Redland City Council launches Community Grants Program – Australia

Deadline: 01-Sep-2024

The Redland City Council’s Community Grants Program is providing funding to support local community organisations and individuals to undertake projects for the benefit of Redlands Coast.

Grants are offered for community development, cultural heritage, environment, and sport and recreation.

Redland City Council Strategic Goals 

• Applicants are required to align their project with one or more of the following strategic goals in Council’s The Future Redlands – A Corporate Plan to 2026 and Beyond.
  • City Leadership.
  • Strong Communities.
  • Quandamooka Country.
  • Natural Environment.
  • Liveable Neighbourhoods.
  • Thriving Economy.
  • Efficient and Effective Organisation.

Program Objectives 

• The program is designed to support the delivery of Council’s vision and goals outlined in Council’s Corporate Plan. Applicants are required to align their initiative with one or more of the program objectives, as below, to be eligible to apply for funding:
  • Promotes collaboration and local partnerships.
  • Improve community organisation capacity.
  • Providing cost-effective initiatives.
  • Increasing employment and/or boosting the local economy.
  • Increased social connection between people.
  • Increased mental wellbeing.
  • Improved ability to deliver.
  • Improved access to services for people experiencing disadvantage/vulnerability.
  • Creating identity, a sense of place and celebration.
  • Increase awareness of Quandamooka cultural heritage.

Funding Categories

• Organisation Support 
  • Purpose: To support community organisations to improve organisational governance and management practices and the organisation’s capacity to deliver services in Redland City.
  • Available Funding: Grant funding available up to $5,000.
  • Projects can include: 
    • education and training,
    • recruiting, maintaining or recognising volunteers,
    • business planning and governance (e.g. strategic plans, constitution reviews or board appraisals), and
    • seed funding for new organisations less than three years old (e.g. advertising, printing, office stationery, software).
• Project Support 
  • Purpose: To support organisations providing one-off projects, events or activities that deliver short to medium term positive outcomes in Redland City.
  • Available funding: Grant funding available is up to $10,000.
  • Projects can include: 
    • projects that support youth engagement, seniors or island communities,
    • community education projects, and
    • festivals and events.
• Conservation Grant 
  • Purpose: To support organisations or individuals for specific projects that will provide positive outcomes for the environment and wildlife in Redland City.
  • Subcategories
    • Conservation Support 
      • To assist organisations with direct conservation projects, and education and awareness of wildlife (especially koalas and their habitat).
    • Wildlife Carer Support 
      • To assist registered wildlife carers with projects related to the rescue, care, rehabilitation and transport of injured wildlife, and training opportunities to improve the quality of wildlife care.
  • Available funding: Grant funding available is up to $10,000.
  • Projects can include: 
    • projects or events for conservation purposes,
    • education and training,
    • equipment to support registered wildlife carers,
    • transport costs for sick and injured animals, and
    • weed management activities.

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants (and Auspice applicants) must:
  • be a not-for-profit and incorporated entity,
  • have an active ABN,
  • be operating and financially viable,
  • hold Public Liability Insurance ($20 million),
  • have a bank account in the name of the legal entity,
  • not hold a licence for more than 20 gaming machines, and
  • have no outstanding debts or grant acquittals to Council.
• Projects must:
  • meet one or more of Council’s Strategic Priorities and Program Objectives outlined in Redland City Council’s Corporate Plan,
  • meet one or more of the Program Objectives, and
  • be based in Redland City.
• Organisation Support
  • be based in Redland City
• Conservation Grant 
  • Individual applicants must: 
    • Individuals are eligible to apply for funding under Wildlife Carer Support. Individuals must:
      • have an active ABN or Statement by a supplier,
      • have a bank account in the name of the legal entity (e.g. the individual’s name, and
      • have no outstanding debts or grant acquittals to Council
  • To be eligible for Wildlife Carer Support you must: 
    • be a registered wildlife carer with the Department of Environment and Heritage Protection (DEHP) or equivalent,
    • demonstrate you have been an active carer for at least 12 months, and
    • comply with the ‘Code of Practice: Care of sick, injured or orphaned protected animals in Queensland’.

For more information, visit Redland City Council.