Deadline: 31-May-23
The City of Townsville is now inviting applications for its Social Grants and Partnerships to provide funding and in-kind support to help build a vibrant, liveable city for everyone.
Purpose: To enhance people’s experience of Townsville as a liveable and vibrant city by providing services that support the growth of an inclusive, knowledgeable, active, safe and healthy community.
Priorities
- To apply for a grant or partnership, your initiative will need to align to one of the following five priorities:
- Boost Townsville’s art and cultural experience.
- Build a community that is safe and resilient.
- Support multicultural diversity and community inclusiveness.
- Develop healthy and active lifestyles.
- Grow the capacity of Townsville through shared knowledge and learning.
Funding Information
- Grants – up to $5,000
- Applicants applying for up to $5,000 can apply anytime throughout the year.
- Your initiative start date must not be within 6 weeks of the date your application is submitted.
- Once an application is lodged and is deemed eligible and complete by Council, the assessment time period of 4 weeks1 will commence (Note: If
- you do not supply all documentation, or your application requires alterations, the 4 weeks assessment period will not commence until council deems the application to be eligible and complete).
- Successful applicants need to allow up to 2 weeks for Grant documentation to be received and payments to be processed.
- Grants – $5,001 to $25,000
- Applicants applying for up to $5,001 to $25,000 can apply anytime throughout the year.
- Your initiative start date must not be within 10 weeks of the date your application is submitted.
- Once an application is lodged and is deemed eligible and complete by Council, the assessment time period of 8 weeks2 will commence (Note: If you do not supply all documentation, or your application requires alterations, the 8 weeks assessment period will not commence until council deems the application to be eligible and complete).
- Successful applicants need to allow up to 2 weeks for Grant documentation to be received and payments to be processed.
- Partnerships – $25,001 to $50,000
- Applicants applying for up to $25,001 to $50,000 can apply anytime throughout the year.
- Your initiative start date must not be within 10 weeks of the date your application is submitted.
- Once an application is lodged and is deemed eligible and complete by Council, the assessment time period of 8 weeks3 will commence (Note: If you do not supply all documentation, or your application requires alterations, the 8 weeks assessment period will not commence until council deems the application to be eligible and complete).
- Successful applicants need to allow up to 2 weeks for Grant documentation to be received and payments to be processed.
Eligibility Criteria
- An applicant must be a properly constituted not-for-profit organisation, or be auspiced by such an organisation.
- You must reside and/or primarily provide services within the Townsville Local Government Area (LGA), or be able to demonstrate that the initiative is in the public interest of residents of the Townsville LGA.
- You must be free of debt to Townsville City Council.
- You must have successfully acquitted any previous grants from Townsville City Council.
- You must hold current Public Liability Insurance to the value of $20,000,000 per claim.
For more information, visit https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/community-support/grants-and-partnerships/social-grants
