Deadline: 19-Jan-22
The Eurobodalla Shire Council is pleased to announce the Seniors’ Week Grants Program to assist local community groups to deliver activities and events for the annual festival.
The 2022 festival will be held Friday 25 March to Sunday 3 April, it provides opportunities for people over 60 to remain active, healthy and engaged in their local community.
The grant may be used for:
- hiring or purchasing a new piece of equipment
- promoting and running an activity or event
- training staff
- other items that help deliver a Seniors Festival activity.
Funding Information
Grants up to $ 500 are available for not-for-profit community groups to put towards the costs of hosting an event or activity for next year’s festival.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications must meet all of the following eligibility criteria:
- Seniors Week Grants must be used during the Seniors Festival 2022.
- Your group needs to be not-for-profit and either incorporated or able to prove that they are a bona fide Eurobodalla based community group.
- Your group can give some financial support or volunteer labor to the activity.
- Your group can show that it has adequate insurance coverage for the activity.
- Your group does not have any outstanding debts to council.
- Your group will use the grant to achieve one or more of the following outcomes in your local community:
- celebrates older people and their contribution to the community
- creates intergenerational opportunities for social interaction
- encourages seniors to be healthy and active
- encourages lifelong learning
- promotes and celebrates the cultural diversity of older people in the community
- improves access and / or encourages people with disability to participate
- raises community awareness of the benefits of positive and active aging.
- Successful applicants are required to:
- provide bank deta they for electronic transfer of funds.
- sign and comply with the funding agreement accepting the conditions of funding.
For more information, visit https://www.esc.nsw.gov.au/community/grant-opportunities/seniors-festival-grant