Deadline: 12-Jun-23
The Borough of Queenscliffe Council is offering grants to community organisations that support community, art and cultural projects and activities that enhance the wellbeing and quality of life of residents living in the Borough of Queenscliffe.
The program aims to assist local community groups and organisations to increase involvement and provide opportunities for Council and the community to work together.
Priorities
Projects must fit within one of the following priorities:
- Projects that support community wellbeing and encourage an active lifestyle
- Projects that protect the distinctive coastal, cultural and built environment, and provide sustainable, suitable infrastructure
- Projects that support a prosperous and diverse local economy
- Projects that protect the environment and address climate change issues.
Funding Information
- These grants allow for up to $2,000 for projects to provide vital community services and activities.
- They know that groups often need support, so they make a total of $20,000 in grant funding available annually through the Community Grants program.
What they want to achieve?
The Borough of Queenscliffe Community Grants Program is provided:
- To encourage and assist common interest groups to take an active involvement in the life of their community for the overall benefit of that community and its members
- To help communities to help themselves become stronger and more economically, environmentally and socially sustainable
- To enhance leadership and other civic skills within communities so as to enhance the capacity of those communities to address local issues and challenges and to build vibrant, healthy places.
Eligibility Criteria
- The project will:
- Be managed through a legal entity such as an incorporated association
- Clearly demonstrate a benefit to Borough of Queenscliffe residents
- Commence after 1 July 2023
- Be completed by 30 June 2024.
- Your organisation:
- Is a not-for-profit group
- Is able to match the grant amount on a dollar-for-dollar basis, either in cash and/or through in-kind labour and materials
- Has an ABN or are willing to supply a statement of supplier form
- Is submitting only one application
- Is a religious organisation and eligibility only applies where the project is accessible to all members of the community. Funding will not be considered to support the purchase of equipment or assets.
- Please note that multiple components to the project are permitted.
- Whilst the maximum grant amount will be $2000, Council reserve the right to consider funding for larger projects.
Ineligible
- Individuals (you will need to approach an organisation to auspice your project).
- For-profit organisations.
- Any Committees of the Borough of Queenscliffe, including advisory committees and committees of management.
- Organisations based outside the Borough, unless the project can be proven to be of benefit to Borough of Queenscliffe residents.
- Organisations that have commenced projects prior to the allocation of funds.
- Organisations applying for recurrent funding or operational costs.
- Organisations who have not submitted a Community Grant Acquittal Form for projects that have received prior funding.
For more information, visit Borough of Queenscliffe.