Deadline: 3-Mar-23
The Greater Shepparton City Council is pleased to offer the Small Town Festive Decoration Grant program for small towns and localities.
This grant enables local community organisations to purchase and install festive decorations.
The objective of the Small Town Festive Decoration funding program is to provide small towns and localities the opportunity to decorate their main street and/or public space to celebrate the festive season.
Funding Information
- Grants are available up to $2,000 per project with only one grant application per town/locality.
What can be funded?
- Purchase and installation of outdoor festive decorations such as lighting, Christmas trees, feature decorations, signage and banners and/or decorations that provide sensory experiences.
- Installations that will be located outdoors in public areas, such as main streets, and/or iconic, high visibility areas in each town/locality.
- Priority will be given to the purchase of decorations that can be used for multiple years and do not have any detrimental impact on the environment.
- Installation and decommissioning/ removal costs.
Funded projects must be able to demonstrate community support, have a clear scope on what will be delivered and address safety and risk issues in the installation of decorations.
Eligibility Criteria
- Groups should be a not-for-profit incorporated body, although not having a certificate of incorporation does not make a group ineligible to apply. In this situation, the group applying for the grant will need to nominate another incorporated not-for-profit Community Group, Organisation or Club in Greater Shepparton willing to manage the grant funds (or “auspice the grant”) on their behalf. If you are considering making an application as an unincorporated body, please contact Council prior to making your application.
- Applicants are required to provide evidence a current $20 Million Public Liability Insurance policy for this project.
- Funding is only available for festive installations. Events or activities cannot be funded by this program, please see Council’s Festive Events Grants for funding for Festive Events.
- Funding is not available for festive installations where installation contravenes Council policy.
- The purchase of festive items can include the hire of contractors or equipment used for installation and removal of the purchased items.
For more information, visit Greater Shepparton City Council.