Deadline: 13-Mar-23
The City of Wodonga is now accepting applications for its Community Impact Grants to empower community organisations to grow ideas in innovative and creative ways to improve the city and strengthen the community.
Focus Areas
- The grant program links to the key focus areas of the council. These include:
- Healthy, safe, and resilient community;
- Connected and engaged community;
- Sustainable and forward-looking;
- Thriving and vibrant community; and,
- Strong, responsible, and sound leadership.
Category
- Building stronger communities: up to $4000
- Support healthy and active lifestyles
- Foster an inclusive and diverse community and encourage community participation
- Support volunteers and encourage volunteering
- Improve community safety
- Create and strengthen community collaborations and partnerships
- Improve mental wellbeing and community resilience
- Prevent violence against women and promote gender equality
- Improve access to employment pathways, particularly for young people
- Improve ways for residents to move around the city and to access services
- Increase access to green spaces and outdoor recreation
- Environmental sustainability: up to $4000
- Create long-term benefit to Wodonga’s environment
- Be sustainable and not rely on council’s ongoing maintenance or upkeep
- Raise awareness and understanding of environmental sustainability issues
- Improve the community’s capacity to respond to climate change
- Community events: up to $4000
- Celebrate the cultural, social, and recreational diversity within the city
- Cater for diverse community members
- Attract and grow new and inspiring events, which benefit the community, celebrate connection, and attract visitors to Wodonga
- Nurture a sense of community identity and positive engagement
- Create opportunities for a maximum number of Wodonga residents to engage and experience events and festivals
- Arts and culture: up to $4000
- Develop and promote art and cultural works produced in the region
- Foster activation of Wodonga, building a dynamic city profile to grow visitation through cultural tourism experiences
- Provide equitable access to diverse cultural experiences, resources, and opportunities that encourage engagement and participation
- Preserve and interpret the history, heritage, and contemporary stories of the people of Wodonga, their city and region
- Cultivate professional development of the arts in Wodonga and foster partnerships between artists, cultural workers, and the wider community
- Connected communities: Up to $4000
- Encourage collaboration across Albury-Wodonga
- Leverage innovation and resources from across the region to provide opportunities of benefit to Albury-Wodonga
- Facilitate the participation of Wodonga residents in regional events and programs
- Support economic development and job creation
- Leverage regional benefits to attract visitors and new residents to the city of Wodonga
Funding Information
- Community organisations can apply for grants to the value of $4000.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for funding under the program, applicants must:
- Provide direct benefits to residents of Wodonga;
- Be not-for-profit as classified by the Australian Tax Office in the Income Tax Assessment Act 1936;
- Be an incorporated association, indigenous corporation or a community group that has an auspicing body;
- Hold an adequate public liability insurance policy (to the value of at least $10 million) to cover the staff, members, volunteers, and the public, as appropriate; and,
- Have an adequate risk management plan in place, if required.
- In the case of a large-scale event, an event plan must be submitted with the grant application;
Ineligibility Criteria
- An applicant will be ineligible to receive funding through the program if they:
- Have an outstanding debt to council or have not satisfactorily acquitted a previous grant;
- Are already receiving ongoing financial support from the council for a project/event/ service;
- Are an unincorporated organisation, group, or club without an appropriate auspicing body;
- Do not have adequate public liability insurance policy to cover the staff, members, and the public, as appropriate;
- Are a private, for-profit organisation;
- Are a government organisation;
- Are seeking funding as a source of sponsorship or fundraising; or,
- Are a school or educational institution requesting funding for a project/activity/event that forms part of a regular curricular program.
For more information, visit Community Impact Grants.