Year Round Grants

Grant amount: up to $1,500

Year-Round Access Grant supports new community groups, and community groups with unforeseen needs outside of the annual grant timelines.

We accept applications from:

• Newly established community groups requiring support with start-up and establishment costs
• Community groups with an unforeseen funding need that falls outside of the annual grants’ payment timeframes. You will need to explain why you didn't expect to need this

For example:

• 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
• 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.

We do not fund:

• Past activities
• Day-to-day running costs
• Planned or routine activities
• Expenses you could reasonably have applied for earlier 

These costs are not eligible unless something new and unexpected has occurred. If this applies, explain the circumstances in your application.

Eligibility

Applicants must:

• Apply at least 8 weeks before funding is needed
• 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 show they have minimal financial resources or a limited ability to fundraise for the activity or project identified in the application
• Have no outstanding debts with Hume City Council
• Have satisfactorily acquitted previous funding received by Hume City Council
• 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 8 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 at the time of application but must include the cost in the funding request and provide this with your Final Report.
• Final Reports are due within 3 months of funds being awarded, unless otherwise approved by Council.
• Successful applicants for Year-Round Access Grant are eligible to also apply to one of the Annual Grant Round categories
• You can only be funded once per financial year for a Year-Round Access Grant

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