Deadline: 11-Dec-22
The Nillumbik Shire Council is now inviting applications for its Festivals and Events Triennial Program to support regular festivals and events, and allow for new festivals and events to be developed or grow.
Objectives
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Community and Connection
- Objective – To encourage inclusion and participation to support health and wellbeing and ensure that all the residents have equitable access to services, programs, events and initiatives
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Place and Space
- Objective – To protect, enhance, maintain plan and design places and spaces that strengthen identity, reinforce character, improve accessibility, encourage social connection and enjoyment, support biodiversity and respect the environment
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Sustainable and Resilient
- Objective – To manage and adapt to changing circumstances that affect the community to ensure it remains sustainable and resilient, both now and into the future
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Responsible and Accountable
- Objective – To facilitate the best possible outcomes for the community by demonstrating strong leadership and working actively to achieve the community’s objectives
Priorities
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The Health and Wellbeing priorities for the next four years are:
- Social inclusion and connection
- Community and climate resilience
- Gender equality and prevention of family violence
- Physical activity
- Food
- Reducing harm from alcohol, other drugs and gambling
Funding Information
- Minimum $10,000 up to a maximum of $65,000 per annum over three years.
What can be funded?
- Council will only consider applications for established and new festivals and events that will be held in the Nillumbik Shire municipal boundary, excepting where townships overlap municipal boundaries and a proven benefit to the Nillumbik community can be demonstrated.
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Applicants must:
- Be incorporated community groups, commercial or an eligible service organisation.
- Be compatible with the objectives of the Festivals and Events Triennial Program
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or provide a Statement by a Supplier form from the Australian Tax Office (ATO)
- Not be in debt or in dispute with Council
- Submit only one application per festival or event per funding round
- If your group is not incorporated, you can still apply for a grant if you have an auspicing body.
Eligibility Criteria
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This program is designed to support not for profit festivals and events that meet the following criteria:
- Ongoing festivals and events
- Major, large scale festivals and events
- Demonstrate significant economic and/or community benefit to the Nillumbik community
- Able to demonstrate that the festival or event extends Council’s contribution further e.g. branding, marketing and promotion of the Shire that could not otherwise be done with Council resources alone.-
- Include access to festival or event location/s to Nillumbik residents at no cost. Festivals receiving under $50,000 may request gold coin donations. Exceptions can be considered where there is strong justification for ticketing and demonstrated benefit to Nillumbik community
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Applications must include:
- A complete event budget highlighting elements to be funded by Council
- An event plan detailing the program of activities
- A marketing and promotion plan which includes acknowledgement of Nillumbik Shire Council support
- Two quotations from suitably qualified suppliers for any expenditure items over $10,000 to be funded.
- A detailed business plan for the term of the agreement
- Financial statements from previous 1-2 year/s
- Assurances from the President/Director/Treasurer around the financial viability of the group seeking the grant
- Evidence of processes in place to monitor government directives i.e. COVID-19 safe plans
- Your event budget should include all income and expenditure related to the festival or event for which you are requesting support. If previous events have been held of a similar nature you should provide the final accounts for the most recent event that the organisation has delivered.
For more information, visit Nillumbik Shire Council.
For more information, visit https://www.nillumbik.vic.gov.au/Community/Grants/Council-grants/Festivals-and-Events-Triennial-Program-grants