Deadline: 11-Mar-22
The Cardinia Shire has announced a Community Capital Works Grants Program, this program assists community groups to upgrade community and recreational facilities that are used to strengthen local community networks and support community wellbeing.
Aims
- To progressively upgrade the facilities from which community organisations provide services to the community
- To progressively improve facilities that are the primary focus for services or programs that promote local community networks
- To progressively improve facilities that positively contribute to community safety and the wellbeing of residents
- To foster community ownership and management of local facilities.
Priorities
All applications will be assessed against these 4 priority areas:
- Upgrades to more efficient and effective appliances: Replacement of inefficient appliances with modern, efficient appliances to reduce energy consumption and improve effectiveness
- Environmental building upgrades: To reduce energy usage, improve comfort and/or reduce operating costs.
- Reduction of OH&S risks: To reduce potential risks in and around facilities. Examples of projects in this priority area are:
- Painting of building (internal or external)
- Using low VOC paint and paint suitable for the purpose, as per
- New flooring
- Fit for purpose and slip resistant, can improve insulation if the floors are old and drafty.
- New decking
- Using non slip, no maintenance products, for example Mod wood or similar.
Funding Information
- Maximum: $20,000 per project.
- All funded works will be coordinated and delivered by Council. Committees/clubs do not need to undertake any of the works themselves.
- The community group is not required to provide matched funding.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will only be awarded to groups or organisations managing public facilities, on Council-owned or Crown land.
- Groups and organisations eligible for community capital works grants must:
- be not-for-profit and managed by a volunteer board or committee of management e.g. sporting club, kinder committee, environmental group or be a Community Asset Committee established by Council, or a community Committee of Management established under the Crown Land Reserves Act
- be a committee established by the Council to manage a Community Asset
- be incorporated (if required)
- have adequate public liability insurance (if required)
- have no outstanding grant acquittals or outstanding debts owing to Council
- propose an initiative which will benefit the Cardinia Shire community and be located in Cardinia Shire
- be able to supply financial statements and information as requested
- be able to meet conditions associated with receiving the grantdemonstrate the proposed activity is consistent with Local, State and Federal regulations
- be able to provide supporting data, when requested, proving that the project is adequately costed.
Organisations that use facilities managed by a committee of management or Community Assest Committee: You must get approval from the committee before you apply for the grant.
Organisations that use facilities on Crown Land: You must get approval from the relevant state government agency before you apply for the grant.
For more information, visit https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/ccwg#section-1-about-