Apply for Creative Communities Fund – New Zealand

How much you can apply for?

• There is no limit to how much you can apply for, but most CCS grants tend to be under $2,000.

Eligible Projects

• 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 local arts activities, eg:
    • 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 artists
    • creation of a community film or a public artwork by a community
    • development of new tukutuku, whakairo or kōwhaiwhai 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, eg
    • 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.
    • workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions in Māori or Pasifika heritage art forms.
  • Young people: Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts, eg:   
    • 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.

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.

Ineligible

• You cannot apply for CCS funding for:
  • projects without an arts focus, eg puzzles, upholstery, magic, model-making, commercial design, commercial fashion design, film festivals, fitness-based dance
  • projects within the scope of other sectors or organisations, eg arts projects in schools or other educational institutions that are the core business of that institution or are normally funded through curriculum or operating budgets
  • projects that mainly deliver outcomes for other sectors, such as health, heritage or the environment
  • local council projects
  • fundraising activities eg: benefit concerts to raise funds to buy a capital item or to pay for another activity

Terms and Conditions

• A grant recipient must:
  • Spend the grant within nine (9) months of a grant request being approved, within the approved time frame specified in the Accountability Reporting and Payments schedule or upon request by Horowhenua District Council (whichever comes first).  Payment of any subsequent grants may not be made until all milestone accountability reporting requirements are met in full.
  • Spend the grant only for the purpose(s) approved by, and subject to any conditions imposed by the Horowhenua Creative Communities Committee.  Return to the Horowhenua District Council any portion of the grant that is not spent on the approved purpose. If the grant payment includes GST, the grant recipient must also return the GST component of the grant.
  • Make any files or records relating to the activity or project available for inspection within 10 working days if requested by Horowhenua District Council.
  • Keep financial records that demonstrate how the grant was spent for five years after the end of the agreement term.
  • Acknowledge the receipt of the Horowhenua District Council grant as a separate entry in its financial statements, or in a note to its financial statements.
  • Inform Horowhenua District Council of any changes that affect the organisation’s ability to deliver the activity (ies) or project(s) (eg changes to financial situation; an intention to wind-up or cease operations; or any other significant event, before the grant has been fully used.

For more information, visit Horowhenua District Council.