Deadline: 14-Feb-22
The Community Events Grants Program is now open – a small sponsorship program for grants up to $5,000 to support Community Events. The focus of the program is for community-driven events that demonstrate innovation, community engagement, high-quality planning and capacity for growth and sustainability over time.
Funding Objectives
Your event must demonstrate it achieves at least one of the funding objectives listed below to be eligible for assessment.
- Events that address more than one priority will be scored higher.
- Have a positive impact on the vibrancy, diversity of activity and live ability of Albany.
- Contribute positively to the image and social connectivity of Albany.
- Enhancing community engagement and participation with events and promote social inclusion, diversity and community participation.
Funding information
Grant unto $5,000
The City will fund
The City will fund the following components within an event:
- Programming costs including fees for presenters and performers;
- Production and venue costs including materials and equipment hire; and
- Marketing costs and project management fees.
The City will not fund
The City will not fund the following
- More than one request for funding within the financial year;
- Retrospective or deficit funding;
- Recurrent salaries and/or recurrent operational costs inclusive of lease fees, legal costs or professional fees (auditing, accountants or administrative contractors);
- Individuals, unless they are sponsored by an eligible organisation and are residents of the City of Albany;
- Structural or capital works to facilities, including restoration or conservation works;
- For-profit organisations;
- Schools, government or quasi-government agencies;
- Registration days, fundraising, prizes, prize money and trophies;
- Events which occur as part of the City of Albany’s ordinary activities;
- Travel costs, registration or entry fees for individuals or organisations to attend workshops, programs, conferences or sporting events.
Note, the City of Albany is unable to provide any form of ‘in kind’ support to deliver the event during the financial year 2021-2022
Eligibility Criteria
NOTE: Organisations and individuals are only eligible to submit one application across all funding and sponsorship categories. For example, a single organization cannot submit an application to both the Community Events Grants program and the Regional Events Sponsorship program. Applicants must select only one category to apply to per financial year.
Additionally, a single organisation cannot submit an application to both the Community Events Grants program and the Neighborhood Grants program. Applications must select only one category to apply to per financial year.
Please read the following eligibility criteria carefully. Organisations or individuals not meeting the eligibility criteria below will not have their applications assessed.
Grants will only be provided to not-for-profit organisations which are:
- A recognized not-for-profit, non-government corporate body either created by government or with anAustralian Companies Number (ACN) or Australian Business Number (ABN)
- Incorporated under the provisions of the Associations Incorporation Act (1987).
Please also note the following eligibility criteria
- Eligible applicants will generally be located within the City of Albany boundary. In some instances, organisations with a wider membership base may be considered, provided the aims and objectives are focused primarily at the City’s community or the proposed event will take place within the City and benefit the City;
- Community groups which are not incorporated may seek the services of an incorporated body (sponsor) to auspice the event on their behalf. The sponsor will be required to accept legal and financial responsibility for the event;
- Individuals will only be considered for funding if they are residents of the City and have a sponsoring, incorporated community group prepared to auspice the funds on their behalf and they can demonstrate specific benefits to the Albany community;
- Retrospective or deficit support is ineligible;
- Recurrent events will be eligible but all applications will be assessed on a competitive basis;
- Organisations with outstanding acquittals with the City are ineligible
- Schools, government or quasi-government agencies are ineligible to apply.
For more information, visit https://www.albany.wa.gov.au/facilities/events/community-events-grant.aspx