Deadline: 31-Mar-23
The Cardinia Shire Council has announced the applications for Community Capital Works Grants Program that assists community groups to upgrade community and recreational facilities that are used to strengthen local community networks and support community wellbeing.
Categories
- The three community grant categories include:
- Category 1: Capital Works Grants – Council funds and delivers projects on behalf of the community group.
- Category 2: Capital Works Partnership Grants – both Council and the community group provide a financial contribution to the project. Community groups deliver project.
- Category 3: Major Equipment Grants – for the purchase of plant and equipment to undertake maintenance at the facility.
Objectives
- The objectives of Category 1 and 2 are to:
- Upgrade the facilities from which community groups provide services to the community
- Improve facilities that are primarily focused on the delivery of services or programs that promote local community networks
- Improve facilities that positively contribute to community safety and the wellbeing of residents, foster community ownership and management of local facilities.
- The objectives of Category 3 are to:
- Provide eligible committees of management with an opportunity to purchase maintenance equipment that will be used to maintain playing surfaces, outer grounds, or large internal building areas, on their own accord, without the need to engage contractors
- Create opportunities for committees to work together in obtaining funding for new grounds equipment and collaborate in the usage of this equipment.
Scope
- Groups and organisations eligible for Community Capital Works Grants must:
- Be an incorporated not-for-profit, managed by a volunteer board or committee of management, or
- Be a committee established by Council or Victorian Government to manage a Council or Crownowned asset. And meet the following:
- Have adequate public liability insurance
- 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 grant
- Demonstrate that 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.
Priority Areas
- Category 1: Capital Works Grants
- All applications will be assessed against these 4 priority areas:
- Priority area 1: Upgrades to Accessibility
- Priority area 2: Building Sustainability
- Priority area 3: Crime Prevention through Environmental Design
- Priority area 4: Removal of Hazardous Materials
- All applications will be assessed against these 4 priority areas:
- Category 2: Capital Works Partnership Grants
- All applications will be assessed against these 3 priority areas:
- Priority area 1
- Projects that enhance access and inclusion
- Projects that address occupational health and safety and/or regulatory compliance issues.
- Priority area 2
- Projects that maintain a facility at an acceptable level for its current use
- Projects that improve facilities that are not fit for current use
- Priority area 3
- Projects that upgrade facilities
- Projects relating to facilities that are of an acceptable standard for current use.
- Priority area 1
- All applications will be assessed against these 3 priority areas:
- Category 3: Major Equipment Grants
- All applications will be assessed against the following principles:
- Priority area 1: Demonstrated need for major equipment
- Priority area 2: Demonstrated need for funding assistance
- Priority area 3: Ability to maintain and store the equipment.
- All applications will be assessed against the following principles:
Funding Information
- Category 1: Capital Works Grants– Maximum of $20,000 (per project).
- Category 2: Capital Works Partnership Grants– Recommended maximum project cost $70,000 (co-funded with maximum $35,000 Council contribution).
- Category 3: Major Equipment Grants– Applicants’ contribution matched (dollar for dollar) by Council to a maximum grant amount of $20,000 (e.g. total project cost $40,000).
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 grant
- Demonstrate 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 Community Capital Works Grants Program.