Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grants – Australia

Deadline: 31-May-2024

Applications for the 2024 Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grants Program are now open.

Delivered in partnership with Berrybank Development Pty Ltd, the Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grants Program provides funding opportunities to support local events and projects in Golden Plains.

The Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grants Program is a new program commenced in September 2022. The program is administered by Golden Plains Shire Council on behalf of Berrybank Wind Farms 1 & 2 (subsidiaries of Global Power Generation (GPG) which is the Naturgy Energy Group’s subsidiary dedicated to international power generation) as a funding opportunity for community to support local events and projects in Golden Plains Shire. There will be one round of application opportunities each year.

Berrybank Wind Farm Community Grants Committee has been established, with six members comprising three from Council, two from community and one from Berrybank Wind Farms 1 & 2 (Committee), to provide advice on the criteria for awarding grants, to evaluate applications, and to make recommendations to Council’s CEO on which local projects will be supported by this grant.

Categories

• Tourism Projects 
  • Examples may include:
    • Events, Festivals, Workshops or Fairs that support community engagement and resilience
    • Minor Capital Works (e.g. spectator shelter, lighting upgrade)
    • Facility upgrade/development planning (e.g. concept design)
    • Arts, culture & heritage projects
• Economic Development Projects 
  • Examples may include:
    • Business Network Events (non-profit)
    • Training Initiatives
    • Scholarship Opportunities
    • Seed Funding for Innovation & Research

Funding Information

• If the applicant is a community group, the applicant must apply for funding over $10,000. Multiple year applications are permissible for both categories, up to three years.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicant must be a group or organisation with common interest that supports community, business or tourism opportunities.
• If Applicant is a community group or community organisation, the Applicant must be:
  • not for profit (including charitable organisations and body corporates); and
  • incorporated or have an auspice arrangement.
• Applicant may submit multiple applications per round but they must be for different projects.
• Kindergartens, Committees of Management, Cemetery Trusts, other community committees and local branches of larger organisations (e.g. CFA and SES) are eligible where significant community benefit can be demonstrated.
• The project must benefit Golden Plains Shire communities and residents.
• Primary and Secondary schools are eligible to apply as long as the project is not solely curriculum-based and can strongly demonstrate a partnership with another community organisation or have a joint use agreement in place guaranteeing community access. This may include a project that is not one that the education system would normally fund.
• Applicant must demonstrate the organisation’s ability to deliver the project by providing evidence of other projects delivered by the organisation or project plan.
• Applicants requesting multiyear funding must show annually how they plan to reduce their reliance on the grants. They will be subject to an annual sustainability process conducted by Golden Plains Shire Council.
• Applicant must have no outstanding debts or overdue acquittals with Golden Plains Shire Council.
• Applicant must have a level of public liability insurance appropriate to cover the project. This is where if increased insurance is required, it could form part of the application.
• Applicant must provide quotes or evidence to support the budget for any individual expenditure over $1,000.
• Minimum of two quotes are required for all expenditures over $5,000.
• Applicant must include co-funding for the project of $10,000 minimum through either cash and/or in-kind (volunteer time) contributions. Requests for funding more than $20,000 must include a minimum 20% cash contribution.
• If Applicant is a business organisation, the Applicant can apply for the funding less than $10,000. In this instance, the Applicant must match the requested funding through cash contributions (e.g. labour contributions from their employees).

Ineligible

• Individuals cannot be the applicant unless the Applicant is a sole trader.
• Projects that only provide direct financial benefit to a commercial business or individual with no significant community outcome.
• Projects that cannot demonstrate significant benefit/outcomes to Golden Plains Shire communities.
• Projects that have a fundraising purpose or makes income, and the profit with limited direct benefits to the Golden Plains Shire residents, will not be funded.
• Works that have already been commenced prior to receiving the grant funding agreement.
• The purchase of land.

For more information, visit Golden Plains Shire.