Make Your Place Grant Program in Australia

Deadline: 18-Jan-23

The Mackay Regional Council is accepting applications for its Make Your Place Grant Program to support projects and activities that connect the local community, and create places people want to go to or be in.

The grant program will help people create and deliver inspiring, inclusive and vibrant projects in public spaces, helping people to become more active and involved in their community.

Aims

The Make your Place Mackay Waterfront Placemaking grant aims to:
- Connect the local community, residents and/or businesses
- Improve physical health, mental wellbeing, and community cohesion
- Test new concepts, trial emerging ideas and be innovative
- Celebrate and promote art, culture(s), creativity and/or local history
- Reimagine and reinvent everyday public spaces.

Funding Information

Make Your Place Grant – $7500
- Funding is available for larger scale projects and will fund up to 80 per cent of a project's budget up to a maximum of $7500. A minimum 20 per cent co-contribution is to be provided via financial and/or in-kind support.
Make Your Place Microgrant – $1000
- Funding is available for small-scale, pop-up style projects and will fund 100 per cent of a projects' budget up to a maximum of $1000.

What can be funded?

Grants will support projects that:
- create vibrant, engaging, and inclusive places
- Encourage more people to visit, invest, live, work, play, and spend time in the Mackay City and Waterfront area.

Eligible Projects

Eligible projects could include:
- Pop up installs
- street library
- performances
- Pop up cinema
- Cultural initiatives
- Street furniture
- Events
- Guerrilla greening
- busking festival
- Paint and sip class
- Arts initiatives

Criteria

Alignment with at least one of the five aims of the grant program (20 per cent)
Demonstrate how the project provides benefits to the local community and increases visitation to the Mackay Waterfront by locals and visitors (20 per cent)
The application shows or creates collaboration between individuals or groups and connects with the broader community (20 per cent)
The project is well-planned and involves suitably skilled people to ensure delivery is completed by June 30, 2023 (20 per cent)
The project budget is realistic and provides value for money (20 percent).

Ineligibility Criteria

The following activities are not eligible to receive funding:
- Normal/business as usual activities
- Projects/events not available for public attendance or that restrict public access
- Political or religious activities
- Confectionery, soft drinks, presents/gifts, alcohol or product launches
- Site hire costs for pre-existing activities/initiatives
- Purchases or expenses related to privately owned items
- Purchases of some capital items (eg, equipment, buildings or vehicles). Capital items will be considered if they are part of a project application, integral to that project, and where the item will remain available for community use
- Projects that may have negative impacts on neighboring residents or businesses
- Projects that have been funded by another Mackay Regional Council grants stream and/or sponsorship program may not be eligible
- Projects that have commenced prior to council providing funding approval
- Purchases that are significantly different from the initial application will be considered on a case-by-case basis for acquittal.
- Any other activities that council deems ineligible after assessment of the application.