Ms Julie Owens MP Dear Community Leader, There are a few grants closing soon. Local Sporting Championships Grant closes 28th of February and Parramatta City Council has five grant programs that close on the 6th March. Enjoy ! Local Sporting Championships Funding Provided: Australian Sports Commission Amount: up to $500 Grant Closing Date: 28 February 2017 Grant designed to provide financial assistance for young people aged 12-18 towards the cost of travel, accommodation, uniforms or equipment when competing, coaching or officiating at an official national sporting organisation (NSO) endorsed state, national or international championships or a School Sport Australia state or national championships. Community Capacity Building Grants Funding Provided : Parramatta City Council Amount: $5000 for Voluntary Organisations/ $10,000 for organisations with paid staff Closing Date: 6 March 2017 Community projects with a focus on creating arts, cultural celebrations and destinations, opportunities for recreation and leisure, creating vibrant neighbourhoods and precincts, promoting green paces and environment, creating a strong economy, building strong and innovative community infrastructure and managing growth and transport Growing Social Enterprise in Parramatta Grants Funding Provided: Parramatta City Council Amount: 25,000 Closing Date: 6 March 2017 Drives the delivery of projects and programs to address identified needs and issues in the community with a strong focus on delivering social, economic, recreational and cultural benefits to Parramatta’s community. (The next two grants are linked to the same page. Half way down the webpage you’ll find a link to the guidelines for both programs.) Creative Project Leveraging Fund Funding Provided: Parramatta City Council Amount: $20,000 Closing Date: 6 March 2017 Aims to support professional groups and organisation with creative projects in the Parramatta region and is open to those working in all art forms including music, sculpture, dance, painting, writing and literature, theatre, design, film and video and digital and web based projects ad apps. Cultural Heritage and Stories Research Fund Funding Provided: Parramatta City Council Amount: $5000 Closing Date: 6 March 2017 Supports research projects that add to the knowledge of Parramatta’s history and heritage and aims to encourage research that will document and interpret the story of Parramatta for the benefit of current and future generations. Creative Fellowship Fund Provider: Parramatta City Council Amount: $20,000 Closing Date: 6 March 2017 For other grants from Parramatta City Council that close later in the year : www.cityofparramatta.nsw.gov.au/living-and-community/grants/community-grants-program. If you would like to subscribe to my monthly grants bulletin, register your interest by emailing me at [email protected]. Support the development of new work and/or the professional development of Parramatta artists and creative workers and is open to those working in all art forms including music, sculpture, dance, painting, writing/literature, theatre, design, film and video, digital and web-based projects and apps. |