Deadline: 11-Mar-22
Cardinia Shire has announced Community Wellbeing and Support Grants Program. The key objective of the grants program is to equitably support sustainable initiatives that address an identified and unmet community need, with an aim to
- improving resident health and wellbeing
- supporting opportunities for volunteerism
- building capacity of community groups, projects and programs to be sustainable.
Funding Categories
There are 3 categories of funding:
- Seeding grant (up to $5,000)
- To support setting up new organisations, groups, clubs, projects, programs or services.
- You must show that ongoing costs, such as venue hire, insurance or activity costs can be sustained without further Council support beyond the first year.
- Volunteering grant (up to $3,000)
- To grow and develop volunteering in Cardinia Shire.
- Examples include:
- establishing volunteering programs training and development of volunteers, where not mandated by regulation, nor within the scope of training that is provided by the organisation* promotion of volunteering opportunities.
- Small change grant (up to $1,000)
- To help with a range of minor operational and equipment costs that cannot be met through other funding sources. Applications for Christmas decorations will be considered under this category.
- Funding will not be allocated to support the running of events.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be:
- not-for-profit;
- locally based and/or servicing Cardinia Shire residents;
- a Community Asset Committee of Council; or incorporated (or be auspiced by an incorporated organisation – please note, Community Asset
- Committees cannot take on the function of an auspice).
- If a licence, lease or funding agreement exists between Council and the community organisation, then the agreements need to be signed and current in order for applications to be considered.
- Community groups with incomplete or outstanding projects are not eligible to apply for further projects and applications will not be considered.
For more information, visit https://www.cardinia.vic.gov.au/cwsg