Deadline: 14-Oct-21
Applications are now open for the Together CK: Events Grant Program 2022.
Together CK (originally called the Community Partnership Fund) was established by Council in 2000, as a grant program using matching funding to promote community events within Chatham-Kent. Since its inception, the municipal grant program has leveraged over municipal investment into $15+ million dollars’ worth of community development projects and events, and has encouraged widespread civic engagement and community improvement.
Strategic Focus
- Economic Prosperity: People will fulfill economic opportunities locally according to their skills, abilities and training.
- Healthy & Safe Community: Everyone will feel safe, supported and have opportunities to be healthy physically and mentally.
- People & Culture: Their population will be thriving, valued and have a vibrant social and cultural diversity.
- Environmental Sustainability: Everyone can make sustainable and renewable choices in all aspects of their lives.
Funding Information
- Community Events: Applicants can request 50% of an event’s budget up to a maximum of $5,000.
- Significant Community Events: Applicants can request 50% of an event’s expenses for the first $5,000 of the budget and 25% of expenses for the balance of the budget up to a maximum of $25,000. Municipal fees (i.e. park fees, public works, police, fire and EMS, etc.) will be the financial responsibility of the event organizers. Event organizers can elect to have the grant administrator complete an intra-company transfer to cover municipal departments expenses.
For more information, visit https://www.letstalkchatham-kent.ca/together-ck-events-grant-program-2022?tool=survey_tool#tool_tab