Celebrating Multicultural Queensland Program in Australia

Deadline: 13-Jul-22

The Queensland Government is inviting applications for its Celebrating Multicultural Queensland (CMQ) program to provide funding towards multicultural events and projects that engage culturally diverse communities, groups and individuals, and the broader community, to partner and contribute to building an inclusive, harmonious and united Queensland.

The Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs acknowledges the cultural diversity of First Nations peoples. However, for the purposes of the CMQ program, the term ‘culturally diverse’ refers to people from migrant and refugee backgrounds, people seeking asylum, and Australian South Sea Islander peoples.

Objectives

The objective of the CMQ program, in alignment with the Multicultural Queensland Charter, is to provide funding towards events and projects that promote:
- Queensland’s multicultural identity;
- intercultural connections and community participation;
- increased understanding between diverse cultural groups;
- increased opportunities to support the economic and social aspirations of people from culturally diverse backgrounds;
- increased community capacity to address emerging issues and foster access to services; and/or
- increased engagement of general community groups in connecting and welcoming people from culturally diverse backgrounds into a wide range of community activities.

Funding Information

The maximum grant levels are:
- Up to $10,000 (excluding GST) for Category One events.
- Up to $20,000 (excluding GST) for Category Two events.

Eligibility Criteria

Not-for-profit/charitable organisations that are legally registered in Australia;
Local Government bodies;
State School P&C Associations;
Charitable institutions; and
Queensland Universities.
- Eligible organisations must:
  - have a registered and active Australian Business Number (ABN) or hold an exemption from registration;
    - If you are not incorporated or do not have an active ABN, you can ask an eligible organisation to auspice your event or project. If successful in receiving funding, the auspicing organisation will be required to enter into a funding agreement, to receive the funds and to submit reports.
  - have operations or deliver ongoing services in Queensland;
  - hold public liability insurance to the value of not less than $10 million, or provide evidence of plans to obtain insurance to the value of not less than $10 million to cover the proposed event or project; and
  - have no overdue reports, or service delivery or performance issues for funding provided by the Department of Children, Youth Justice and Multicultural Affairs.