Deadline: 30-Jun-22
The City of Kwinana is offering Placemaking Grant to facilitate innovative community-led projects that develop and strengthen community identity and nurture a sense of belonging by creating great public spaces.
These small incentive grants provide the community with the opportunity to lead the change they want to see in their neighborhood.
Placemaking is about creating great places that people love. This might be through how they look or how they are used. It is about strengthening the connection between people and the places they share, and creating public spaces where they feel welcome (and want to return to). Most importantly, it puts people first. If you have a great idea for your community, they want to hear from you.
Aims
The Placemaking Grant aims to:
- Provide funding support to enable the community to participate in, and feel ownership for community projects;
- Encourage community-led projects to enable local residents / groups to work together on a shared vision for their neighborhood, developing a sense of pride by delivering improvements that benefit everyone.
Approaches
The Placemaking Grant supports community-led projects, activations and installations that employ a Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper approach to:
- Activate public spaces;
- Create entertaining, engaging and inclusive town centers;
- Enhance streetscapes and / or improve walkability;
- Encourage / increase participation in community life and social inclusion;
- Increase skills, knowledge and leadership capability within the community;
- Celebrate and connect the community; and
- Create or foster the distinctive character of the place.
Funding Information
Up to $ 500 per project.
Projects
Activities which support the City’s Place Plans including:
- small-scale greening projects (verge plantings / gardens)
- small-scale arts,
- cultural initiatives
- little libraries,
- long-table community lunches / dinners,
- small-scale beautification projects, gold
- other creative activities or initiatives.
Eligibility Criteria
- Community groups and organizations must be Kwinana based, incorporated and not for profit entities. Organizations who are not incorporated may ask another organization to auspice their application;
- School P&F Associations, Resident Groups / Associations, Town Teams; and
- The project can be a partnership between two or more community groups. Joint projects are encouraged.
For more information, visit https://www.kwinana.wa.gov.au/community/community-development/funding-and-grants/placemaking-grant-(community-project)