Deadline: 31 March 2024
Creative New Zealand is providing funding through the Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) to city and district councils to distribute in their area.
How much can I apply for?
- There is no limit to how much you can apply for, but most CCS grants are under $2,000.
Can I get funding for my project?
To get funding through CCS your arts project must do at least one of the following:
- Participation
- Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities, for example:
- Performances by community choirs, hip-hop groups, theatre companies, musicians or poets
- Workshops on printmaking, writing or dancing
- Creation of new tukutuku, whakairo or kowhaiwhai for a local marae
- Exhibitions by local craft groups promoting weaving, pottery and carving
- Festivals featuring local artists
- Create opportunities for local communities to engage with, and participate in local arts activities, for example:
- Young people
- Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts, for example:
- 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
- Enable young people (under 18 years) to engage with, and participate in the arts, for example:
- Diversity
- Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities, for example:
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions in Māori or Pasifika heritage or contemporary art forms
- Workshops, rehearsals, performances, festivals or exhibitions by local migrant communities
- Arts projects bringing together groups from a range of different communities
- Support the diverse artistic cultural traditions of local communities, for example:
Eligible Projects
Your project must also:
- Take place within the city or district where the application is made
- Be completed within 12 months of funding being approved
- Benefit local communities
- Not have started or finished before CCS funding is approved
- Not have already been funded through Creative New Zealand’s other arts funding programmes
Who can apply?
- You can be an individual or a group. Individuals must be New Zealand citizens or permanent residents.
- If you have already received CCS funding 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 Ashburton District Council.
