Apply for Creative Communities Fund (New Zealand)

Horowhenua District Council administers the Creative Communities NZ Scheme (CCS) on behalf of Creative New Zealand.

Funding Information

• There is no limit to how much you can apply for; most CCS grants are under $2,000.
• What costs can you get funded for?
  • Materials for arts activities or programmes
  • Venue or equipment hire
  • Personnel and administrative costs for short-term projects
  • Promotion and publicity of arts activities.

Project Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible for funding through CCS your arts project must support at least one of the following:
  • Access and Participation
    • Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in.
    • Examples of projects for Access and Participation include:
      • Performances by community choirs, hip-hop groups, theatre companies or poets
      • Workshops on printmaking, writing, dancing or other creative forms
      • Exhibitions by local craft groups promoting weaving, pottery and carving
      • Festivals featuring local artist
      • Creation of a community film or a public artwork by a community
      • Development of new tukutuku, whakairo or kowhaiwhai for a local marae
      • Artist residencies involving local artists or communities
      • Seminars for local artist development.
  • Diversity
    • Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities
    • Examples of projects for Diversity include:
      • Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions in Maori or Pasifika heritage art forms
      • Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by local migrant communities
      • Arts projects bringing together groups from a range of different communities
      • Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by groups with experience of disability or mental illness.
  • Young people
    • Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts.
    • Examples of projects for Young people include:
      • A group of young people working with an artist to create a mural or street art
      • A group of young people creating a film about an issue that is important to them
      • Printing a collection of writing by young people
      • Music workshops for young people
      • An exhibition of visual art work by young people

Ineligible Projects

• Projects that cannot get CCS funding:
  • Fundraising activities
  • Developing galleries, marae, theatres or other venues or facilities
  • Local council projects
  • Projects that are mainly focused on other areas e.g. health, education or the environment and that only have a very small arts component
  • Arts projects in schools or other education institutions that are the core business of that institution or that are normally funded through curriculum or operating budgets

Who can apply?

• Individuals or groups can apply for CCS funding. (Individuals must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents).
• If you have already received funding from CCS for a project, you must complete a report on that project before making another application, unless the project is still in progress.

For more information, visit Horowhenua District Council.