Deadline: 30-Sep-21
The City of Swan’s Two-Year Community Event Grant is now open to assist in delivering events that encourage community participation and cultural interaction, celebrate inclusion and diversity and connect people through experiences.
The City of Swan’s Two-Year Community Event Grant is the only multi-year grant in the Swan Community Funding Scheme. They encourage groups to apply from within all City of Swan locations.
Objectives
Events should meet at least four of the objectives of the Two-Year Community Event Grant:
- Foster community spirit and pride in the presentation of an inclusive, diverse, safe and friendly experience
- Uses community spaces to create vibrancy, supporting the vision that the City of Swan is known as a great place to live, work and visit
- Broaden community engagement including community attendance or participation, enhance social or cultural connections and contribute to community health and well-being
- Contribute to local economic development by working with other local businesses eg locally produced food, beverages or catering
- Create community capacity building opportunities for volunteers to increase skills, experience or employment
- Develop community partnerships and networks that encourage ongoing collaboration and support.
Funding Information
- It provides up to $ 10,000 per year for up to two years to support annual community-run events.
What will Fund?
- Events that align with and further the objectives of the Two-Year Community Event Grant program.
- Events including arts, culture and heritage, sport and recreation, community services and general community interest.
- Project costs including event public liability insurance of $ 10 million, marketing, promotion, digital delivery, production and staging, venue and equipment hire including Universal Access requirements, safety, security and environmental sustainability.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are open to incorporated not-forprofit organizations. Non-incorporated groups can apply through an incorporated auspice body.
- Non-incorporated groups must arrange an appropriate incorporated organization with an ABN to auspice the project and manage the grant on their behalf.
- Projects must meet the following eligibility requirements:
- The event occurs within the City of Swan
- The event is free for the City of Swan community to attend or participate
- The applicant can identify other grants, sponsorship or sources of income to support the financial viability of the event. The City will not fund 100 percent of the costs
- The applicant has acquitted all funding from the City of Swan
- The applicant has no outstanding debt to the City of Swan
- The applicant has or will have Public Liability insurance of $ 10 million.
For more information, visit https://www.swan.wa.gov.au/Your-Community/Community-groups/Community-grants-funding/What-grants-are-available/Two-Year-Community-Event-Grant