Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) Festivals Fund – New Zealand

The Creative Communities Scheme (CCS) Festivals Fund is a one-off funding boost from Government available in the March 2024 CCS funding round.

Funding Information

• There is a total of $12,000 to be distributed.

Timeframe

• CCS Festival Funds can support eligible festivals that are delivered within 12 months of the grant notification.   As this is a one-off fund, festival grants will only be distributed in your council’s CCS funding rounds between August 2023 and May 2024.

Eligibility Criteria

• To apply, your festival must have been delivered at least once in the previous five years (this may include digital presentation). Please make sure you include evidence of previous delivery in your application.
• A festival (for the purpose of this fund) involves an integrated programme of events and activities featuring one or more artforms, from any cultural tradition, that takes place within a defined area or region over a designated period of time.
• The festival must celebrate the life experiences, stories, cultures and regional identities of New Zealanders.
• A festival is classed as an integrated programme of events and activities featuring one or more artforms, from any cultural tradition, that takes place within a defined area or region over a designated period of time.
• An established festival is one that has been delivered at least once in the previous five years (this may include digital presentation).
• CCS Festivals Funds can support eligible festivals that are delivered within 12 months of the grant notification
• The applicant
  • if the applicant is an individual they must be a New Zealand citizen or permanent resident
    • if the application is from a group or organisation, they must be based in New Zealand
    • if the applicant is from a business the project must have a community based art focus – CCS can fund professional arts activity and arts businesses projects even if this is the ‘core business’ of that individual or business, but provide evidence that no profit will be made.
      • e.g. A dance school putting on an end of year production with their students. It would be appropriate for them to apply for costs associated with the production (administrative and artistic fees, promotion, venue hire, materials, production costs) however they would expect to see all the estimated income from the project (e.g. a portion of the student fees and/or ticket sales in this instance) included in the budget.
  • Please remember:  CCS can only support costs that are associated with the delivery of a specific project.
    • if the applicant has already received funding from CCS for another project, they must have completed a satisfactory Project Completion Report for the other project before they can make another application, unless the other project is still in progress.

For more information, visit Taupō District Council.