Deadline: 18-Aug-22
The Shoalhaven City Council is pleased to launch the Tourism Event Support Program to provide grants to events and conferences that drive visitation to the Shoalhaven. These grants are provided to events that occur outside of recognised peak periods (summer, public holidays and school holidays), encourage out of area intra and interstate visitation, return visitation and overnight stays.
Funding Tiers
- Support Sponsorship: $500 to $5,000
- General Sponsorship: $5,000 to $10,000
- Flagship Event Sponsorship: $10,000 to $20,000
Eligibility Criteria
- The ability to increase tourist visitation to the Shoalhaven including intra and interstate visitors.
- To demonstrate the ability to deliver significant and measurable economic benefit to the Shoalhaven.
- The ability to facilitate business and community involvement in the event.
- The ability for the event to add to the diversity of the regions event calendar.
- To incorporate strategic and targeted marketing practices in its planning and implementation.
- The capacity to be an ongoing event.
- Involvement of and consultation with local business, community, and tourism groups.
- The acknowledgement of Shoalhaven City Council sponsorship via all advertising and marketing undertaken.
- Ineligible
- Your proposed event falls within school holidays, public holidays or during the summer months.
- Your proposal is for retrospective funding or funding budget deficits.
- Your proposed event is to take place outside the Shoalhaven.
- Your organisation has not fulfilled previous sponsorship obligations, including provision of post event evaluation report and budget requirements.
- Your proposed event will give a significant amount of event profits to charity.
For more information, visit https://www.shoalhaven.nsw.gov.au/Council/Grants-Funding/Tourism-Event-Support-Program