Deadline: 1-Mar-23
The Toowoomba Regional Council has announced the Cultural & Arts Support Grant Program for nurturing fledgling artists, supporting grassroots community arts and cultural activity and underpinning higher level arts and cultural development.
Toowoomba Regional Council aims to support and promote regional arts and cultural development, as it recognises the significant contribution vibrant arts and cultural programs, events, activities and pursuits can make to enhancing quality of life and promoting community pride. Council also acknowledges this industry’s capacity to strengthen their region’s potential for tourism and economic development.
Program Priorities
- The Cultural and Arts Support Grant Program (CAS) seeks to respond to Council’s vision, values and goals, as outlined in the Corporate Plan 2019-2024, by supporting foundational community arts and cultural activities.
- Community members can participate by identifying opportunities for arts, cultural expression and opportunities to develop creative industries.
- The program will prioritise projects that
- increase visibility and recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultures;
- show the broadest community participation in any outcomes;
- increase participation from outside greater Toowoomba;
- develop new work with a clear connection to the place, histories, and communities;
- provide opportunities for audiences, including the region’s residents, workers and visitors, to engage with creativity, self-expression, learning and cultural participation;
- increase opportunities for access through Council’s broader cultural priorities (Eg live music and performance activity in support of the “Live and Local” Strategy etc.).
Funding Information
- Funding assistance (to a maximum of $ 4,000) is available for up to 75 per cent of the total project costs (excluding GST) per project, event or activity (subject to available funds).
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations can apply for a cultural Arts Support Grant if:
- The organisation is an eligible community organisation or is under the auspices of an eligible community organisation as defined in the Community Grants Policy.
- The organisation operates or provides services within the Toowoomba Regional Council area.
- The organisation has an Australian Business Number (ABN).
- Individuals can apply for a Cultural Arts Support Grant in collaboration with a community organisation which is eligible or in collaboration under the auspices of an eligible community organisation as defined in the Community Grants Policy.
- Educational institutions cannot apply for funding but they can auspice applications for individuals or non-eligible organisations if the application is for a project that does not form part of the core business of their institution (public and private primary, secondary and tertiary including Parents & Citizens and Parents & Friends Associations) and demonstrates broader community benefit that reflects the CAS program priorities.
For more information, visit Toowoomba Regional Council.