Deadline: 29-Oct-21
Moira Shire has launched the Coronavirus Community Recovery Grants Program to build the capacity and resilience of communities, and groups/organisations.
They will focus on the projects that will improve health and wellbeing through community engagement, collaboration, innovation, and social connection, new ways to deliver services/ programs/ events including online, projects which optimise opportunities for communities to participate, celebrate, and promote local arts, culture and identity.
Funding Priorities
The following types of activities will be prioritised for funding:
- The purchasing of products which ensure the delivery of community activities meet coronavirus restriction and guidelines.
- The adaptation of existing services, programs or activities so they can continue, or be adapted due to COVID-19 requirements. This includes online service delivery and technology equipment.
- New one-off services, programs or activities that strengthen the community in recovery from the impact of COVID-19.
- Activities that will promote re-engagement in community based activities and volunteering.
Funding Information
- The Coronavirus Community Recovery Grants Program provides funding of up to $2,500 (plus GST if applicable) to eligible not for profit community organisations, groups, social enterprises, creative organisations and groups for projects/programs to assist communities with recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic.
Who is Eligible?
For Community Organisations to be eligible for a Coronavirus Community Recovery Grant they must:
- Be committed to providing direct benefits to residents in Moira Shire. Please note, Council may consider funding events held outside of Moira Shire, particularly in the two cross- border communities of Cobram-Barooga and Yarrawonga-Mulwala, where economic benefit to Moira Shire can be demonstrated.
- Be an incorporated ‘not for profit’ community organisation with open membership to residents in Moira Shire.
- Have an Australian Business Number (ABN) or have a community organisation who is willing to auspice the application and accept responsibility for the administration of the grant.
- Hold adequate public liability insurance to cover the project or event as applicable.
- Not have their own grant giving program or fundraising program that provides money to finance other organisation’s community initiatives.
- Have satisfactorily accounted to Council for the expenditure of any previous Council grants.
- Have not received funding under the same grant category in the same financial year.
- Comply with all relevant Local Laws, Australian and Victorian legislation, including but not limited to:
- Accounting and auditing requirements;
- Equal opportunity and anti-discrimination laws;
- Human rights laws;
- Disability;
- Occupational Health and Safety;
- Privacy, confidentiality and freedom of information laws’;
- Registration or accreditation of professional employees;
- Preparation and dissemination of annual reports.
- Have relevant management plans in place, including:
- Risk
- Project
- Event
- Financial.
For more information, visit https://www.moira.vic.gov.au/Community/Community-Grants