Deadline: 19-Feb-21
The Creative Communities Scheme is a partnership between Creative New Zealand (CNZ) and local authorities, such as Taupo District Council. The CNZ Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) helps to fund local arts projects.
Projects that get funded do at least one of the following:
- Increase participation in the arts or culture at a local level, or
- Increase the range and diversity of arts and culture available, or
- Enable and encourage young people to engage in the arts.
Funding Information
- There is no limit to how much you can apply for, but most CCS grants tend to be under $2,000. Look at previously funded projects on your council website (or speak to your local CCS administrator) to get an idea of what sort of projects have been supported in the past and the average amount granted.
What can CCS fund?
To get funding through CCS your arts project must do at least one of the following:
- Participation: Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities.
- Diversity: Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities.
- Young people: Enable young people (less than 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts.
- Your project must also:
- take place within the city or district where the application is made.
- be completed within 12 months of funding being approved.
- benefit local communities.
- not have started or finished before CCS funding is approved.
- not have already been funded through Creative New Zealand’s other arts funding programme.
Who can apply?
- You must be an individual or group. Individuals must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
- If you have already received funding from CCS for a project, you must complete a report on that project before making another application, unless the project is still in progress.
- If this project has already received funding from one of Creative New Zealand’s other funding programme you will not be able to also receive CCS funding for the same project.
For more information, visit https://www.taupodc.govt.nz/community/community-grants-and-awards/creative-communities-scheme