Deadline: 31-Mar-21
The Horsham Rural City Council is offering grants for individuals, businesses, and community organizations to help prepare, respond, and build resilience to face the challenging situations that have arisen during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Restrictions have had significant economic impact on local Arts, Events, Recreation, Hospitality, Tourism, Retail and Community groups. This Grants program will provide support to affected people and groups located in the Horsham municipality through the following streams:
- Stronger Business
- Objective: Business assistance grants program to support innovation, operational improvements, marketing strategies, and business growth in response to the challenges of COVID-19.
- Business Type: Hospitality, Retail, Tourism, Services, etc.
- Applicant funding limit: $1000 to $5000
- Total allocation for funding stream: $84,000
- Supporting documentation required: Quotations or cost estimates for expenditure items greater than $1,000
- Assessment criteria
- Your business has been negatively impacted as a result of COVID-19
- Your project will lead to business improvements
- Use of local contractors
- Arts and Events Activation
- Objective: Strengthen community resilience and support innovation for groups and and individuals in response to COVID-19
- Organization type: Events, Arts organizations and individuals
- Applicant funding limit: $500 to $5000
- Total allocation for funding stream: $75,000
- Supporting documentation required
- Project budget (please use template provided)
- Project plan (please use template provided)
- Quotations or cost estimates for expenditure items greater than $1,000
- ‘Statement by Supplier’ forms if you do not have an ABN.
- Assessment criteria
- Demonstrate that the project will help to strengthen the community, community relationships, reduce isolation and encourage active participation in the community
- Capacity and experience to deliver project
- Extent of project planning
- Participation outcomes
- Use of local contractors
Eligibility Criteria
To be eligible for funding the applicant must:
- have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or be auspiced by an incorporated organization with an ABN;
- be located within the Horsham Rural City municipality;
- demonstrate how the grant will help support business or community respond to the impact of COVID-19;
- if successful, claim the grant and complete the project or activity by June 30th 2021 (noting that exemptions may be granted for larger projects/events);
- wherever possible use suppliers within the Horsham Rural City municipality;
- NOT be employed by Horsham Rural City Council;
- NOT have received funding for the same activity through Council’s Community Grants Program in 2020/2021;
- NOT apply for any retrospective purchases or projects that commenced prior to 3 August 2020.
For more information, visit https://www.hrcc.vic.gov.au/Our-Services/Grant-Information/COVID-Support-Grants-Program