Deadline: 30-Jun-23
The Gladstone Regional Council is seeking applications for the Community Hall Fund to provide an annual donation to assist local organisations who own, lease, or manage a Community Hall within the Council area with operating costs.
Funding Information
- Funding rounds will be open all year round, any changes will be advertised on Council’s website. Applicants can apply for funding up to a maximum of $2,000. The amounts allocated each financial year will be determined by Council’s annual budget.
- Duration: Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the application eight (8) weeks after submission of application.
Eligibility Criteria
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To be eligible to apply for Community Hall Fund funding, the organisation must:
- Be a not-for-profit community organisation based in and servicing the Gladstone Regional
- Council area and may be an Australian Registered Charity but not a Religious or Worship Group;
- Own and/or manage a community hall within the Gladstone Regional Council area that is hired out to the community (as distinct from a room for hire within a larger building). The hall must meet the definition of Community Hall as set out in this Policy;
- Be incorporated;
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or complete
- Be financially solvent.
Ineligible
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However, the following will not be considered eligible:
- Commercial business
- Religious or worship group.
- Organisations that have access to funds generated internally from permanently licensed premises or onsite gaming machines.
- Local, State, Federal government agency.
- Organisations that have a delinquent debt to Council (excluding interest free loans) or any outstanding matters/concerns with Council.
- Sporting club.
- Organisations that have failed to adequately acquit, manage or deliver outcomes from previous Council funding.
- Political organisation or political party.
- Organisations that do not have a current operational bank account for funding to be paid into.
- Organisations that have already received Community Hall Fund funding for the same hall in the financial year that the application is lodged.
- Educational institution.
For more information, visit Gladstone Regional Council.
For more information, visit https://gladstone.smartygrants.com.au/Community_Hall_2022-23
