Deadline: 24/07/24
The NSW Government has announced the Community War Memorials Fund (CWMF) to support the conservation of community war memorials across NSW.
Program Objective
- The purpose of the CWMF is to help conserve, repair and protect war memorials across NSW to support community commemoration, by funding projects that follow best practice conservation principles and processes. The CWMF is targeted at organisations who are responsible for the management of war memorials in NSW.
- This program is administered by Office for Veterans Affairs.
Funding Information
- Grant amount: Up to $10,000
Types of projects funded under this grant
- Applications to the CWMF must align with and be submitted under one of the below category descriptions:
- Category A – Engaging heritage or other relevant specialists (such as engineers) to produce reports relating to the repair, protection and/or conservation of existing war memorials.
- Category B – Physical works relating to the repair, protection and/or conservation of existing war memorials.
- Note: The CWMF supports projects for existing war memorials. Applications cannot be submitted for the construction of new war memorials.
Types of projects not funded under this grant:
- You cannot use a CWMF grant for projects or activities that:
- do not meet the eligibility criteria
- do not align with best practice heritage conservation principles and processes
- have already started or have been finished
- relate to war memorials that are not recorded on the NSW War Memorials Register
- are for building/construction work (excluding conservation works to war memorial buildings)
- are of a commercial nature that is for profit
Who can apply?
- An organisation can apply to the CWMF if:
- It is one of the applicant types listed below
- It is the owner of the war memorial, or
- It has received the endorsement of the owner of the war memorial to undertake the project and apply to the CWMF.
- For the purposes of the CWMF, the owner of the war memorial is the entity who owns or manages the land on which the war memorial is located, or the building in which it is housed, also known as the landowner.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible applicant types:
- Incorporated not-for-profit community organisations
- NSW local councils (and their section 355 committees) operating under the Local Government Act 1993
- Incorporated organisations that are registered and approved as not-for-profit bodies by NSW Fair Trading
- Not-for profit companies limited by guarantee, registered in NSW (must have ACNC registration and/or DGR status)
- Indigenous Corporations (must be registered with the Office of the Registrar of Indigenous Corporations)
- NSW Local Aboriginal Land Councils
- Religious organisations operating in NSW
- NSW non-government organisations established under their own Act of Parliament
- NSW Government agencies who own or are responsible for a war memorial, including government schools, are eligible to apply to the CWMF.
Ineligible
- Individuals
For more information, visit NSW Government.