Year Round Grants

Applications will be accepted year round or until funds are exhausted.

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Individual Development Grant

Up to $750 per individual

This grant is awarded to individuals to create opportunities for skill development, professional development, networking and learning, and skill sharing in Hume communities.

Funding in this category is available to support individuals with the costs associated with attending recognised opportunities that further their development. These opportunities must provide a clearly identified benefit to the Hume community.

Examples include:

  • Arts and culture development and learning opportunities for artists active in Hume’s community
  • Opportunities to participate in State, National and international forums that will bring new skills and knowledge to the Hume community
  • Leadership and professional development opportunities that will help build leadership capacity of the Hume community

Grant amounts will be allocated in recognition of the travel costs involved for each of the following locations:

  • Regional opportunities: $150
  • National opportunities: $400
  • International opportunities $750

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Be a Hume resident
  • Provide evidence of selection from the relevant organisation
  • Demonstrate a strong commitment to their area of endeavour
  • Apply at least two months prior to the date of their event, or opportunity for which they are seeking funding
  • Have no outstanding debts with Hume City Council
  • Have satisfactorily acquitted any previous funding received by Hume City Council
  • Not be applying to reimburse expenses paid before grant is approved

In addition:

  • Applications for sporting events are ineligible under this program but may be eligible for Council’s Sports Aid Grants
  • Applicants will be funded only once per year for each level of this grant (local, regional, national, and international)

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Quick Response Grant

Grant amount: up to $1,000

Quick Response Grants have been designed to support newly established community groups and community groups with emerging or unexpected needs and opportunities. This category aims to fill a gap in funding for community groups requiring assistance outside of the annual grant timelines.

Council will accept applications from:

  • Newly established community groups requiring support with start-up and establishment costs
  • Community groups that have an urgent and unforeseen funding need that does not fall within the annual grants payment timeframes

For example:

  • COVID reopening costs; your group has not met for two years and needs to invest in Covid-safe equipment, reopen a bank account or re-register with a peak body (and cannot wait for the Annual grant round)
  • Your organisation receives a large and sudden increase to rental fees, and if you can’t pay it, you can’t run your programs
  • Your group is offered the chance to participate in a national event that you didn’t plan on, and need help meeting costs (eg attending the National Eisteddfod or the Pan-Pacific Calisthenics Competition)
  • You are a new group, with a different purpose to any existing group in Hume and want to formalise your organisation by paying for incorporation, insurance and initial bank fees.

 

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Be a not-for-profit community group or organisation
  • Run the activity or project from a location within Hume and/or show that it will substantially benefit residents of Hume
  • Be able to explain the urgency of the need
  • Be able to show they have minimal financial resources or a limited ability to fundraise for the activity or project identified in the application
  • Not be applying to reimburse expenses paid before grant is approved
  • Have no outstanding debts with Hume City Council
  • Have satisfactorily acquitted previous funding received by Hume City Council (if applicable)
  • Be incorporated or auspiced (for more about auspicing please refer to our FAQs)

Please note:

  • Applications are accepted throughout the year until funds are exhausted.
  • You will be notified of the outcome within 6 weeks of a fully completed application (one that includes all required supporting documents).
  • If you are a first-time applicant, you do not need to show proof of Public Liability Insurance when applying. If your grant is successful, you will need to supply a copy at time of contracting
  • Acquittals are due within 3 months of funds being awarded, unless otherwise approved by Council.
  • Successful applicants for Quick Response Grants are eligible to apply under any category in the Annual Grant Round

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Defibrillator Grant

Grant amount: up to $2,000

Defibrillator Grants are one-off grants designed to support community organisations and community groups to purchase defibrillators that may assist in saving the life of an individual during cardiac arrest. Replacement parts and First Aid training will not be funded.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

  • Demonstrate a need for access to a defibrillator in the delivery of their activities
  • Propose a location for a defibrillator (must be within Hume City) where the group meets at least fortnightly
  • Demonstrate that there is no access to a defibrillator or similar emergency medical assistance within the vicinity of where the group meets regularly
  • Not be applying to reimburse expenses paid before grant is approved
  • Be a not-for-profit community group or organisation
  • Have no outstanding debts with Hume City Council
  • Have satisfactorily acquitted previous funding received from Hume City Council
  • Be incorporated or auspiced (see page 4)

Please note:

  • Applications are accepted throughout the year until funds are exhausted.
  • You will be notified of the outcome within 6 weeks of a fully completed application (one that includes all required supporting documents).
  • Acquittals are due within 3 months of funds being awarded, unless otherwise approved by Council.

 

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