Deadline: 14-Oct-2024
The Brisbane City Council is pleased to announce the Lord Mayor’s Better Suburbs Community Facility Grants to improve, develop and maintain community facilities, with preference provided to Council community-leased facilities.
Funding is available for both the planning and design, and construction, phases of projects.
Objectives
- The Community Facility Category aims to deliver outcomes in alignment with Brisbane Vision 2031, which plans for the future of the city.
- There are two options for funding:
- Option 1 – Planning and design for a proposed Community Facility improvement or development project
- Option 2 – The construction phase of a Community Facility improvement, development or maintenance project.
- There are two options for funding:
- Projects must deliver one or more of the following objectives:
- improve the quality of a Community Facility
- increase, maintain or enhance participation and community access to a Community Facility
- improve the flexibility of a Community Facility so that it encourages the development of multi-use, sharing and co-location.
Funding Information
- For the Community Facility Category, you can apply for grant funding ranging from $10,000 to $200,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must:
- be an incorporated not-for-profit organisation that leases a Council Community Leased Facility; or
- be auspiced by an incorporated not-for-profit organisation that accepts legal and financial responsibility for the project or activity on Council leased land (Auspice Organisation)
- have the authority to undertake the proposed works on a Council Community Leased Facility
- not have outstanding debts, overdue or un-acquitted grants with Council or outstanding issues with the Office of Fair Trading at the time of application
- ensure that Council’s annual lessee survey (Census) has been completed for the site subject to the application.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Organisations not eligible to apply include:
- organisations that are not authorised to undertake works on a Council Community Leased Facility
- national sport and recreation organisations
- political organisations
- Queensland and Australian Government departments
- for-profit organisations
For more information, visit Brisbane City Council.