Deadline: 2-Apr-23
The Nillumbik Shire Council is seeking applications for Nillumbik Community Fund.
As part of Nillumbik Shire Council’s commitment to empowering and supporting their community, the Nillumbik Community Fund can provide financial support to community groups, organisations, clubs, and artists who live, work, study, volunteer or play in Nillumbik, to deliver projects, activities and events to strengthen, enhance and benefit Nillumbik communities.
Grant funded initiatives encourage residents to be more connected by building social connections, increasing participation and creating a sense of belonging, and assist community groups and organisations to make a creative contribution to their community by supporting programs and events that celebrate and bring people together to share their vibrant and diverse cultures.
Themes
- The Council Plan is structured around the four themes of:
- Community and Connection – To encourage inclusion and participation to support health and wellbeing and ensure that all their residents have equitable access to services, programs, events and initiatives
- Place and Space – To protect, enhance, maintain plan and design places and spaces that strengthen identity, reinforce character, improve accessibility, encourage social connection and enjoyment, support biodiversity and respect the environment
- Sustainable and Resilient – To manage and adapt to changing circumstances that affect their community to ensure it remains sustainable and resilient, both now and into the future
- Responsible and Accountable – To facilitate the best possible outcomes for their community by demonstrating strong leadership and working actively to achieve the community’s objectives.
- Their Health and Wellbeing priorities for the next four years are:
- Social inclusion and connection
- Community and climate resilience
- Gender equality and prevention of family violence
- Physical activity
- Food
- Reducing harm from alcohol, other drugs and gambling.
Funding Information
- The Nillumbik Community Fund provides grants up to $5,000 from a grant pool of $115,000, to support a range of initiatives responding to the needs of the community.
- There is no limit to the number of applications you can submit for different initiatives, however, grant priorities and equity will be carefully considered during the assessment process, and every application will be considered on its own merits.
What can be funded?
- Nillumbik Shire Council welcomes applications from all eligible applicants who are seeking funding to support the delivery of community-focused activities.
- The Nillumbik Community Fund Grants aim to:
- Respond to demonstrated community needs
- Celebrate diversity and increase social inclusion
- Enhance the social, cultural and environmental wellbeing of Nillumbik residents
- Enhance and strengthen neighbourhoods and townships through arts and cultural initiatives
- Provide opportunities for community to participate in active and creative lifestyles
- Create a climate resilient community
- Develop community capacity and empowerment
- Foster and strengthen community involvement and participation in community led initiatives
- Create community pride and contribute to Nillumbik’s sense of place
- Support low cost, innovative place activations that encourage improvement to local townships
- Support local Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in cultural and social activities, promote community understanding of reconciliation, and educate the broader community about Aboriginal heritage and culture
- Engage children and young people to promote leadership opportunities, increase social connections and develop confidence, knowledge and skills
- Support events and activities which are fun, safe, sustainable, accessible, and inclusive
- Funding can be used to support the delivery of community led initiatives including but not limited to:
- Community or youth programs
- Indigenous cultural activities
- Artist led community arts initiatives
- Community events that target local community engagement
- Placemaking and other creative initiatives that aim to activate a ‘place’ in Nillumbik
- Community safety initiatives
- Initiatives that enhance the environment and/or help to achieve Council’s climate action aims
- Initiatives that enhance and celebrate diversity, access and inclusion
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible applicants must:
- Be a not-for-profit incorporated organisation, community group, club or artist that lives, works, studies, volunteers or plays in Nillumbik; or
- Be auspiced by a not-for-profit incorporated organisation if applicants are unincorporated, an individual or a local commercial business. Organisations can auspice multiple applications, and must ensure they are aware of all of their responsibilities as an auspice.
- Hold a minimum of $10 million public liability insurance.
- Be compliant or have satisfactorily acquitted all outstanding grants previously awarded by Nillumbik Shire Council.
- Funds must be spent by 30 June 2024.
Ineligibility
- A project, event or activity that is not being held in the Nillumbik municipal boundary, or does not directly benefit the Nillumbik community
- Day to day operational expenses or core business costs
- Duplication of existing projects currently funded by Council. If you wish to leverage off an existing project you must identify the innovative element or point of difference/value add
- Projects that are curriculum based or solely student focused
- Projects solely for fundraising purposes without broad community benefit
- Projects that should be funded via other Council grant programs
- Competitions with no community component
- Prize money and awards
- Projects or events with a sole political or religious purpose that could be perceived as divisive within the community
- Activities that are primarily commercial
- Events that are fully ticketed with no free or heavily subsidised component
- Single membership-based events that are not open to the public
- Alcohol or gambling related activities
- Projects that have received full funding from another source
- Retrospective funding or projects which are due to commence prior to the notification of the application outcome
- Applicants that are in debt to the Shire or noncompliant with all grants previously awarded.
For more information, visit Nillumbik Shire Council.