Central Goldfields Shire welcomes you to the 2020-2021 Community Grants Program. The annual Grants program for the community is an essential program that the Council delivers to assist in achieving a connected and healthy community.

The Council encourages applicants to consider the ongoing needs of our communities recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Community Support Policy provides a consistent, accountable and transparent process to determine the nature and level of support provided to the community through:

• Community Grants;
• In kind support; and
• Planning and Building fee waivers.

Funding Information

Grants will be available for amounts above $500.

What will be funded?

All applications must be for projects that are based in the Central Goldfields Shire and benefit the Central Goldfields Shire community.

Physical infrastructure

To support community organizations in relation to facility development and major maintenance issues. This funding category will also provide the opportunity for organizations to increase service capacity through equipment purchases and other physical enhancements to facilities. For example:

• Building improvements,
• New equipment for programs,
• Issues that have arisen in relation to major maintenance of community facilities.

Community Development

These projects would typically be those that increase social capital. These types of projects will lead to leadership development, skills development, and increased participation, projects that improve management skills within community organizations and projects that improve a local community. For example:

• Environmental management, training and programs,
• Youth activities and programs,
• Community events.

Creativity and Innovation

This funding category is aimed at artistic development, new innovative community projects, incubators or new ways of approaching community programs. For example:

• Community arts projects and initiatives,
• Projects promoting the use of new technologies in the community,
• Innovative creative education programs (example youth).

Who can apply?

To be eligible to apply for Community Support you must be a community-based organization.

Typically, that would be an organization that is a recognized not-for-profit group or organization that carries out one or more of the following activities:

• Providing services to the community such as positive ageing, childcare, health services, charity services or services of a similar type
• Reinvests or applies the revenue it receives predominately for public interest services or activities
• Principally provides social or junior sporting or recreational activities
• Supports public events or information with a historical, cultural or community arts focus.

For more information, visit Central Goldfields Shire Council.