Deadline: 28-Feb-25
The Shire of Exmouth Community Grants Program aims to support the development of self-sustaining community groups and clubs and promote local economic development.
Categories
- Grants are offered in three different categories including:
- Major Event Sponsorship: The Major Events Sponsorship program supports special events including business tourism that can provide an economic benefit to the community. Eligible events include, but are not limited to sporting, recreational, music, cultural, food and wine, and business conferences that have the potential to attract significant numbers from outside the region and to ultimately generate new additional expenditure into the Exmouth economy.
- Events should deliver outcomes including:
- Tourism destination development;
- Drive overnight visitation;
- Attract visitors during tourist season shoulder and low periods;
- Activate public places; and/or
- Engage regional communities.
- Community and Sporting Grants: Community and Sporting Grants are available to not for profit and incorporated groups to support community capacity building activities and events.
- Donations: Funding is available only to not-for-profit and incorporated community or sporting organisations based in the Shire of Exmouth and donations will be available until the grants pool is exhausted.
Funding Information
- The Major Events Sponsorship Program offers grants of up to $5,000 for events that provide significant economic benefit to Exmouth. Applications for the Major Events Sponsorship Program are open all year round.
- Community and Sporting Grants of up to $1,500
- Donations of up to $500 are open all year round.
Eligibility Criteria
- Major Events Sponsorship Program
- Funding is available to not-for-profit, incorporated organisations, and commercial organisations that can clearly demonstrate their event will deliver significant additional economic benefit to the Exmouth region.
- Events must be delivered in shoulder or low visitor periods. Any event delivered during peak periods (defined as Easter holidays, April and July WA school holidays) will not be eligible for MESP sponsorship support.
- Events must take place on or before 30 June 2024. Funding cannot be granted retrospectively.
- Commercial (for profit) event organisers will be required to submit a formal sponsorship application that will require Council consideration and approval.
- Community and Sporting Grants Program
- Funding is available only to not-for-profit and incorporated community or sporting organisations based in the Shire of Exmouth.
- Grants can be applied for to cover most aspects of an activity, such as:
- Programming costs, including fees for presenters, instructors and performers (including travel costs);
- Shire fees and charges for non-core activities;
- Production and venue costs, including materials and equipment hire;
- Marketing costs associated with promoting the funded activity;
- Non-core equipment purchases that improve sustainability;
- Individuals to attend sporting conferences or training.
- Donations
- Requests for donations will only be considered by the Shire President or by delegated authority to the CEO.
- Applications should complete the application details below and attach a formal letter of request addressed to the Shire President for consideration and response.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Shire will not fund the following:
- Retrospective or deficit funding;
- Recurrent expenditure such as salaries, wages, electricity, insurance, water, rates and other core organisational operating costs;
- Fees associated with administering the grant funding;
- Equipment purchases for core activities;
- Annual registration days, fundraising projects, prizes and trophies;
- Government or quasi-government agencies excluding local schools.
For more information, visit Shire of Exmouth.
