Heritage Disaster Recovery Grants (Australia)

Deadline: 6-Feb-23

The Queensland Government is now accepting applications for its Heritage Disaster Recovery Grant to support heritage places that were heavily impacted by the extraordinary disaster events occurring within the 2021–2022 severe weather season.

The Heritage Disaster Recovery Grant program is jointly funded by the Australian and Queensland governments under the Disaster Recovery Funding Arrangements (DRFA).

Objectives

The grants support eligible State heritage place owners and organisations to undertake projects that will restore cyclone, rain and flood-affected State heritage places and improve the resilience of these places for future disaster events;
Applicants will need to demonstrate how their project will utilise sound practice in heritage conservation to protect and conserve the significant heritage values of the site.

Funding Information

Applicants may seek funding for grants of between $10,000 (minimum amount) and $35,000 (maximum amount) excluding GST. Funding is provided as a GST exclusive amount;
Up to $500,000 in grant funding is available in this round of grants.

Project Timeframes

Project activities must be completed by 30 June 2024 from the date the grant agreement is signed by both the recipient and the department.

Conditions of funding

Applicants must exhaust all insurance options prior to accessing funding under the event category; and claim on any applicable insurance policy, including business continuity, prior to seeking reimbursement under this category.

Eligible projects and activities

Funding will only be provided for activities conducted on places entered in the Queensland Heritage Register at the time of the eligible disaster event.

Eligible projects are those that:
- Undertake efforts to restore and conserve the original heritage features of a State heritage place, including buildings, other structures, parks and gardens within an affected eligible Queensland local government area;
- Directly or indirectly assist the restoration of a State heritage place from the specified disaster events and increase the resilience of this place from future disaster events.
Eligible activities may include, but are not limited to:
- Restumping and repairs to timber framing, weatherboards, windows and doors;
- Reroofing;
- Repointing brick or stonework;
- Painting;
- New or repaired in-ground drainage and damp-proofing systems
- Introduction of new sacrificial linings that can be shown to protect significant fabric from damage caused by water ingress;
- Assessment by a qualified heritage architect of the level of impact from the disaster event and/or preparation of an urgent restoration plan;
- Assessment by other relevant building professionals who can demonstrate experience working with a heritage place of the level of impact from the disaster;
- Event and/or preparation of an urgent restoration plan;
- Administration costs (including project management and audit fees) of no more than 20% of the total budget.

Eligibility Criteria

The following are eligible to apply for a grant in their own right:
- Owners of places entered in the Queensland Heritage Register, including individuals, trusts and Queensland local government authorities;
- Non-profit incorporated organisations that are legally/contractually responsible for maintaining places on the Queensland Heritage Register;
- Community groups such as a Masonic lodge or historical society/scout group undertaking project activities with the agreement of the place owner.
Applications will be considered from heritage places located in an eligible Queensland local government area that experienced one or more of the following eligible disaster events:
- Central, Southern and Western Queensland Rainfall and Flooding between 10 November 2021 and 3 December 2021;
- Ex-Tropical Cyclone Seth between 29 December 2021 and 10 January 2022;
- Southeast Queensland Rainfall and Flooding between 22 February 2022 and 5 April 2022;
- Southern Queensland Flooding between 6 May 2022 and 20 May 2022.