Resilient Hawkesbury Grants Program (Australia)

Deadline: 30-Nov-21

The Hawkesbury City Council is offering Resilient Hawkesbury Grants program to support community groups, joint organisations and not-for-profit groups to undertake projects that enhance social recovery and preparedness activities.

• Creating/enhancing community connections
• Creative activities
• Community events/celebrations
• Physical activities
• Mental health initiatives
• Connection to land/environment

• Applications that request ongoing program funding
• Applications for projects and/or activities that are not related to the community recovery attributed to the bushfire event
• Applications that request covering existing debts or budget deficits.

• Projects should be community-led events/programs for grass-roots activities that contribute to community recovery and/or resilience including projects that support community wellbeing.
• Applicants must be not-for profit and an incorporated association, or auspiced by a not-for-profit incorporated association
• Projects will need to contribute to one or more of the following Disaster Recovery Outcomes:
  • The needs of vulnerable groups are addressed in disaster recovery
  • The community is aware of the disaster recovery processes
  • The community can express its changing disaster recovery needs
  • Community members are aware of the risks of future disasters
  • The community has improved capacity and capability to respond to future disasters
  • Business and not-for-profits have in place adequate mitigation practices for risks and threats
  • Government, private sector, civil society and organisations are engaged in plans for preparedness and management of the recovery

For more information, visit https://www.hawkesbury.nsw.gov.au/for-residents/community/community-funding