Deadline: 23-Aug-23
Submissions are now open for the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS), a nation-wide programme funded by Creative NZ and delivered in partnership with Auckland Council.
The scheme enables communities to bring art (music, dancing, film-making, weaving, singing, poetry and theatre) into the everyday lives of Aucklanders across the region on beaches, in parks, community halls, theatres, streets and galleries.
Funding Priorities
- The CCS supports local community projects with an arts or creative cultural focus.
- The projects must:
- have an art or creative cultural focus
- meet one of the funding criteria: access and participation / diversity / young people
- be completed within 12 months after funding is approved
- not have started before the project is approved
- benefit local communities
- take place in Auckland
- not already be funded by Creative New Zealand (Creative NZ).
Funding Information
- Grant value: $500 +
Outcomes
- Projects that get funded should do at least one of the following:
- Encourage participation by creating opportunities for local communities to engage with and participate in local arts activities.
- Support the diverse artistic and cultural traditions of local communities.
- Enable young people (under 18) to engage with and participate in the arts.
Types of Projects Funded by the Grant
- Arts
Examples of projects that meet the criteria for CCS funding
- Access and participation
- Performances by community choirs, hip-hop groups, theatre companies or poets.
- Workshops on printmaking, writing, dancing or other creative forms.
- Exhibitions by local craft groups promoting weaving, pottery and carving.
- Festivals featuring local artists.
- Creation of a community film or a public artwork by a community.
- Development of new tukutuku, whakairo or kōwhaiwhai for a local marae.
- Diversity
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions:
- in Māori or Pasifika heritage art forms
- by local migrant communities.
- Arts projects bringing together groups from a range of different communities.
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by groups with experience of disability or mental illness.
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions:
- Young people
- A group of young people:
- working with an artist to create a mural or street art
- creating a film about an issue that is important to them.
- Printing a collection of writing by young people.
- Music workshops for young people.
- An exhibition of visual art work by young people.
- A group of young people:
Eligibility Criteria
- Individuals or groups can apply for CCS funding.
- Individuals must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
- If you have already received funding from CCS for a project, you must complete a report on that project before making another application, unless the project is still in progress.
For more information, visit Auckland Council.