Hume City Council: Event Grants Program (Australia)

Deadline: 1-Jul-24

The Hume City Council has announced the Event Grants Program to support for event organisers in assistance with developing and delivering vibrant, inclusive and engaging events in Hume City.

These events may be big or small, however they will share one thing: making a positive difference to the Hume community.

Program Aims 

• Vibrant and Inclusive, Events and Festivals Strategy 2023-2026 commits Council to providing an enabling environment that actively encourages commercial and community event organisers to deliver events and festivals in Hume.
• The Event Grant program aims to support local community and event organisers to establish new events and continue to host existing events in Hume. These Hume events will build community capacity, foster resilience, recognise local talent, and the city’s artistic and cultural strengths.
• The program will create opportunities for local musicians, performers, food vendors and suppliers to participate in events in Hume.

Funding Categories

• Community and Neighbourhood Events – Small
  • Attendance: Up to 1,000
  • Support Available (cash and/or in-kind): up to $2,000
• Community and Neighbourhood Events – Medium
  • Attendance: Up to 3,000
  • Support Available (cash and/or in-kind): up to $12,000

What the program supports?

• The program supports events that:
  • Celebrate communities.
  • Activate neighbourhoods.
  • Foster capacity building and resilience.
  • Encourage the Hume community to connect and participate locally.
  • Recognise local talent, and artistic and cultural strengths.
  • Create opportunities for musicians, performers, food vendors and suppliers.
  • Contribute to social justice, community health and wellbeing.
  • Promote Hume City’s lifestyle and visitor economy, recognising it as a vibrant place to live and visit.

Eligibility Criteria 

• Event Eligibility 
  • To be eligible to apply, the event must:
    • take place between 1 July 2024 and 30 June 2025.
    • be held in Hume City.
    • be an organised public gathering that brings people together for a common purpose by some pre-arrangement.
    • open to members of the public and is publicly announced or advertised, whether ticketed or not.
    • be covered by public liability insurance of $20 million. (Applicants will be required to provide evidence of public liability insurance prior to the release of any funds).
  • In addition to this, applicants must undertake to comply with all event planning requirements, including obtaining appropriate event permits as required.
• Eligible Applicants – Community and Neighbourhood Small and Medium Categories 
  • Applicant organisations must meet the following criteria:
    • be a community group or organisations based in Hume. They may be incorporated, or auspiced.
    • be a business or not for profit organisation based in Hume.
    • the community group, organisation or business making the application must be incorporated, or auspiced by another organisation.
    • be the event organiser with the right to hold and/or re-schedule the event that is the subject of the application.

Ineligible

• The Event Grant program is unable to support:
  • applications made by individuals.
  • applicants/applicant organisations with outstanding Post Event Reports from previous funding outstanding debts with Council.
  • applications from political organisations or which propose events with a political purpose.
  • events that exclude or may offend part of the community.
  • proposals to host events or activities that are not located in Hume City.
  • applications made by Hume City Council employees.
• Applications may be considered ineligible if:
  • they are incomplete, including applications which do not include the required documentation.
  • the proposal doesn’t not align with Council’s Social Justice Charter and principles of equity, access, engagement and participation, rights, and accessibility for all community groups.
  • the event proposals does not align with Council’s plans and policies, Safeguarding Children and Young People Policy.
  • the event may compromise Council’s reputation, image, probity, or ability to fulfil its functions and responsibilities.

For more information, visit Hume City Council.