions and student guilds.
- Research foundations.
- Professional associations.
- Educational institutions on their own behalf
For more information, visit Toowoomba Regional Council.